WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Rep. Rick Allen, R-Georgia, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, issued the following news release: Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Republican Leader Rick Allen (R-GA) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing on Democrats' efforts to expand the federal government's control in the health care system: "Employer-sponsored health i  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Rep. Austin Scott, R-Georgia, issued the following commentary to the Washington Examiner on Feb. 17, 2022: U.S. Representative Austin Scott (GA-08) today penned an op-ed in the Washington Examiner outlining the egregious humanitarian crimes committed by the Communist Chinese Party (CCP) against the Uyghur Muslims. "As all eyes are on Communist China for the Olympics, I encourage you not to overlook what the Chinese Communist Party would rather keep in the shadows- mass g  more

MARIETTA, Georgia, Feb. 18 -- Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Feb. 17, 2022: This evening, U.S. Representative Lucy McBath held an interactive Infrastructure Town Hall for residents of Georgia's Sixth Congressional District. The second-term member of the U.S. House of Representatives highlighted the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, passed by Congress and signed into law in November, and the investments it brings to Georgia's roads, bridges, airports, public trans  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2022: Congresswoman Lucy McBath joined Senator Ossoff and Representative Williams to lead a bicameral resolution designating February 16th as International Black Aviation Professionals Day. Rep. McBath, a former flight attendant, celebrated the Black aviators - including pilots, air traffic controllers, skycaps, flight attendants, ground crew members who have been, and continue to be, instrumental   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Feb. 17, 2022: U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) introduced new legislation to cap the out-of-pocket cost of insulin for Georgians and Americans. The Affordable Insulin Now Act will require Medicare plans and private group or individual plans to cap patients' out-of-pocket costs for insulin at $35 per month. This will lower costs for insulin users and save money for hardworking Georgians a  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Feb. 17, 2022: Georgia U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is working to secure justice for Civil Rights cold case victims and their families. Today, Sens. Ossoff and Ted Cruz (R-TX) introduced the bipartisan Civil Rights Cold Case Investigations Support Act of 2022, which will help the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board examine unsolved murders that occurred during the Civil Rights era. "The victims of lynch  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Feb. 17, 2022: U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff (D-GA) and Mike Braun (R-IN) today launched the bipartisan Senate Prison Policy Working Group to examine conditions of incarceration in U.S. Federal prisons, protect human rights, and promote transparency. The Senate Bipartisan Prison Policy Working Group will work to develop bipartisan policies and proposals to strengthen oversight of the Federal prison system and im  more