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June 25, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) today re-introduced his bipartisan bill to address a growing problem of parasitic diseases – mostly in poor, minority populations along the U.S.-Mexico border, the rural South, Appalachia and distressed urban areas.

The bill passed the House of Representatives in 2010, but stalled in the Senate.

Issues: Health Care

June 25, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04), the ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law (RRCAL), issued the following statement regarding the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold a core tenet of the Affordable Care Act in King v. Burwell:


June 15, 2015
Congressman introduces bill to protect traveling public, federal employees

June 5, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, after it was announced the economy added 280,000 new jobs in the 63rd consecutive month of private sector job creation, Rep. Johnson called on Republicans to stop endangering hundreds of thousands of American jobs and act immediately to avert the impending expiration of two key engines of job creation: the Export-Import Bank and the Highway and Transit Trust Fund.


June 3, 2015
Rep. Johnson leads legislative effort to make high-cost drugs affordable

June 2, 2015
Need-Based Educational Aid Act of 2015 Introduced By Grassley, Leahy, Smith & Johnson

May 21, 2015

3 in 4 consumers unaware forced arbitration clauses in their contracts with businesses, which generates unreasonable costs and ties up court systems


May 20, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) this week released this statement on the 50th anniversary of the launch of Head Start, which provides early childhood education to millions of American families:

Issues: Education

May 18, 2015

In the wake of Ferguson, President Obama's executive action on Federal Support for Local Law Enforcement Equipment Acquisition mirrors Rep. Johnson's Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act.