WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2021: In observance of National Small Business Week, Congresswoman Carolyn Bourdeaux invited Gwinnett County small business owner Maurice Contreras to participate in a House Committee on Small Business hearing. As CEO and Founder of Volcanica Coffee Company, Maurice Contreras shared his story of pursuing the American Dream while bringing a taste of his hometown to Georgia. "Coffee has alwa  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2021: Yesterday, Congresswoman Carolyn Bourdeaux joined her colleagues on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee for a legislative markup on a portion of the Reconciliation Budget Bill. The bill provisions include significant investments in transit, including bus rapid transit, high-speed rail, water infrastructure, and economic development strategies for struggling communiti  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Georgia, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2021: U.S. Representative Earl L. "Buddy" Carter today continues his efforts to end the flow of taxpayer dollars to the kind of controversial research that may have caused COVID-19. Carter's amendment to House Democrats' $3.5 trillion budget package would have prevented U.S. taxpayer dollars from being used to fund gain-of-function research that would involve intentionally altering organisms to  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Nikema Williams, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2021: This week, Congresswoman Nikema Williams (GA-05) voted to advance the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee's portion of the Build Back Better Act. The committee-passed legislation includes text that mirrors Congresswoman Williams' Neighborhood Access and Equity Grants Act (H.R. 5267), which she led with Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30) and Congressman Hakeem  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2021: Yesterday, U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) introduced the Device Access for Every American Act, new legislation creating a voucher program for working families to purchase laptops and tablets so that Georgians and Americans can take full advantage of the economic, civic and social benefit of the internet. Having reliable Internet connectivity and access to connected devi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2021: Today Georgia U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff and Reverend Raphael Warnock announced more than $2.2 million to help curb youth homelessness in Atlanta. The funding was awarded to the Atlanta Continuum of Care/Partners for HOME, partner organizations that work together to make homelessness rare, brief, and nonrecurring in the city of Atlanta. The funding comes from the U.S. Department of Housing a  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2021: Yesterday, in a new letter, U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA) joined U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) in calling on the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to close loopholes in the federal solar procurement process which--in its current form--hurts American solar manufacturers. The closure of this loophole would help expand the domestic solar manufacturing supply chain and would   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2021: U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) and U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today introduced a resolution to establish a national period to honor the sacrifices made by families of U.S. military servicemembers who lost their lives in service to the nation. The bipartisan resolution designates Sept. 19-25, 2021, as Gold Star Families Remembrance Week. "Our nation is fo  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2021: Yesterday, in a new letter, U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) joined U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA) in calling on the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to close loopholes in the federal solar procurement process which--in its current form--hurts American solar manufacturers. The closure of this loophole would help expand the domestic solar manufacturing supply chain an  more