Hank Johnson

Hank Johnson, a Democrat, represents Georgia's 4th Congressional District

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Hank Johnson
stated on June 15, 2015 a House floor speech

"Two weeks ago, a man entered the world’s busiest airport in Atlanta, Georgia, carrying a loaded AR-15 automatic weapon with an extended-capacity, 100-round magazine."

By April Hunt • June 23, 2015

Hank Johnson
stated on October 18, 2013 a letter

Says "by reducing chronic health care costs in the State of Georgia, we can reduce the $32.8 billion lost each year due to lack of productivity and economic costs."

By Eric Stirgus • October 18, 2013

Hank Johnson
stated on December 18, 2012 a twitter post

Social Security has nothing to do with the federal deficit.

By Eric Stirgus • January 22, 2013

Hank Johnson
stated on January 1, 2013 a letter

"[W]e see America's prison population exploding, with America having a greater percentage of its people behind bars than any other nation in the world!"

By Eric Stirgus • January 14, 2013

Hank Johnson
stated on April 18, 2012 a speech

"The United States imprisons more than any nation in the world."

By Eric Stirgus • May 7, 2012

Hank Johnson
stated on February 24, 2012 an op-ed in the Huffington Post

"In the last two years, super PACs raised more than $180 million -- with roughly half of it coming from fewer than 200 super-rich people and roughly 20 percent from corporations."

By Willoughby Mariano • March 13, 2012

Hank Johnson
stated on February 28, 2012 a Congressional hearing

A socially conservative group sponsored a "prayer vigil" to stop people from buying Girl Scout cookies because it thinks the Girl Scouts are affiliated with Planned Parenthood.

By Willoughby Mariano • March 9, 2012

Hank Johnson
stated on January 25, 2012 a press statement

"Unemployment has fallen from 10 percent during the president’s first year in office to 8.5 percent today."

By Willoughby Mariano • February 1, 2012

Hank Johnson
stated on September 23, 2011 a web post

"Since 1970, the Clean Air Act has reduced toxic and health-threatening air pollution by 60 percent while our economy has grown more than 200 percent."

By Eric Stirgus • October 19, 2011

Hank Johnson
stated on March 9, 2011 an article published in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Studies have shown that in the absence of federal reproductive health funds, we are going to see the level of abortion in Georgia increase by about 44 percent.

By Willoughby Mariano • March 22, 2011

Hank Johnson
stated on January 26, 2011 an online posting

"The economy we preside over today is better than the one we inherited."

By Eric Stirgus • January 31, 2011

Hank Johnson
stated on July 28, 2010 a statement

Exporters are using a federal loophole to "deceptively sell products made from cat and dog fur" to U.S. consumers.

By Eric Stirgus • August 11, 2010

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stated on August 12, 2011 a web post

U.S. Reps. Hank Johnson, John Lewis and other members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus are "socialists who are openly serving in the U.S. Congress."

By Eric Stirgus • September 2, 2011