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September 20, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) provided the following statement before the House Rules Committee today offering an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to reform the Pentagon's 1033 Program, which sends local law enforcement agencies free military weapons and equipment straight from battlefields aboard to the streets, colleges and universities throughout the United States:


September 14, 2021
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Dear Friends,

This week, I'm taking important steps to help deliver for Georgia's Fourth District during the budget reconciliation process.


September 10, 2021

ATLANTA, GA -- Today, House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet Chairman Hank Johnson (GA-04) issued the following statement after a federal judge found that Apple had engaged in anticompetitive conduct but did not violate the federal antitrust laws:


September 7, 2021

Washington, D.C. - Following the enactment of Texas Law SB 8, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) led 23 Committee Democrats in a letter calling on Attorney General Merrick Garland to use the full force of the Department of Justice to defend a woman's constitutional right to choose an abortion.


September 3, 2021

ATLANTA, GA — Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet, released the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled to leave Texas Law SB8 in place:


September 2, 2021

U.S. Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) issued the following statement denouncing Ghanaian member of Parliament Kennedy Agyapong's assertion on Ghanaian TV's Net 2 on Sept. 1 that he apologized to him for an inquiry he made to the State Department in 2019 calling for an investigation into the murder of a Ghanaian journalist who helped expose corruption in the Ghana Football (soccer) Association, and Mr.


August 26, 2021

ATLANTA, GA -- Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) released the following statement on the terrorist attack in Kabul:

"I deeply regret the loss of life due to the cowardly terrorist attack on American soldiers and innocent Afghans seeking refuge from terror. My prayers are with the victims and their families, and for the safe and complete evacuation of civilians and the long overdue withdrawal of remaining US military forces from Afghanistan."

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August 24, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) voted to protect the sacred right to vote with H.R. 4, the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. As the United States faces the worst voter suppression campaign since Jim Crow, this landmark legislation will fight back against the partisan, anti-democratic barriers keeping voters — especially voters of color — from the ballot box by restoring the critical protections of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.