Press Releases
This is the fourth annual Immigrant Heritage Month. Each year, we take time in June to share and honor the inspirational, heart felt stories of our nation's immigrants.
DECATUR, G.A.—U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) has released the following statement after President Trump's decision to pull out of the Paris Climate Accord, a global effort to significantly reduce the effects of climate change:
LITHONIA, GA – Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War at his "Extending the Legacy" program on June 2, 1 p.m. at the Lou Walker Senior Center in Lithonia.
President Trump has suffered another defeat in the federal courts while trying to push through his "revised" travel ban. The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Donald Trump's ban of Muslims has no place in our country. I fully support the decision of the Fourth Circuit.
The Supreme Court has ruled that North Carolina's plan to draw congressional districts qualified as racial gerrymandering, the drawing of districts upon racial lines, violating the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Congressman Johnson praises this ruling, believing that this case is a step in the right direction towards achieving true equality for all.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congressman Hank Johnson, a member of the House Judiciary Committee, released this statement on the appointment of Robert Mueller to investigate Russian meddling:
On May 10, Congressman Hank Johnson hosted and moderated an event with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials and members of immigrant communities from DeKalb and Gwinnett County at Georgia Piedmont Technical College's Conference Center.