WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Rep. Rick Allen, R-Georgia, issued the following news release on Jan. 20, 2022: Congressman Rick W. Allen (GA-12) today announced internship opportunities in his Washington, D.C. office for the summer semester. "Internships provide young professionals with the opportunity to learn firsthand how Congress operates," said Congressman Allen. "Not only will interns learn about the legislative process, they also play an integral role in constituent services and will gain inva  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Jan. 21, 2022: Congresswoman Carolyn Bourdeaux (GA-07) released the following statement condemning the latest attempt by Georgia Republicans to prevent Georgian families from being able to access Medicaid. Rep. Bourdeaux said, "I'll say it again. Georgia's Medicaid work requirements are bad policy that would cost taxpayers more dollars while covering fewer people than full Medicaid expansion. The Gov  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- Rep. Jody Hice, R-Georgia, issued the following transcript on Jan. 21, 2022: "The Declaration of Independence guarantees all of us certain unalienable rights that no one can take away from us. These are rights that are God-given, things like life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness. And yet this weekend, we all stepped back, many of us with prayers, with tears, with great mourning, remembering some 60 million American babies who have lost their lives and have been denied t  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- Rep. Nikema Williams, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Jan. 21, 2022: On Thursday, Congresswomen Nikema Williams (GA-05), Deborah Ross (NC-02), Haley Stevens (MI-11), and Alma Adams (NC-12) introduced the Student Loan Rehabilitation and Credit Score Improvement Act. The Congresswomen were joined by eight additional original cosponsors in introducing the bill. One way for student loan borrowers to get out of default is through loan rehabilitation. and conti  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Jan. 22 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff introduced major legislation to get corporate money out of political campaigns. He and Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) introduced the Ban Corporate PACs Act, which would reduce corporate influence in Washington by prohibiting for-profit corporations from influencing political campaigns and federal elections. Sen. Ossoff refused contributions from corporate PACs (https://www.valdostada  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and Jon Ossoff (D-GA) announced $970,000 in new federal investments to help develop MARTA's Clayton County Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Transit Oriented Development (TOD) study. The Senators fought to secure the funding, which was awarded by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), to connect Georgians to resources and economic opportunity throughout the state.  more