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Picture above: Kathy Register, right, speaks with Congressman Johnson’s Outreach Director Eric Hubbard at a recent town hall meeting in May 2025 in Georgia’s Fourth District.

DECATUR, GA – This week, Congressman Johnson sadly announced the sudden, unexpected but peaceful passing away of Commissioner Mereda Davis Johnson’s lifelong best friend and his own close friend and District Director Kathy (Gayle) Holt Register.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) and the entire Georgia Democratic delegation sent a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson (LA-04) urging him to call the U.S. House back to Washington immediately to engage in good-faith bipartisan efforts to address the healthcare crisis Republican created. Below and here is a copy of the letter.

'My hope is waning. Time is running out for hope, for justice, and for democracy itself'

WASHINGTON, D.C. —  On Monday, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), ranking member of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence and the Internet, and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), announced that they re-introduced the FAIR Act: The Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act, re-establishing Americans’ 7th Amendment right to seek justice and accountability through the court system. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) and Congresswoman Nydia M. Velázquez (NY-07) reintroduced a resolution recognizing September 9 as National African Immigrant and Refugee HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis Awareness Day (NAIRHHA DAY). The resolution seeks to bring national attention to the disproportionate impact of HIV/AIDS and viral hepatitis on African immigrant and refugee communities in the United States.  

DECATUR, GA  – Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) held a successful Week of H.O.P.E. (Helping Other People Elevate) from August 11-16 to celebrate nonprofits, their importance to our community and to give back to the community through volunteerism. Held in conjunction with National Nonprofit Day, it was a week of uplift and celebration of the critical work of community-based organizations.

DECATUR, GA – "It’s always deeply disturbing to hear of a police officer dying in the line of duty. But the pain is magnified beyond measure when it happens right here at home to one of DeKalb County’s finest. I’ve had the privilege of being around these heroic first responders my entire career. The sacrifice and dedication they provide to keep us safe can never fully be repaid. Mereda and I express our deepest sympathies to the family of the fallen officer, his colleagues, and the entire Emory and CDC communities."

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“Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech.” 

 “Freddy Mercury did not confess to having ‘just killed a man’ by putting ‘a gun against his head’ and ‘’pulling the trigger. Bob Marley did not confess to having shot a sheriff. And Johnny Cash did not confess to shooting ‘a man in Reno, just to watch him die’