Press Releases
Congressman Johnson, alarmed at violence against women -- and black women in particular -- gave the following speech on the House floor today:
Congressman: No place for public officials who harbor racist attitudes and post slurs online
LITHONIA, GA – Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) today issued the following statement calling for Newton County Commissioner John Douglas to resign after the Republican lawmaker posted a racist social media rant on Facebook:
WHAT: On World Hepatitis Day, Congressman Mike Honda (D-Silicon Valley) and Congressman Hank Johnson (D-GA) will join community leaders, in solidarity with those impacted by viral hepatitis around the world, to host a press conference calling on Congressional colleagues to urgently commit bold leadership and resources to eliminate the hepatitis B and C epidemics in the United States. This event is one of many worldwide and across the nation calling attention to the largest communicable – yet preventable – epidemics in the United States.
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Today, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) released the following statement after President Obama announced that the negotiators of the P5+1 nations have reached a nuclear agreement with Iran:
LITHONIA, GA -- Congressman Hank Johnson (GA04) is holding a town hall meeting at the Newton County Historic Courthouse on Wednesday, August 5, 2015 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. District and national issues wil be front and center – a community conversation with Congressman Hank Johnson.
WHO: Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04); staff and public
WHAT: Town hall meeting
WHERE: Newton County at the Historic Courthouse in Covington;1124 Clark St SW, Covington, GA.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) applauded the President’s announcement that the Department of Labor will propose extending overtime pay protections to nearly 5 million salaried American workers, including 160,000 in Georgia. This proposal would increase the current overtime protection threshold, guaranteeing overtime pay to most salaried workers earning less than an estimated $50,440 per year.
CONYERS, GA – Today, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) presented Rockdale County resident Ret. Command Sgt. Maj. Simon Ramos with the Purple Heart for wounds he received in Vietnam in 1962.
LITHONIA, GA – On Wednesday, July 1, Congressman Johnson will present Rockdale County resident Ret. Command Sgt. Maj. Simon Ramos with the Purple Heart for wounds he received in Vietnam in 1962.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) released this statement on the Supreme Court decision on marriage equality:
“Today’s historic Supreme Court ruling means all Americans – regardless of their gender or gender identity – have the right to marry the person they love,” Johnson said. “It also reaffirms equal protection under the law in accordance with the Fourteenth Amendment. We are all more free when all Americans are treated as equal, no matter who they are or whom they love.”