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February 14, 2017

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) released the following statement in the wake of the sudden resignation of National Security Adviser Michael Flynn:


February 9, 2017

CLARKSTON, GA – On Sunday, February 12 from 4-7 p.m., Rep Hank Johnson (GA-04), along with Clarkston Mayor Ted Terry, is hosting a Fourth District Muslim, Refugee and Immigrant Listening Session at the Clarkston Community Center to fight against the divisive Trump Administration and the GOP Congressional immigration and refugee policies.


February 8, 2017

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), along with House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr (D-MI), Congressional Black Caucus Chair Cedric Richmond (D-LA) and House Judiciary Committee Members Reps. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), and Jamie Raskin (D-MD), today released the following joint statement after the Republican led House Committee on Administration voted on party lines to repeal the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) yesterday:


February 7, 2017

CLARKSTON, GA – On Friday, March 3rd from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Rep Hank Johnson (GA-04), will be hosting his 2nd Annual Career and Community Resources Fair at Georgia Piedmont Technical College.


February 7, 2017

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) released the following statement after the vice president was called to Capitol Hill to break the tie on a vote to confirm a member of the cabinet – Betsy DeVos as the next Education Secretary – for the first time in U.S. history:

Issues: Education

February 1, 2017

This month, I hope you'll join me in celebrating Black History Month.

50 years ago, The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave a revealing interview to NBC News that acknowledged the soul searching and agonizing moments he'd gone through since his most famous speech in 1963. He told NBC the old optimism of the civil rights movement was a little superficial and now needed to be tempered with a solid realism.


January 30, 2017

DECATUR, GA – Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) today released the following statement after President Trump's sweeping Executive Order (EO) shut down borders to refugees and others from seven mostly Muslim countries. Rep. Johnson and Rep. John Lewis went down to Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Jan. 28 to help facilitate the release of Georgia residents held unconstitutionally:


January 27, 2017

DECATUR, GA – Today, Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) denounced the Trump Administration's action to immediately halt all advertising and other outreach activities for the ACA Marketplaces by HHS in the critical last few days of Open Enrollment.


January 24, 2017

Congressman scores leadership post on T&I; also appointed to Highways & Transit and Aviation subcommittees

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) announced Tuesday that his appointment on the powerful House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) has resulted in a leadership role.