Press Releases
More Than A Dozen Colleagues Join Effort to Hold Agencies Accountable for War on Drugs in Foreign Lands
Congressman Hank Johnson released the following statement after President Trump signed a memorandum ordering the Pentagon to block transgender Americans from enlisting in the military:
"Everyone, including our transgender men and women who bravely serve our country in uniform, deserve our respect and support. Instead, this Contrarian-in-Chief subjects them to discrimination by threatening to prevent them from serving in our armed services. We cannot allow this kind of blatant bigotry to go unchecked in the land of the free and the home of the brave."
Congressman Hank Johnson released the following statement after President Trump signed a Presidential pardon for the release of former Maricopa County, Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio, who was found guilty of criminal contempt after illegally targeting Latinos:
Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) issued the following statement after President Trump's announcement that additional troops will be deployed to Afghanistan:
DECATUR, GA – Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) today joined Reps. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and 75 other members of Congress to introduce a resolution censuring Donald Trump for the comments he made this week comparing counter protestors with neo-Nazis and white supremacists.
From left: Tichina Arnold, Ronreaco Lee, Commissioner Mereda Davis Johnson, Congressman
Hank Johnson, Teyonah Parris, Erica Ash and Jessie T. Usher.
DECATUR, GA – Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) released the following statement on President Trump's impromptu news conference reiterating his original comments on Charlottesville:
Congressman: It's critical all voices be included in film & media in front of and behind camera.
DECATUR, GA – Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) cohosted a Twitter chat on the importance of diversity in film and media this week with BlackBloggersConnect (@JoinBBC).