WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Rep. David Scott, D-Georgia, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, issued the following statement on Feb. 10, 2022: * * * House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott issued the following statement on today's announcement regarding membership of the newly formed Equity Commission by USDA. "I welcome today's announcement by Secretary Vilsack of the new members of the USDA Equity Commission and its Subcommittee on Agriculture, and I look forward to the work of   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Feb. 11, 2022: Congresswoman Carolyn Bourdeaux (GA-07) announced that the State of Georgia will receive nearly $20 million in Fiscal Year 2022 as part of a total of $135 million over five years to support efforts to expand EV charging across the state. This funding is a result of passing the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and will help G  more

MARIETTA, Georgia, Feb. 12 -- Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Feb. 10, 2022: U.S. Representative Lucy McBath today announced that more than $134 million will be made available to Georgia over the next five years under the new National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program, established by President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The plan will build out a national electric vehicle charging network, an important step towards making electri  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Rep. Nikema Williams, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Feb. 11, 2022: On Thursday, Congresswoman Nikema Williams (GA-05) alongside 13 of her House colleagues, all Black women, sent a letter to President Joe Biden commending his commitment to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court. The letter also urges the President to consider appointing a Black woman with a strong track record of advancing civil and constitutionally protected rights and whose work ha  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Feb. 11, 2022: U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is working to make government services accessible in more languages. Today, Sen. Ossoff led a group of 19 Senators calling on U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland to direct Federal agencies to update their Language Access Plans, helping ensure people whose primary language is not English can access critical information and resources in their preferred language. Senat  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Feb. 11, 2022: U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff introduced a bill to protect Tybee Island from the effects of growing storm surge. Sen. Ossoff, alongside Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock, today introduced the Tybee Island Storm Risk Management Act to ensure Tybee Island has the resources it needs to protect from sea level rise, storm surge, coastal flooding, and other impacts of climate change. "This bill will help  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- 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 that Georgia will receive $19,978,342 in federal investments for Fiscal Year 2022 to build out Georgia's electric vehicle infrastructure network across the state. These funds, made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will be dispersed by the U.S. Department of Transportation. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law incl  more