WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Rep. David Scott, D-Georgia, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, issued the following opening statement on July 14, 2021, at a business meeting to consider the Broadband Internet Connections for Rural America Act (H.R. 4374): * * * We come together today to consider a very important and needed piece of legislation - the Broadband Internet Connections for Rural America Act. The bill before us is something I am very proud of, and I am especially pleased to have w  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The Senate Rules and Administration Committee issued the following information for a field hearing entitled: "Protecting the Freedom to Vote: Recent Changes to Georgia Voting Laws and the Need for Basic Federal Standards to Make Sure All Americans Can Vote in the Way that Works Best for them" at 10 a.m. on July 19, 2021, at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, Atlanta, Georgia: Witnesses Panel I: * Honorable Raphael Warnock, U.S. Senator Reverend Panel II:   more