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November 2, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Johnson issued the following statement on a media call while discussing The New York Times investigative series “Beware the Fine Print,” a three-part series examining how clauses buried in tens of millions of contracts have deprived Americans of one of their most fundamental constitutional rights: their day in court:


October 28, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) voted with 265 other Democratic and Republican Members of Congress to pass H.R. 1314, a bipartisan budget agreement that creates jobs, protects seniors, affirms the full faith and credit of the United States and invests in our future.

October 28, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Oct. 27, Rep. Johnson voted with 312 other Democratic and Republican colleagues in the House to pass H.R. 597, a bipartisan bill to reauthorize the job-creating Export-Import Bank.

October 14, 2015

Nursing-home residents stand to lose every cause of action against unscrupulous caregivers unless CMS issues a rule ending pre-dispute (“forced”) arbitration in nursing-home agreements.


October 13, 2015

By Amb. Rachad Bouhlal and Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.)

Good friends make good business partners, and nothing could be truer of the U.S.’s – and Georgia’s – strong trade relationship with the Kingdom of Morocco.


September 30, 2015
Congressman Johnson, ranking member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law (RRCAL), which exercises jurisdiction over antitrust law, released the following statement on the combined effects of Anthem’s proposed acquisition of Cigna and Aetna’s proposed acquisition of Humana on consumers’ access to health insurance coverage that is both affor

September 17, 2015

Congressman introduces bill to protect traveling public by requiring automatic braking systems

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Seeking to make highways around the nation safer for drivers, Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) introduced the “Safe Roads Act of 2015” (H.R. 3536).


September 3, 2015

Voting record on key issues earns Johnson perfect score – 99% lifetime rating highest in GA delegation

WASHINGTON, D.C. — During the August work period, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) was honored by the AFL-CIO with a perfect voting scorecard on 10 key votes that supported working Americans in 2014.


August 27, 2015
ATLANTA, GA – Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04), a member of the Armed Services Committee, today released a statement regarding the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) reached between the P5+1 nations and Iran:
“The world agrees that a nuclear-armed Iran is unacceptable, and that actions must be taken to ensure that Iran can never develop a nuclear bomb.

August 20, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) announced the appointment of Alexis Moore as his new legislative counsel and Brian Duckworth as legislative correspondent.