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July 17, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday, July 18 at 9 a.m., Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet, will hold a hearing on "Counterfeits and Cluttering: Emerging Threats to the Integrity of the Trademark System and the Impact on American Consumers and Businesses."

WHO: Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) along with subcommittee members;

WITNESSES:


July 17, 2019

Congressmen introduce bill to protect traveling public

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Seeking to make highways around the nation safer for drivers, Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) – along with his colleague Rep. Jesús G. "Chuy" García of Illinois – introduced the "Safe Roads Act of 2019" (H.R. 3773), which would direct the Department of Transportation to require that all new commercial motor vehicles be equipped with an automatic emergency braking system.


July 17, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C – Judiciary Committee member and Chairman of the Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet subcommittee Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) issued the following statement on the passing of retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens at the age of 99:


July 13, 2019

"Under Donald Trump, ICE has become a cruel extension of the president's war on people of color. He wields the agency like a tool of terrorism attacking minority communities whose only crime is entering the county illegally. Unfortunately, good people get swept up in these kinds of blanket raids, including citizens. Even undocumented immigrants have Constitutional rights in this country, and I'll be working with my colleagues to hold this administration accountable. Everyone in this country – regardless of status -- deserves due process and at the very least basic human decency."


July 12, 2019

CONYERS — Congressman Hank Johnson is inviting both middle and high school students who live or attend a school in the Fourth Congressional District to demonstrate their technology skills by developing a mobile application or game.


July 12, 2019

DECATUR, GA – Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), is hosting his "Moving The Fourth Forward" town hall series at four locations throughout Georgia's Fourth Congressional District from 6 – 7:30 p.m., to hear the thoughts and opinions of his constitutes on a wide range of issues.

Who: Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04)

What: Moving The Fourth Forward Town Hall Series

When: Tuesday, August 13, Lou Walker Senior Center, 2538 Panola Road in Lithonia;


July 10, 2019

Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) is inviting both middle and high school students who live or attend a school in the Fourth Congressional District to demonstrate their technology skills by developing a mobile application or game.

Issues: Education

July 3, 2019

Johnson, House colleagues seeks answers after Georgia Department of Community Health temporarily cut off Medicaid benefits to thousands of elderly and disabled Georgians

DECATUR, GA – Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet, is seeking answers from Georgia officials after Georgia Department of Community Health temporarily cut off Medicaid benefits recently to thousands of elderly and disabled Georgians.


June 27, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) voted to pass H.R. 2722, the Securing America's Federal Elections (SAFE) Act, to guard against foreign interference in our democracy by providing funding to states to update and secure their state's voting systems. The bill mandates paper ballot voting systems, post-election risk-limiting audits, and strict cybersecurity requirements for both election technology vendors and for voting systems. It builds on the boldest set of democracy reforms passed by the House in H.R.