Speeches
Congressman Johnson, a senior member of the Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, delivered he following speech at the Rockdale County Transportation Summit on Wednesday, October 19, 2022 at the Costley Mill Event Center in Conyers, GA.
Watch the hearing HERE.
Welcome again to this morning's hearing on the PTAB. This hearing is called "Part II" because it is the second in a series of hearings this Committee is conducting on the PTAB. In our first hearing, which we held last month, we explored the impact of the PTAB on innovation and small businesses.
The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act of 2011—or AIA— made the most fundamental changes to the patent laws that our country had not seen since the Patent Act of 1952. One of those fundamental changes was the creation of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board—an adjudicatory body within the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
SPRING ACADEMY DAY REMARKS 2022 | THE HONORABLE HANK JOHNSON | UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE | SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 2022
I am honored to stand before you today as we celebrate Academy Day 2022. It's been a while since we've all been in person in this way, so it's good to see everyone this morning. Welcome.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Hank Johnson's (GA-04) made the following opening statement in support of his bill – H.R. 7647, the Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency (SCERT) Act – during markup in the House Judiciary Committee.
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Good afternoon and welcome. We are here today to consider a question that goes to the heart of our democracy: Should the United States Supreme Court, the highest court in our nation and one of the most powerful judicial bodies in the world, abide by a uniform and binding set of ethics rules?
Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet, delivered the following opening statement for the hearing on: "Workplace Protections for Federal Judiciary Employees: Flaws in the Current System and the Need for Statutory Change."
Good morning, and welcome to today's hearing on "Workplace Protections for Federal Judiciary Employees: Flaws in the Current System and the Need for Statutory Change."
Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet, delivered the following speech before the Rules Committee on his legislation the FAIR Act -- the Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act -- H.R. 963 on March 15, 2022:
Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) delivered the following speech at the DeKalb & Dunwoody Perimeter Chambers Legislative Preview event on Tuesday, November 30 on "Rebuilding America."
Good morning everyone and thank you to the DeKalb and Dunwoody Perimeter Chambers of Commerce for inviting me to update you on where we are legislatively in Washington and how that impacts what's happening on the ground here in Georgia.
And most importantly, how that directly impacts you and your family and your small businesses.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the bipartisan Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal (FAIR) Act — H.R. 963 — that re-establishes everyday Americans' 7th Amendment right to seek justice and accountability through the court system — was marked up in the House Judiciary Committee. The following are opening remarks from Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet Subcommittee Chairman Congressman Hank Johnson — the original sponsor of the FAIR Act.