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August 1, 2013
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Issues: Consumer Protection Justice & Court Reform National Security and Foreign Policy Seniors and Social Security

July 31, 2013
Rep. Johnson highlights 48th anniversary of Medicare

July 24, 2013

Rep. Johnson leads legislative effort to make high-cost drugs affordable

WASHINGTON, D.C. A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation today to allow Medicare Part D beneficiaries to request lower co-pays for high-cost specialty drugs used to treat chronic illnesses.

The proposal, the Part D Beneficiary Appeals Fairness Act, is spearheaded by Sens. Bill Nelson (D-FL) and Susan Collins (R-ME) in the Senate and U.S. Reps. Hank Johnson (D-GA) and Walter Jones (R-NC) in the House.


July 23, 2013
Hank urges GOP leadership to address the need to act on the issue of climate change.
Issues: Environment

July 23, 2013
Congressman: Local agencies receive federal funds to help get homeless veterans off streets.

July 19, 2013
Rep. Hank Johnson's op-ed on immigration reform in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution 7-17-2013

July 18, 2013
EN ESPAÑOL

Los republicanos de la Cámara de Representantes intentarán, por la 38va vez, revocar la Ley de Cuidado de salud. A continuación se presenta información generada por el Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos de los Estados Unidos (HHS por sus siglas en inglés) sobre el significado de la ley de salud para las familias de clase media:

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Issues: Justice & Court Reform

July 18, 2013
Slave-turned-abolitionist Frederick Douglass now has a bronze statue in the U.S. Capitol's Emancipation Hall

July 18, 2013
But this activist, conservative court struck a dagger in the heart of the law last week. Ruling from the bench Jim Crow-style, the court held 5-4 that the decades-old law used to protect minority voting rights had outlived its usefulness.