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November 1, 2016

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On October 27, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted rules to protect consumers’ privacy for information collected by broadband Internet Service Providers (ISPs). The final rules require greater choice, transparency, and security protection for this information.


October 31, 2016

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Henry C. “Hank” Johnson, Jr., (GA-04), the Ranking Member of the Antitrust Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement in response to the proposed acquisition of Time Warner by AT&T:


October 28, 2016

DECATUR, GA – The Honorable Henry C. “Hank” Johnson, Jr. (GA-04) Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law released the following statement in response to FBI Director James Comey’s letter to eight Republican Committee Chairmen:


October 19, 2016

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Henry C. “Hank” Johnson, Jr., the Ranking Member of the Antitrust Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee, has called on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate concerns regarding anticompetitive activity in the app marketplace.


October 13, 2016

Agency will now hold public comment period until Dec. 1

LITHONIA, GA – This week, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) reversed its decision to ban the use of kratom, a plant that researchers say could help fight the opioid epidemic.

On Sept. 30, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) – along with colleague Mark Pocan (WI-02) – penned a letter to U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch objecting to the DEA’s hasty decision to classify kratom as a Schedule 1 substance without first going through its normal classification and rulemaking process.


October 11, 2016

LITHONIA, GA – This month, Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) is moving his district office from Hillandale Drive to Snapfinger Park Drive, about 1.2 miles away.


September 29, 2016

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04), Ranking Member of the Judiciary Subcommitee on Regulatory Reform and Antitrust Law (RRCAL), requested a hearing to address the alarming and unprecedented wave of consolidation in the agricultural sector:


September 28, 2016

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) issued the following statement after the Department of Health & Human Services issued a rule Wednesday to prohibit nursing homes that do business with Medicare or Medicaid from inserting forced arbitration clauses into their patient contracts:


September 26, 2016

Congressman’s legislation would authorize Title III funds to establish on-campus resource centers

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) introduced today the “Inclusive Campuses Act of 2016” (H.R. 6164) to authorize the use of Title III funds to establish on-campus resource centers for LGBTQ students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and other minority serving institutions.


September 23, 2016

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights today released its Environmental Justice: Examining the Environmental Protection Agency Compliance and Enforcement of Title VI and E.O. 12,898, which found that the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Final Coal Ash Rule disproportionately impacts low-income and communities of color and places the burden of enforcement on these communities.