WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Rep. David Scott, D-Georgia, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, issued the following opening statement at a Jan. 12, 2022, hearing entitled "Implications of Electric Vehicle Investments for Agriculture and Rural America": * ** Good morning, and welcome to a hearing that I have been greatly looking forward to hosting. Today we will discuss the implications on rural communities and agriculture from the ongoing investment and adoption of electric vehicles. We are  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release on Jan. 11, 2022: In an interview with Rachel Maddow tonight, U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Chairwoman of the Senate Rules Committee with oversight of federal elections and campaign finance law, once again called for changes to Senate rules in order to pass federal voting rights legislation following her trip to Georgia with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. Klobuchar noted that c  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Rep. A. Drew Ferguson, R-Georgia, issued the following news release: In an interview on Newsmax's 'National Report,' U.S. Representative Drew Ferguson (R-Ga.) discussed the Consumer Price Index (CPI) hitting 7% in December 2021, the recent surge of COVID-19, and remarks by President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris about our nation's election laws. Click here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-ZHbs7s3Tc) or on the below to watch Ferguson's interview: On CPI so  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Jan. 13 -- Rep. Henry C. 'Hank' Johnson Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following statement on Jan. 12, 2022: * * * Senior Judiciary Committee member and Chairman of the Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet subcommittee, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) released the following statement after President Biden's speech in Georgia on Tuesday calling on the Senate to pass urgently needed voting rights legislation. "Across the nation, partisan forces are waging the most braze  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Rep. Barry Moore, R-Alabama, issued the following floor statement on Jan. 12, 2022: * * * Rep. Barry Moore (AL-02) spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives about the historic Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics confirming inflation rose an astonishing seven percent in the past year under the Biden administration. The U.S. has not suffered such extreme inflation since 1982, when now-Senate candidate Herschel W  more

ATLANTA, Alabama, Jan. 13 -- Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Alabama, issued the following statement on Jan. 11, 2022: * * * U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07) traveled to Atlanta, Georgia, with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris as they delivered remarks about the need to protect the sacred right to vote. Following President Biden's address, Rep. Sewell released the following statement. "President Biden's strong and forceful speech made clear exactly what is at stake as we face the most c  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Following President Biden's remarks in Georgia demanding progress on voting rights legislation, Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) urged Senators to do whatever it takes - including changing their rules - to get these key bills over the finish line. The Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act would ensure every American has equal freedom to vote and make thei  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release on Jan. 12, 2022: U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today joined "The Story with Martha MacCallum" on Fox News to discuss the Democrats' latest push to eliminate the legislative filibuster in order to pass a partisan federal takeover of state elections. On President Biden's bitterly partisan, unpresidential speech in Georgia yesterday: "He's attacking some of his own members. We're not the only ones, Republi  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, and Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) are working to help low-income families in Georgia and across the country access health care services. In a letter to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, the Senators urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CM  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Jan. 12, 2022: U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff (D-GA) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) today introduced legislation to ban members of Congress and their families from buying and selling stocks while in office. In a move widely praised by good government groups across the political spectrum, the Ban Congressional Stock Trading Act will require all members of Congress, their spouses, and dependent children to place their stoc  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, D-Virginia, chair, and Rep. Jody Hice, R-Georgia, ranking member, of the House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations, issued the following joint news release on Jan. 12, 2022: Rep. Gerald E. Connolly and Rep. Jody Hice, Chairman and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, sent letters to several federal agencies requesting information about the implementation of the Creating Advanced Streamlined Electronic  more