Armed Services and Veterans Affairs

What Hank believes:

• The U.S. military is the greatest fighting force in history, and the men and women who serve in it must be honored and amply rewarded -- never neglected.
• We should always seek diplomatic solutions first, but we must maintain our capacity to defeat any enemy.
• American forces in harm's way must receive all of the equipment necessary to safely achieve their objectives, regardless of legislators' opposition to the broader war.
• Veterans are owed the best services and compensation for their bravery that can be offered by the United States.

What Hank has done:

• Voted in favor of 2022 funding to keep the government open and continue delivering key servies for vetereans and their families.

• Voted on January 9, 2020, in favor of a War Powers Resolution to limit President Trump's military actions regarding Iran.

• Introduced the bipartisan H. Res. 706, which designates Nov. 9 as "Gold Star Father's Day" nationally in 2019.

• Hosted the "Extending the Legacy" program at the Lou Walker Senior Center in Lithonia on June 2, 2017, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War and veterans in the 4th District.

• Continues to advocate for The Gold Star Family Support and Installation Act of 2017 which would allow families of service members to maintain access to military installations, so they can receive support and have access to services if their loved ones pass during active duty.
• Original cosponsor of H.R. 5741, the Military Research and Development Act, to require annual reporting on the on the research, development, test, and evaluation capabilities of the Department of Defense.
• Cosponsored H.R.5467, the Purple Heart and Disabled Veterans Equal Access Act of 2018, to amend title 10, United States Code, to extend certain morale, welfare, and recreation privileges to certain veterans and their caregivers, to authorize the appropriation of funds for the purpose of improving the electronic physical access control system used by military commissaries and exchanges, and for other purposes.
• Cosponsored H.R.5301, to amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from requiring a surviving spouse of a veteran to return certain payments for a month in which the veteran dies.

What Hank will do:

• Call for increased funding of veterans' services to ensure the highest level of care for those who have sacrificed for this country.
• Effectively oversee the activities of the Department of Defense and its contractors, as according to the Constitution's Congressional mandate.
• Support the continued development of history's finest military as it evolves to address future challenges.

Consumer Protection

What Hank has done:

• In March 2022, his bipartisan Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal (FAIR) Act (H.R. 963) that re-establishes everyday Americans' 7th Amendment right to seek justice and accountability through the court system, passed the House of Representatives.
• Introduced in 2019, the Opportunity Zone Fairness and Inclusion Act, H.R. 4999, to bring inclusion, diversity, and fairness to the administration's development program.
• Congressman Hank Johnson and community leaders hosted a Free File public briefing and demo on March 13, 2017, to highlight the federal and Georgia Free File programs that provide free online federal and state income tax preparation and e-filing services to low and moderate-income taxpayers.
• Congressman Hank Johnson's (D-GA) bipartisan FAIR Act: The Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act, reestablishing Americans' 7th Amendment right to seek justice and accountability through the court system, passed the House of Representatives in Sept. 2019.
• Cosponsored H.R. 3975, the Cyber Breach Notification Act of 2017, to require covered entities to provide notification in the case of a breach of unsecured sensitive personally identifiable information in electronic or digital form, and for other purposes.
• Cosponsored H.R.1300 - United States Call Center Worker and Consumer Protection Act of 2017, to require the Secretary of Labor to maintain a publicly available list of all employers that relocate a call center overseas, to make such companies ineligible for Federal grants or guaranteed loans, and to require disclosure of the physical location of business agents engaging in customer service communications.
• Sponsored H.R.6547, APPS Act of 2018, to increase consumer privacy on mobile devices.
• Sponsored H.R.6548, the Data Broker Accountability and Transparency Act of 2018, to make it easier for consumers to correct and opt out of big data collection and use.

What Hank will do:

• From his post on the Judiciary Committee, continue to introduce legislation designed to level the bargaining and legal playing field between consumers and service and product providers.
• Support increased funding of and oversight on the part of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
• Call for quality control and safety assurance mechanisms in any trade agreements.

Economy and Jobs

What Hank has done:

• Rep. Johnson Votes to Create Millions of New Jobs, Rebuild America with Bipartisan Infrastructure Package in Nov. 2021.

• Voted to approve the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act, legislation that would eliminate federal penalties for cannabis, remove conviction records, and invest in communities.

• Voted to increase the paychecks of American workers by passing H.R. 582, the Raise The Wage Act, to gradually increase the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025 and restore the value of work in our economy by lifting struggling workers and their families out of poverty.

• Introduced and passed the bipartisan FAIR Act: The Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act, reestablishing Americans' 7th Amendment right to seek justice and accountability through the court system.

• Helped deliver more than $1 billion of federal investment in Fourth District job creation since January 2009, including $98 million to save more than 1,000 teaching jobs in DeKalb, Rockdale, and Gwinnett counties.
• Secured funds for road projects on Covington Highway, South & North Hairston Road, Sigman Road, Chamblee-Dunwoody Road, Briarcliff Road, and Shallowford Road.
• Secured funds to train EMTs at DeKalb Technical college, funds to train the chronically unemployed for clean energy jobs at Goodwill Industries of North Georgia, hundreds of thousands of dollars for MARTA, funds for Suniva Inc. to hire additional workers at their Norcross solar panel plant, funds to hire more firefighters for DeKalb County – among others.
• Voted against the Wall Street bailout.
• Voted for the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act that ends the era of abuses by big banks that have cost the American people 8 million jobs and $17 trillion in retirement savings and net worth.
• Voted for President Obama's Recovery Act, or stimulus package, which cut taxes for 95% of working families and made critical investments in education, clean energy and infrastructure.
• Cosponsored the Summer Jobs Act, which passed the House and would create 1,000 summer jobs for Fourth District youths and ease lending to small businesses. Hank joined White House officials and former Congressional Black Caucus Chairwoman Barbara Lee to urge Senate passage of the bill.
• Voted for and offered a successful amendment to legislation to reform regulation of Wall Street. It passed the House of Representatives.
• Congressman Johnson hosted the 2nd Annual Career & Community Resources Fair on March 3, 2017, showcasing great organizations that are sincerely focused on the wellbeing of their employees. "By creating an environment where constituents can explore various employment opportunities and resources, it will help bolster the local economy and increase the number of skilled workers in the labor force," said Rep. Johnson.
• Original cosponsor of H.Res.586, recognizing the growth and importance of minority women-owned businesses.
• Cosponsored H.R. 6467, the Federal Jobs Guarantee Development Act of 2018, To require the Secretary of Labor to establish a pilot program to provide grants for job guarantee programs.
• Cosponsored H.R.5785, the Jobs and Justice Act of 2018, to advance Black families in the 21st century.

What Hank will do:

• Continue to support investment in job creation for working Americans and the chronically underemployed.
• Support continued extension of unemployment insurance while unemployment remains high.
• Continue to call for Congress to respond to the severe deprivations of America's poorest people, especially during this period of economic difficulty.
• Continue to protect American workers as they seek to level the playing field in their bargaining with employers.
• Support tax relief for middle class households.
• Call for smarter regulation of a financial system that has become too corrupt and complex.

Education

What Hank believes:

• High-quality education (like health care) must be a right of all Americans, not a privilege.
• Chronic underinvestment in education seriously threatens America's future competitiveness and well-being.
• The single most important investment we can make is in the literacy, aptitude, productivity, and enlightenment of all Americans, young and old.
• We must strive to make college and higher education a possibility for all Americans who are eager to achieve that level of scholarship and post-secondary and training/re-training opportunities available to everyone.
• Teaching is among the noblest and most essential callings in society and should be rewarded accordingly.
• Massive inequality within our educational system effectively condemns Americans living in poor and under-served communities to economic hardship.

What Hank has done:

• Rep. Johnson Introduces Legislation in October 2021 to Secure Cybersecurity Grants Funding for HBCUs.
• Launched his 2020 AppChallenge competition and application process for Military Academies.
• Cosponsored H.R. 2475, the Rebuild America's Schools Act of 2017, to allocate federal funds to the improvement of public school infrastructure.
• Cosponsored H.R. 137, the Stopping Abusive Student Loan Collection Practices in Bankruptcy Act of 2017, to amend title 11 of the United States Code to stop abusive student loan collection practices in bankruptcy cases.
• Cosponsored H.R. 6537, the Education Department Civil Rights Transparency Act, to require the Secretary of Education to annually report on the Federal civil rights violations of educational institutions, and for other purposes.
• Cosponsored H.R. 6525, the Higher Education Dream Act of 2018, To prohibit discrimination in higher education against certain undocumented students on the basis of immigration status, and for other purposes.
• Cosponsored H.R. 6184, the Patsy T. Mink and Louise M. Slaughter Gender Equity in Education Act of 2018, to support educational entities in fully implementing title IX and reducing and preventing sex discrimination in all areas of education.
• Cosponsored H.R. 6137, the Guarantee Access to Arts and Music Education Act of 2018 or the GAAME Act of 2018, to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to expand access to school-wide arts and music programs, and for other purposes.
• Cosponsored H.R. 5814, Educators Expense Deduction Modernization Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers.

What Hank will do:

• Work to drive more funding to struggling public schools.
• Work to protect the futures of college students and other post-secondary students who have taken on debt to attend school.
• Support significant increases in funding for public education nationwide, including full funding of neglected No Child Left Behind mandates.
• Continue to insist that teaching is a vital profession and ought to be rewarded with dramatically higher pay; we must make teaching a career that will lure America's best and brightest.

Energy

What Hank believes:

• We must strive to reduce our reliance on oil, an increasingly scarce resource. Our continued addiction to this rapidly depleting energy source damages the environment, undermines our national security, and gravely threatens our economy.
• We must never again be fooled by low oil prices and neglect to take necessary steps toward reducing our dependence on foreign oil.
• "Peak oil" is a real phenomenon. Oil is a finite resource and global oil extraction and refinement will peak – soon. That means it will reach its highest possible volume, then begin a continual decline. Supply will fall as demand continues to rise worldwide, and the price of all petroleum-based products – gasoline, transportation, and plastic products (to name a few) – will dramatically rise.
• America should invest heavily in becoming the world's leading producer of clean, efficient, renewable energy.
• Coal is not a clean solution to our energy crisis. Biofuels, especially corn ethanol, divert precious agricultural produce away from food production, causing the price of staples like rice, corn, and soy to skyrocket. Natural gas could be an acceptable bridge to an era in which clean renewables like solar, wind, and hydro are dominant. This must be the ultimate goal.
• The EPA needs additional resources and a Congressional mandate to aggressively defend the environment, which is a public good, and it should engage in regulation of carbon dioxide emissions.
• Congress should aggressively tighten efficiency standards, especially fuel standards for automobiles, and implement legislation to dramatically cut pollution.

What Hank has done:

• In 2022, Congressman Johnson Votes to Further Isolate, Diminish Russian Economy by Revoking Permanent Normal Trade Relations.
• Voted to pass H.R. 9, the Climate Action Now Act, House Democrats' legislation that would require the Trump Administration to remain in the Paris Climate Accord and to develop a serious, carefully considered plan for how the United States will meet its commitments to reduce pollution and safeguard our environment.

• Met with a local pig farmer and 100 other people to discuss environmental issues ranging from landfill management to storage and transportation of coal ash from shuttered power plants.

• Introduced the Resource Assessment of Rare Earths (RARE) Act, which directs the United States Geological Survey (USGS) to conduct a three-year, comprehensive global mineral assessment of rare earth elements (REEs) critical to high-tech clean-energy and defense manufacturing.

Cosponsored the Energy Independence and Security Act, which would:

• move the United States toward greater energy independence and security;
• increase the production of clean renewable fuels;
• protect consumers;
• increase the efficiency of products, buildings, and vehicles;
• promote research on and deploy greenhouse gas capture and storage options;
• and improve the energy performance of the Federal Government;

• Voted to remove subsidies to oil and gas companies.
• Cosponsored legislation to establish the H-Prize, which would award competitive cash prizes to advance the research, development, and commercial application of hydrogen energy technologies.
• Cosponsored the Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2008, which passed the House. It extends tax credits for the production of electricity from renewable resources.
• Cosponsored H.R. 3671, the Off Fossil Fuels for a Better Future Act. This bill prohibits the authorization of federal permits for new fossil fuel extraction projects after 2018.
• Cosponsored H.Res.430 to express support for the designation of Journeyman Lineman Recognition Day.
• Cosponsored H.R. 3671, the Off Fossil Fuels for a Better Future Act. This bill prohibits the authorization of federal permits for new fossil fuel extraction projects after 2018.
• Cosponsored H.R.5042, the Job Creation through Energy Efficient Manufacturing Act, to establish the Financing Energy Efficient Manufacturing Program at the Department of Energy to provide financial assistance to promote energy efficiency and onsite renewable technologies in manufacturing facilities, and for other purposes.
• Cosponsored H.R.1812, CLIMATE Act, to provide that the Executive order entitled "Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth" (March 28, 2017), shall have no force or effect, to prohibit the use of Federal funds to enforce the Executive order.

What Hank will do:

• Support measures to dramatically increase mandatory automobile fuel efficiency.
• Advocate for a significant development fund to sponsor wide-scale research, development, and production of energy from renewable sources. America must strive to become the leader of this industry.
• Continue to protect consumers from energy price gouging.

Environment

What Hank believes:

• We cannot achieve or maintain a high standard of living if our environment is severely degraded or damaged.
• The window of opportunity to secure our natural environment against existential threats produced by human activity is rapidly closing.
• Humans are in large part responsible for climate change, a potentially devastating threat to our security and health that must immediately be addressed.
• Clean water is becoming increasingly scarce, and efforts must begin now to secure safe, clean drinking water for all Americans, today and in the future.
• We must immediately work to reduce U.S. dependence upon and consumption of oil, a scarce resource that is approaching its "peak," or the moment after which production will continually fall.
• If it continues to proceed so recklessly without international cooperation and coordination, unregulated human economic activity will destroy our planet's delicately-balanced ecological equilibrium

What Hank has done:

• Rep. Johnson Aces League of Conservation 2020 & 2021 National Environmental Report Card
• Awarded 100% for his environmental voting record in 2018 and 2019.
• Cosponsored H.R. 2696, Executive Office of Environmental Justice Act of 2017, which establishes an Office of Environmental Justice in the White House to address impacts of climate change on minority and low-income populations.
• Cosponsored H.R. 2695, the Environmental Justice Small Grants Program Act, which establishes a small grants program for educational programs, research initiatives, and engagement with frontline communities.
• Cosponsored H.R. 1664, the Investing in America: A Penny for Progress Act, which requires an increase in federal taxes on gasoline, diesel fuel, and kerosene after 2017. The revenue from these taxes would contribute to the improvement of highways, bridges, and mass transit systems.
• Cosponsored H.R. 558, the Kennesaw Mountain National Battle Field Park Boundary Adjustment Act, which expands the park to include 8 new acres of land, currently known as Wallis House and Harriston Hill.
• Original cosponsor of H.R. 494, the Fort Frederica National Monument Boundary Expansion Act, to increase the maximum monument size to 205 acres.
• Cosponsored H.R.5264, the Clean Water Partnership Act, To direct the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, provide grants to States to facilitate the acquisition of land, water, and interests therein, made to substantially improve, preserve, or maintain water quality for an area in perpetuity, and for other purposes.

What Hank will do:

• Never compromise my commitment to the defense of non-renewable resources, healthy ecosystems, wildlife, clean air and water, and pristine national parks.
• Make energy independence a central cause of my service.
• Demand stringent environmental regulation of industry by the EPA, no matter who is the president.
• Continue to introduce legislation that aims to reduce our overall negative environmental impact, in broad strokes and bit by bit.

Health Care

What Hank has done:

• Rep. Johnson Votes to Pass Budget Resolution, A Key Tool to Accelerate Passing COVID Relief for Americans in 2021 & 2022.

  Voted on January 10, 2020, to pass H.R. 535, the PFAS Action Act, to protect families from PFAS "forever chemicals" and designate them as hazardous substances, clean up existing contamination and protect public health by providing critical resources for communities.

  • Responded to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals' ruling against the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate and asking of the district court, which had previously struck down the entirety of the ACA, to determine next steps.
  • Since the Affordable Care Act was established in 2010, Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) says, "Residents of my state – ranging from young adults to seniors to children – are receiving critical benefits from this health care law." Some of these benefits include: increasing access to Medicaid, providing new coverage options for young adults, creating affordable prescription drugs for seniors, and removing lifetime limits on health benefits.

• The Affordable Care Act aided in expanding health insurance coverage by establishing a Health Insurance Marketplace in every state and increasing access to the Medicaid program. From 2013 to 2016, there was an evident decrease of those uninsured by 29% in the State of Georgia.

• The Affordable Care Act provided Georgia with millions of dollars' worth of grants that met the constituent's healthcare needs. Georgia received $14,389,032 for Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Programs. In addition, Georgia received $287,100 for Family-to-Family Health Information Centers and $4,953,436 for school-based health centers to help clinics to amplify health care services.

• Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) announced that a new report shows that hundreds of thousands of people in Georgia are already benefiting from the Affordable Care Act and that will continue to grow over the years, especially in the State of Georgia.

What Hank will do:

• Ensure that the health care reform legislation is implemented such that it protects consumers and empowers ordinary Americans seeking affordable health insurance.
• Continue to pursue additional funds for Georgia's critical PeachCare program.
• Continue to support a public option to counter insurance industry price gouging.
• Introduced and passed the "Neglected Infections of Impoverished Americans Act, which would require Health and Human Services to report to Congress annually on the impact of parasitic diseases – mostly in poor, minority populations along the U.S.-Mexico border, the rural South, Appalachia and distressed urban areas – to address their threat and make funding recommendations on how to eradicate them.
• Continue to support investment in health care research.

Immigration

What Hank Believes

Congressman Johnson is a staunch supporter of DACA, TPS, refugees and immigrants who come to America for a better life for themselves and their children.

• Hank has zero tolerance for children being held in cages at detention centers, where they sleep on the cold floor.
• Hank has zero tolerance for children being jailed and deprived of a human touch. We have zero tolerance for a Trump policy that deprives children of ever being reunited with their parents.
• Hank believes we are a nation of laws, but we are also a nation of immigrants. Most Americans have parents or grandparents who immigrated to this country, and we know the hardships they faced, from learning the language to dealing with prejudice.
• Hank believes we must secure our borders, require employers to comply with common-sense laws that benefit our country, and expect immigrants who want to stay here to do what people who have come to our shores in search of a better life have always done: obey our laws, learn our language, and pay taxes, while earning the chance to become tax-paying American citizens.

What Hank Has Done

• Congressman Hank Johnson, FWD.us, and the Latino Community Fund of Georgia To Host Virtual Panel On Immigrant Essential Workers in 2021.

• Went to Hartsfield-Jackson Internation Airport to help American citizens when they were detained by Trump's illegal Muslim ban in 2017.

• Marched on the frontlines with thousands of peaceful protestors in Atlanta to denounce the Trump Administration's "zero tolerance" immigration policy.

• Hosted a Fourth District Muslim, Refugee and Immigrant Listening Session at the Clarkston Community Center to fight against the divisive Trump Administration and the GOP Congressional immigration and refugee policies.
• Introduced H. Res. 1073 to increase the number of refugees fleeing violence and persecution that can be admitted into the United States.
• Voted for H.R. 3401, a $4.5 billion emergency border supplemental appropriations bill to address the urgent humanitarian situation at our Southern border. The bill provides significant funding for priorities to meet the needs of vulnerable children, including food, water, medical services, legal assistance, support services for unaccompanied children, alternatives to detention, and refugee services. The bill also contains important oversight provisions to hold the Administration accountable and to insist the Administration start to protect the rights of immigrants.

Justice, Civil Liberties, & Government Accountability

What Hank believes:

• The criminal justice system is ridden with injustice that penalizes minority and poor Americans.
• Mandatory minimum sentencing is fundamentally unfair.
• The death penalty is immoral.
• The government should serve and protect – not harass or inconvenience – American citizens.
• The government should not detain or spy on Americans without a warrant.
• Congress should exercise its government oversight prerogatives to their fullest in an effort to destroy waste and corruption.
• The federal government's reckless borrowing and spending threaten America's economic and national security, and unfairly and unethically burden future generations who will be responsible for repaying today's debts.
• It is irresponsible and unsustainable to increase spending while cutting taxes, as the Bush Administration did.

What Hank has done:

• Congressman Johnson Continues His Critical Work on Criminal Justice Reform: The Police Accountability Act, The Grand Jury Reform Act, The Cooling Off Period Elimination Act in 2021-22.

• George Floyd: Justice in Policing Act is a critical first step towards changing the warrior culture of policing.

• Congressman Johnson's Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act, which is folded into the George Floyd Justice in Polciing Act, passes the House in June 2020.

• Voted on December 13, 2019, in favor of Articles of Impeachment against President Donald J. Trump in Judiciary Committee based on the abuse of power and the obstruction of Congress.

• December 6, 2019, Congressman Hank Johnson voted to protect access to the ballot and pass the Voting Rights Advancement Act.

• In 2019, Congressman Hank Johnson was named chairman of Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet.

• Introduced the Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act in 2009, which would ensure that death row inmates have the opportunity to present newly discovered evidence of innocence.

• Cosponsored the successful Second Chance Act of 2007, which will lower crime rates in communities by increasing the care and aptitude with which the criminal justice system deals with ex-prisoners, probationers, and recidivists.
• Cosponsored the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act, which passed the House. It enables the federal government to assist local law enforcement with the investigation and prosecution of hate crimes.
• Cosponsored the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act, which passed the House. It directed the Department of Justice to open an office for the investigation of unsolved civil rights crimes committed before 1970.
• Cosponsored the COPS Improvement Act, which passed the House. It expands the authority of the Attorney General to make grants for public safety and community policing programs.
• Cosponsored the Stop AIDS in Prison Act, which passed the House. It would direct the Bureau of Prisons to implement a comprehensive policy to provide HIV testing, treatment, and prevention for inmates in federal prisons and upon re-entry to the community.
• Voted, during the first 100 Hours of this historic 110th Congress, to reestablish the PAYGO system, which requires that new spending or tax breaks not be added to the federal deficit; costs must be offset elsewhere in the budget.
• Original cosponsor of H.J.Res.120, proposing a Constitutional amendment limiting the pardon power of the President.
• Original cosponsor of H.Con.Res.86, condemning the racist and hate-based attacks on our college campuses and reaffirming our support for inclusion and safety in our institutions of higher learning.
• Original cosponsor of H.R. 4140, the No Unconstitutional Strike against North Korea Act. This bill prohibits the Armed Forces from engaging in hostilities in North Korea without an official declaration of war.
• Introduced H.R.3664 on September 21, 2017, to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide that the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation may only be removed for certain causes, and for other purposes.

• November 9, 2017, Congressman Hank Johnson, reintroduced three criminal justice reform bills in efforts to restore credence between police and the communities they serve. As well as eliminating discrimination and disparities in the justice system.

• Congressman Johnson introduced the Cooling Off Period Elimination Act of 2017 or the COPE Act, the Police Accountability Act and the Grand Jury Reform Act.

• Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy, is an original cosponsor of the USA PATRIOT Act Amendments Act of 2009 (H.R. 3845), and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Amendments Act of 2009 (H.R. 3846).

• U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) earned a 100 percent civil rights voting record for the 112th Congress from the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, a coalition charged by its diverse membership to promote and protect the rights of all people in the United States. In 2018, he is still acknowledged for his efforts in maintaining civil liberties.

What Hank will do:

• From his post on the Judiciary Committee, continue to support efforts to rid our criminal justice system of discriminatory practices.
• Serve as a check against undue government interference in the daily lives of Americans.
• Continue to provide federal and local law enforcement with the resources needed to fight crime effectively and humanely.
• Work to form a bipartisan consensus which resolves that, by avoiding unnecessary wars and eliminating unfair subsidies to powerful constituencies, we can balance the budget without cutting vital social services like Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and Food Stamps.

National Security and Foreign Policy

What Hank has done:

• Rep. Johnson Votes to Meet the Needs of Servicemembers and Military Families, Strengthen National Security in 2021.

• In 2020, Congressman Hank Johnson voted in favor of a War Powers Resolution to limit President Trump's military actions regarding Iran; a resolution that reiterates that only Congress can declare war and affirms that Congress has not authorized the use of military force against Iran.

• Cosponsored "The Berta Cáceres Human Rights in Honduras Act" that calls for the suspension of U.S. funding to the Republic of Honduras for its police and military operations, issued the following statement in response to news that some of those responsible for Berta's murder received prison sentences.

• October 24, 2019, voted to pass H.R. 4617, the Stopping Harmful Interference in Elections for a Lasting Democracy (SHIELD) Act.

• Played host to former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Thomas R. Pickering on Capitol Hill to discuss the path to a political settlement of the war in Afghanistan.
• Consistently opposed the Iraq War and supported removal of our forces from Iraq.
• As member of House Armed Services Committee, always voted to protect and support our Armed Forces.
• Cosponsored the successful legislation of the 9/11 Commission's official recommendations.
• Introduced and passed a resolution officially calling upon the warring parties in Uganda, the government of the United States, and the international community to work to peacefully resolve that country's brutal civil war.
• Voted to restrict "no-bid" defense contracts, by which politically-connected companies like Halliburton receive Pentagon contracts with no competition.
• Introduced legislation to establish a National Commission on Detainee Treatment to review United States policy regarding the capture, custody, treatment, judicial proceedings, and repatriation of suspected "unlawful enemy combatants."
• Co-authored legislation to impose sanctions on Iran's petroleum sector. It passed the House.
• Cosponsored the Iran Counter-Proliferation Act, which passed the House. It would sanction Iran for its failure to make good on its international legal commitments with regard to its clandestine nuclear program.
• Cosponsored the successful Darfur Accountability and Divestment Act, which states that it is U.S. policy to support state and local efforts to divest funds from, or restrict investments in, companies that conduct business operations in Sudan.
• Voted to increase U.S. funding for the global fight against diseases such as HIV/AIDS, TB, and malaria, which exacerbate global poverty, pose an international health risk, and undermine the stability of entire regions.
• Cosponsored H.R 1698, the Iran Ballistic Missiles and International Sanctions Enforcement Act to prevent Iran from undertaking any activity related to nuclear-capable ballistic missiles.
• Cosponsored H.Res.92, to condemn North Korea's development of multiple intercontinental ballistic missiles.

• Received an "A" on League of Conservation National Environmental Report Card. He believes: "Climate change is real and threatens our health, the environment, national security and our economy, and I'm committed to working with anyone on Capitol Hill or in the White House to invest in clean-energy technologies and jobs."

• Introduced the "Election Infrastructure and Security Promotion Act of 2016" (H.R. 6073) that requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) designate our voting systems as critical infrastructure and the "Election Integrity Act of 2016" (H.R. 6072). This will put a limitation on the purchasing of any new voting systems that do not provide durable voter-verified paper ballots.

Seniors and Social Security

WHY DOES SOCIAL SECURITY MATTER?

The COVID pandemic has exacerbated many of the issues Social Security faces.

* For about 1 in 6 seniors, it provides 90 percent or more of their income.

*45% of Black Americans and 52% of Latinx seniors rely on Social Security for all or nearly all of their income.

*Social Security pays monthly benefits to more children than any other federal program.

*Over 9 million veterans received Social Security benefits in 2020.

*Millennials are projected to rely more on Social Security for their retirement security than their parents or grandparents.

SOCIAL SECURITY SOLVENCY
As it stands today, Social Security will be solvent through 2037. Those who advocate making huge cuts to Social Security to balance the budget are misguided. Social Security is an essential social safety net, providing critical income to more 53 million retirees, workers with disabilities, spouses and their children. Congress must not grant huge tax cuts to the wealthy and tax subsidies to large corporations, and then try to balance the budget on the backs of our seniors.

DEFICIT REDUCTION AND SOCIAL SECURITY
The United States faces fiscal challenges, and we must find creative ways to cut spending and increase revenues over coming decades. But a civilized nation does not balance its budgets by abandoning seniors. There are plenty of places to cut the deficit: the bloated defense budget, wasteful subsidies to powerful industries, and unwarranted tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans, for example. We cannot balance the budget on the backs of our seniors.

MEDICARE FRAUD
Hank joins seniors and all Americans in opposing Medicare fraud. Medicare fraud robs our seniors of quality health care and increases costs for all taxpayers. Hank voted for health care reform that gives Medicare new authority to uncover waste, fraud, and abuse. Specifically, reform provided $700 million to fight fraud, allows CMS to conduct background checks and site visits to expose fraudulent providers, and creates new penalties for submitting false data to Medicare or Medicaid. Passing the health reform law was the first step, but cutting out the fraud will be in the implementation of the law. Hank will vigorously monitor CMS's efforts in this area to protect America's seniors.

ACCESS TO DOCTORS UNDER MEDICARE
Too many doctors are continuing to close their doors to Medicare patients because Medicare continues to cut reimbursements. Hank understand how important it is to see the doctor of your choice, and that is why he voted for legislation to fix the broken formula, which cuts doctors payments and makes it harder for seniors to see their doctor. Congress must make this issue a priority.

WHAT IS YOUR PLAN TO HELP OLDER WORKERS GET BACK TO WORK AND TO IMPROVE ECONOMIC SECURITY FOR PEOPLE OF ALL GENERATIONS?
The federal government has to support retraining and continuing education programs so older workers can adapt in a rapidly changing global economy. Congress also needs to strengthen the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, which was recently weakened by the Supreme Court, to protect older workers and job applicants from discrimination.
Hank's Fair Employment Act of 2011 would also address discrimination against older workers.

What Congressman Johnson Has Done:

• Congressman Johnson Earns Perfect Score Protecting Seniors in 2020 & 2021.

• Since 2007, Congressman Hank Johnson has helped thousands of residents navigate housing, health care, Social Security, IRS and veterans benefits and surpassed $59.5 million in constituent services.

• July 26, 2019, Congressman Hank Johnson introduced bipartisan legislation, the Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Improvements to Patent Litigation Act to lower prescription drug costs.

• Cosponsored H.R. 849, the Protecting Seniors Access to Medicare Act, which amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to terminate the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). Under PPACA, the IPAB was tasked with developing proposals to reduce the per capita rate of growth in Medicare spending.

• Cosponsored H.R. 3178, the Medicare Part B Improvement Act of 2017. This bill contains several bipartisan measures to improve Medicare services, including expanded access, efficiency, and the reduction of administrative requirements for licensed providers.

Transportation & Infrastructure

• Rep. Johnson's DeKalb, Gwinnett Funding Requests Included in Surface Transportation Reauthorization in 2022.
• Sen. Ossoff, Rep. Johnson Lead Delegation Push to Prioritize Public Transit Investment in Georgia.
• Congressman Johnson Votes in Support of Transformational Transportation & Infrastructure Legislation.
• Questioned Federal Aviation Administration officials in December of 2019, regarding the analysis of the Boeing 737 Max, which predicted as many as 15 future fatal crashes within the life of the fleet.Introduced H.R. 3454, the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission
• Reauthorization Act of 2017, reauthorizing regional economic and infrastructure development programs.
• Cosponsored the Donate for Disaster Relief Act that allows taxpayers to designate that their tax overpayment to a Disaster Relief Fund.
• Cosponsored the H.R. 2258, the Active Duty Voluntary Acquisition of Necessary Credentials for Employment (ADVANCE) Act, which grants former service members with experience driving combat vehicles exemptions to the federal commercial motor vehicle driving test requirements.
• Is the highest-ranking Democrat on the T&I Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

• His subcommittee promotes economic development in communities suffering economic distress, preside over programs addressing federal management of emergencies and natural disasters – including oversight of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) – and manage some aspects of Homeland Security.

• In addressing critical infrastructure needs of Georgia, he states that "Federal investments should include funds supporting state efforts to add additional standard and HOV lanes to major highways in the metro Atlanta region as well as other major causeways throughout the state."

• Wants to focus on transportation equity – which will ensure that low income Americans will have access to safe and reliable transportation.