Press Releases
DECATUR, GA – Senior Judiciary Committee member and Chairman of the Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet subcommittee, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) released the following statement after learning that U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson of Georgia announced he will retire from the Senate at the end of the year:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), a senior member of the House Judiciary Committee and Chair of the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet, is asking the Department of Justice (DOJ) to explain the scope of its involvement in the tainted and politicized case against Brazil's former president Lula da Silva, and Brazil's broad "Lava Jato" (Car Wash) corruption investigation.
DECATUR, GA – Senior Judiciary Committee member and Chairman of the Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet subcommittee, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) released the following statement on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatening to block two Muslim Democratic members of Congress — both of whom are prominent women of color and highly critical of his country — from visiting Israel next week:
Congressman Questions Why Residents Weren't Told of Carcinogenic Chemical in the Community; What Steps Are Being Taken for Remediation
Reps. McBath, Scott also sign letter to agencies concerning Cobb Co. plant
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet Chairman Hank Johnson (D-GA) sent a letter to the National Archives and Records Administration to request that the National Archives complete its review and release records to the Committee related to Justice Brett M.
DECATUR, GA – Senior Judiciary Committee member and Chairman of the Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet subcommittee, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) released the following statement on the devastating mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio:
Georgia Congressman Files House Companion to Sen. Whitehouse, Blumenthal, Hirono Senate Bill; Reps. Cohen (TN) and Lieu (CA) Original Cosponsors of House Measure
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressmen Hank Johnson (GA-04), Steve Cohen (TN-09) and Ted Lieu (CA-33) introduced the House companion to the Senate's "Assessing Monetary Influence in the Courts of the United States (AMICUS) Act" to bring transparency to amicus-based judicial lobbying for the first time.
The House bill is H.R. 3993.
Congressman works to streamline path for biosimilar drugs to make it to market, consumers with the Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Improvements to Patent Litigation Act
Congresswoman Roby of Alabama cosponsors bipartisan bill