Speeches
The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act of 2011—or AIA— made the most fundamental changes to the patent laws that our country had not seen since the Patent Act of 1952. One of those fundamental changes was the creation of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board—an adjudicatory body within the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
SPRING ACADEMY DAY REMARKS 2022 | THE HONORABLE HANK JOHNSON | UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE | SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 2022
I am honored to stand before you today as we celebrate Academy Day 2022. It’s been a while since we’ve all been in person in this way, so it’s good to see everyone this morning. Welcome.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Hank Johnson’s (GA-04) made the following opening statement in support of his bill – H.R.
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Good afternoon and welcome. We are here today to consider a question that goes to the heart of our democracy: Should the United States Supreme Court, the highest court in our nation and one of the most powerful judicial bodies in the world, abide by a uniform and binding set of ethics rules?
Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet, delivered the following opening statement for the hearing on: “Workplace Protections for Federal Judiciary Employees: Flaws in the Current System and the Need for Statutory Change.”
Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet, delivered the following speech before the Rules Committee on his legislation the FAIR Act -- the Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act -- H.R. 963 on March 15, 2022:
Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) delivered the following speech at the DeKalb & Dunwoody Perimeter Chambers Legislative Preview event on Tuesday, November 30 on "Rebuilding America."
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the 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 — was marked up in the House Judiciary Committee.
Subcommittee Chairman Henry C. “Hank” Johnson, Jr.
House Committee on the Judiciary
Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet
Hearing on “Judicial Ethics and Transparency: The Limits of Existing Statutes and Rules”
October 26, 2021 at 2:00 p.m., 2141 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
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