Hank was raised in Washington, D.C. He has a Bachelors degree from Clark Atlanta University and a law degree from Texan Southern University's law school. He lives with his wife and has two children.

Hank was a lawyer for more than 25 years in Decatur, Georgia. He was also an associate judge in DeKalb County's Magistrate Court for 12 years.

Hank Johnson is currently the congressman for Georgia's Fourth Congressional District. He was elected in 2007 and has served eight terms. He is chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.

Supports the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, Temporary Protected Status, refugees protections, and immigrant protections.

Opposes detaining children in cages at immigration detention centers.

As a representative, he voted for a $4.5 billion bill to provide funding for food, water, legal services, and alternatives to detention for immigrant children at the border with Mexico.

Supports securing borders and requiring employers to comply with immigration laws.

Believes immigrants need to obey U.S. laws and regulations.

- Supports the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, Temporary Protected Status, refugees protections, and immigrant protections. 
- Opposes detaining children in cages at immigration detention centers.
- As a representative, he voted for a $4.5 billion bill to provide funding for food, water, legal services, and alternatives to detention for immigrant children at the border with Mexico. 
- Supports securing borders and requiring employers to comply with immigration laws. 
- Believes immigrants need to obey U.S. laws and regulations.

Immigration

Supports the Affordable Care Act to help Georgians get affordable healthcare.

As a Representative, he introduced a bill to require the public health offices to report on the impact of diseases common in low-income communities in the US.

Supports a public insurance option to compete with the private insurance industry.

- Supports the Affordable Care Act to help Georgians get affordable healthcare.
- As a Representative, he introduced a bill to require the public health offices to report on the impact of diseases common in low-income communities in the US. 
- Supports a public insurance option to compete with the private insurance industry.

Healthcare

Wants to reduce U.S. use of oil as a main energy source. Said, "oil is a finite resource and global oil extraction and refinement will peak – soon."

As a Representative, he wanted to create an environmental justice office.

As a Representative, he wanted to give money to educational programs and research initiatives about environmental justice.

As a Representative, he wanted to raise taxes on gasoline, diesel fuel and kerosene.

- Wants to reduce U.S. use of oil as a main energy source. Said, "oil is a finite resource and global oil extraction and refinement will peak – soon."
- As a Representative, he wanted to create an environmental justice office.
- As a Representative, he wanted to give money to educational programs and research initiatives about environmental justice.
- As a Representative, he wanted to raise taxes on gasoline, diesel fuel and kerosene.

Environment

Wants create jobs, raise wages, and provide resources to the underemployed.

Wants to lower taxes for the middle-class.

As a Representative, he supported new consumer protections against predatory banking practices.

As a Representative, he wanted to support Black families and workers.

- Wants create jobs, raise wages, and provide resources to the underemployed. 
- Wants to lower taxes for the middle-class. 
- As a Representative, he supported new consumer protections against predatory banking practices. 
- As a Representative, he wanted to support Black families and workers.

Economy

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As a representative, he opposed the Iraq War.

As a representative, he supported financially supporting the military.

As a representative, he wanted to impose sanctions on Iran's oil sector.

As a representative, he wanted regulate military spending, implement arms controls, restrict nuclear weapons, and end the use of broad-based, sectoral sanctions.

- As a representative, he opposed the Iraq War.
- As a representative, he supported financially supporting the military.
- As a representative, he wanted to impose sanctions on Iran's oil sector.
- Opposes the Russian invasion of Ukraine. 
- As a representative, he wanted regulate military spending, implement arms controls, restrict nuclear weapons, and end the use of broad-based, sectoral sanctions.

Foreign Policy and Immigration

Hank Johnson

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