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118th Congress

May 10, 2023

The Direct Capital Access Act, known as The DCA Act, Will Create More & Longer Flights In and Out of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressmen Hank Johnson (GA-04) and Burgess Owens (UT-04) introduced The Direct Capital Access Act (DCA Act) that seeks to add 28 in- and beyond-perimeter daily flights at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) in the 2023 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization bill.


May 10, 2023

Extreme MAGA Legislation Will Devastate Everyday Americans

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) voted against the Default On America Act. This extreme MAGA Republican legislation presents Americans with a terrible choice: either House Republicans will wreck our economy or inflict cruel cuts that hurt everyday people.


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From left, Chamblee student Emily Sharpe finished fourth for her piece “Folklore With Love,” Congressman Johnson, first-place winner Margaret McNalley who did “Daydream” and second-place winner Maggie Council, who was honored for her piece “I of the Hurricane.”

May 9, 2023

STONECREST, GA – On Friday, May 5 Congressman Hank Johnson announced the winners of his 2023 Congressional Art Competition by visiting the students at their respective schools in Chamblee and Conyers. 

Each year, this national competition calls on high school students of all backgrounds and skillsets to submit their art for the chance to showcase their winning pieces in their congressional district as well as in the U.S. Capitol. 

Issues: Education

CMS will host a series of public engagement events this spring as part of the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program. The virtual public engagement events will provide an opportunity for patients, beneficiaries, caregivers, consumer and patient organizations, and other interested parties, such as clinicians and researchers, to share input relevant to drugs selected for the second cycle of negotiations. 


May 4, 2023

ATLANTA, GA – In the aftermath of yet another ProPublica report showing billionaire Republican megadonor Harlan Crow showering Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas with even more lavish gifts – this time that he paid private school tuition for a Thomas relative – Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), the ranking member of the Judiciary Subcommittee that oversees the courts, issued the


May 3, 2023

Legislation would ban practice of forcing employees who face racial discrimination into arbitration


April 28, 2023

Congressman Offers Bicameral Resolution With New York Congresswoman Grace Meng, Sen. Hirono 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) and Rep. Grace Meng (NY-06) introduced a resolution to designate April 30 as National Adult Hepatitis B Vaccination Awareness Day. 

Issues: Health Care

April 28, 2023

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’


April 28, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. —  This week, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), ranking member of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property 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.