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October 10, 2018
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By Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) and Michael Shank, opinion contributors

As President Trump's Environmental Protection Agency drops "climate change," and its impact on children, from its latest rule on hydrofluorocarbons, it is time to talk honestly about science.

Issues: Environment Justice & Court Reform

October 6, 2018

DECATUR, GA -- Congressman Hank Johnson, a senior member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement after the Senate voted 50-48 to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court:


October 1, 2018

As of Friday afternoon, there were five Democratic representatives on the House Judiciary Committee—Ted Lieu, Hank Johnson, Luis Gutiérrez, Pramila Jayapal and Jerry Nadler—who called for their committee to open an investigation into the multiple sexual assault allegations levied against Kavanaugh.


October 1, 2018

COVINGTON, Ga. - Congressman Hank Johnson presented M'Kayla Solomon with an American flag that flew over the Capitol and a certificate at the Covington branch of the Newton County Library System during a Great American Read program Friday night. Solomon, 4, has read 1,000 books before starting kindergarten.

Issues: Education

September 26, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rep. Johnson submitted this speech for the record in the U.S. House of Representatives on September 26, 2018.

I rise in support of the H.R. 6545, the Violence Against Women Act.


September 24, 2018

U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., wants to increase the number of refugees who are allowed to enter the United States, and he's filed a resolution in the House of Representatives to urge President Donald Trump make it happen.


September 21, 2018

Had it passed, Rep. Hank Johnson's Safe Road Act of 2015 would have forced federal regulators to write a rule requiring automatic emergency braking systems on all heavy trucks.

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September 21, 2018

But U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Lithonia, said federal funding for MARTA could be in jeopardy if the FTA finds the agency acted improperly.

"We're expanding our transit system," Johnson told Channel 2 Action News Tuesday. "It's very important for Georgia's economic future, and it should not be jeopardized by failure to comply with federal law."