WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Rep. Sanford D. Bishop Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2022: Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) applauded a $420,000 award to the Southwest Georgia Regional Commission and River Valley Regional Commission. As a leader on the House Appropriations Committee, Congressman Bishop works to robustly fund the Economic Development Administration (EDA) which provided these grants. Each regional commission will receive $210,000 to develop and cre  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Rep. Sanford D. Bishop Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2022: Yesterday evening, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), Senior Member on the House Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee supported the passage of H.R. 3076, the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022. This bipartisan effort is being made to secure the financial foundation of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) which is projected to run out of money to oper  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Rep. Sanford D. Bishop Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2022: Yesterday evening, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) supported the adoption of a short-term, continuing resolution to keep the federal government open and serving the American people through early March. The measure was necessary as Congressional Democrats continue to work towards a final, full-year funding bill with their Republican colleagues. The funding bill was adopted b  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Georgia, issued the following statement on Feb. 9, 2022: * * * Congressman Andrew Clyde (GA-09) released the following statement after voting against H.R. 6617, a Continuing Resolution (CR) that would extend government funding through March 11, 2022. The CR ultimately passed the House this evening by a vote of 272-162. "Time and again, the Democrat majority has proven their complete inability to govern by failing to responsibly pass necessary federa  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Rep. A. Drew Ferguson, R-Georgia, issued the following news release on Feb. 8, 2022: U.S. Congressman Drew Ferguson (R-Ga.) led a letter to U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Xavier Becerra, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen, and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure in support of Georgia's State Innovation Waiver. The Section 1332 waiver was first approved in 2020 as the Georgia Access Model to improv  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Rep. A. Drew Ferguson, R-Georgia, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman Drew Ferguson (R-Ga.) joined Newsmax's Wake Up America to blast Democrats' policies to enforce mask and vaccine mandates. Ferguson also highlighted the need for American energy independence in order to address rising gas prices and discussed the crisis at the southern border. On Democrats' mask mandates: "We are being led right now in the State of Georgia with good, solid conservative   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Rep. Jody Hice, R-Georgia, ranking Republican member of the House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations, issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2022: The Subcommittee on Government Operations held a hearing titled "Revitalizing WMATA: Getting to a Culture of Excellence." In his opening statement, Subcommittee Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) underscored how from the beginning, the Washington Metro System was envisioned to be special from other t  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Rep. Henry C. 'Hank' Johnson Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2022: This week, U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson voted to pass bipartisan, bicameral legislation to end forced arbitration for sexual harassment and assault survivors nationwide. The Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act, H.R. 4445, will void forced arbitration agreements in any contract if a sexual assault or harassment claim is brought. According to the Eco  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Rep. Nikema Williams, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2022: Congresswoman Nikema Williams (GA-05) secured passage of her amendment to The Global Respect Act. The amendment commissions a study on how the State Department can work with stakeholders on proactively preventing persecution of LGBTQI individuals around the world. The Global Respect Act provides much-needed accountability for individuals who violate the human rights of LGBTQI individuals.   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, released a video statement calling for a federal investigation regarding the corporate greed of ocean carriers. In a letter to President Joe Biden, Senator Warnock urged the White House's Supply Chain Disruption Task Force to investigate and issue a report on apparent price-gouging by in  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2022: U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA), a member of the Senate commerce and transportation committee, joined a group of his Senate colleagues in introducing the Gas Prices Relief Act. The new legislation would lower high gas prices by temporarily suspending the federal gas tax through the end of the year, bringing much-needed economic relief to families across Georgia and the coun  more