WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Rep. Rick Allen, R-Georgia, issued the following news release: This week, U.S. Congressman Rick W. Allen (GA-12) and Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) introduced the Employee Rights Act of 2022. This legislation updates and modernizes the Employee Rights Act to protect independent contractors, franchisees, entrepreneurs, and anyone seeking flexible work options. "Republicans stand with the 21st Century worker, and it's time to ensure our labor policies do too. The Employee Right  more

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is working to ensure fair legal representation for people detained or questioned at U.S. airports or other ports of entry. Sen. Ossoff is working to pass the Access to Counsel Act to ensure those adults with proper documentation who are detained or questioned by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have a meaningful opportunity to consult with counsel, a family member, or an advocate a  more

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following opening statement on March 22, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff, a member of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, delivered opening remarks in the Nomination Hearing of Ketanji Brown Jackson to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Please find a transcript of his remarks below: SEN. OSSOFF: "Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Grassley. "Judge Jackson, good afternoon. Good afternoon   more

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee issued the following testimony by Collie Greenwood, interim general manager and CEO of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, involving a hybrid hearing on March 15, 2022, entitled "Advancing Public Transportation under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law": * * * I am Collie Greenwood, Interim General Manager and CEO of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority in Atlanta, Georgia, known as MARTA. I  more