WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is pressing forward on his efforts to reduce violence and civil rights abuses in America's prisons. Today in a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing, Attorney General Merrick Garland signaled support for Sen. Ossoff's efforts to pass his bipartisan Prison Camera Reform Act, which passed the Senate last week. "Last week, the Senate passed legislation that I introduced along  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2021: Rep. Lucy McBath (GA-06) signed on as an original cosponsor to the Violent Incident Clearance and Technological Investigative Methods (VICTIM) Act , a bill introduced today by Rep. Val Demings (FL-10), a former 27-year police officer and Chief of the Orlando Police Department. The legislation would establish a Department of Justice grant program to hire, train, and retain detectives and victi  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct. 30 -- Rep. Nikema Williams, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2021: Congresswoman Nikema Williams (GA-05) released the following statement in recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. "If you are a victim of domestic violence, I want to know you are not alone. Please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1 800-799-SAFE or text 'START' to 88788," said Congresswoman Williams. "Unfortunately, in 2020 Atlanta suffered what researchers  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2021: Yesterday, U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA), joined by U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR), introduced the Ban Conflicted Trading at the Fed Act, legislation to prohibit Federal Reserve officials from trading individual stocks and ensure Americans can trust that the Federal Reserve is acting in the best interest of all Ameri  more