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July 23, 2024

ATLANTA, GA – Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), in partnership with the Department of State’s Atlanta Passport Agency, hosted more than 150 constituents for his District Passport Day, Wednesday, July 17, at the Latin American Association on Buford Highway.  


July 12, 2024

DECATUR, GA – Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), a senior member of the Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, provided a letter of support to MARTA that resulted in $25 million for the construction of the South DeKalb Transit Hub through the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Buses and Bus Facilities Program. 

 


July 1, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to the Supreme Court’s decision today in Trump v. The United States on former president Donald Trump’s claim that he is immune from prosecution on charges of trying to overturn the 2020 election, House Judiciary Courts Subcommittee Ranking Member and Chair of the Court Reform Now Taskforce Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) released the following statement:


June 28, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to the Supreme Court’s decision today in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless v. Department of Commerce, which overturned the decades-old precedent of deference toward federal agency decision making that the Court announced in Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, House Judiciary Courts Subcommittee Ranking Member Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) released the following statement:


June 18, 2024

New reports of additional undisclosed gifts raise questions about the accuracy of Justice Thomas’s latest financial disclosure amendment and why he has not further amended his prior disclosure reports


June 10, 2024

Lawmakers Encourage Expanded Medicare Beneficiary Vaccine Access 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) and Nydia M. Velázquez (NY-07), co-chairs of the Hepatitis Caucus, sent a letter to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services urging them to expand access for seniors to the hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccination.


June 5, 2024

Washington, D.C. — Congressman Hank Johnson’s bipartisan bill to advance the development of hydrogen energy for aviation is now law.

Last year, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), Sen. Ossoff & Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), introduced the bipartisan Hydrogen Aviation Strategy Act to advance the study and development of hydrogen energy for use in aviation.


June 3, 2024

NSF funding will create new career pathway in STEM fields for local high school students 

CLARKSTON, GA On May 29, the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced it has awarded Georgia Piedmont Technical College (GPTC) in Clarkston with a $347,888 grant for their “Strengthening High School Initiatives in Future Technology" project.