Press Releases

Rep. Johnson aces economic equality report card

Hank announced that he earned an “A+” and landed on the honor roll for the Institute for Policy Studies report card for supporting legislation and measures to narrow America’s widening economic divide.

Despite Republican recess, Hank in Washington working

Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) today joined Democrats urging the House to return to work on the nation’s unfinished business from tax cuts to the deficit, the Farm Bill to saving the Postal Service.

Rep. Hank Johnson meets with members of DeKalb Chamber of Commerce

Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) met with members of the DeKalb Chamber of Commerce today to discuss jobs, the economy and the looming “fiscal cliff.”

Rep. Hank Johnson honored at Arthritis & Musculoskeletal summit

Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) received the Vanguard Award from the Movement is Life Steering Committee at the 2012 Caucus on Arthritis & Musculoskeletal Health Disparities.

Hank stands up for the U.S. Postal Service

Congressman Johnson (GA-04) gave a 5-minute floor speech today defending the U.S. Postal Service, urging his colleagues to repeal the 2006 mandate that it pre-fund 100 percent of retiree insurance premiums.

Congressional Courage: Rep. Johnson shares inspiring story

Congressman discusses overcoming illness in The Washington Post; the way forward in the national fight against ‘silent epidemic’

Rep. Johnson denounces Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act without privacy protections

Hank introduces VOTE Act to protect accuracy of elections

Congressman: Vote Act ensures the sanctity of the voting process

Hank rallies to support 40th Anniversary of Equal Rights Amendment

Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) joined colleagues Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), Sen. Robert Menendez, other elected officials and leading women’s advocacy groups for a rally on Capitol Hill to mark the 40th Anniversary of Congressional passage of the Equal Rights Amendment. The requisite number of states failed to ratify the ERA before the final deadline mandated by Congress of June 30, 1982 expired, so it was not adopted. Rep. Johnson is a cosponsor of Congresswoman Maloney’s new Equal Rights Amendment.

Rep. Johnson announces $1.3M to help homeless veterans

U.S. Representative Hank Johnson (GA-04) today announced two Atlanta-based groups will receive more than $1.3 million from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to fight veterans’ homelessness in 2012-2013.