WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Rep. Stacey Plaskett , D-Georgia, chair of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research, issued the following news release on March 29, 2022: House Agriculture Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research Chair Stacey Plaskett delivered the following statement at today's hearing titled "A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Horticulture and Urban Agriculture" [As prepared for delivery] Good morning and thank you to my colleague  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet issued the following testimony by Caitlyn Clark, ex-law clerk at the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, involving a March 17, 2022, hearing entitled "Workplace Protections for Federal Judiciary Employees: Flaws in the Current System and the Need for Statutory Change": * * * My name is Caitlyn Clark, and I am a former law clerk to Judge C. Ashley Royal, a Senior U.S. D  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Rep. Sanford D. Bishop Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release: House Appropriations Subcommittee Chairs praised President Biden's 2023 budget request. Reactions from Cardinals are below. Appropriations Committee Chair and Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee Chair Rosa DeLauro "Working people across the country are struggling to pay their bills and living paycheck-to-paycheck. From investments in our police and law e  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Georgia, issued the following opening remarks on March 29, 2022: * * * Rep. Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA) delivered opening remarks in today's Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change hearing on safe drinking water and the need for government spending to be accountable. Excerpts and highlights from his prepared remarks: OUT-OF-CONTROL SPENDING "From day one, I urged for there to be transparency on the massive amounts of money this Congress   more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Rep. Earl L. Carter, R-Georgia, Republican leader of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change, issued the following news release on March 29, 2022: Rep. Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA) delivered opening remarks in today's Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change hearing on safe drinking water and the need for government spending to be accountable. Excerpts and highlights from his prepared remarks: OUT-OF-CONTROL SPENDING "From d  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Rep. Nikema Williams, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Recently, Congresswoman Nikema Williams (GA-05), Congressman Peter Meijer (MI-03), and Congresswoman Sara Jacobs (CA-53) introduced the Cost of War Act, bipartisan legislation that would require the Department of Defense to publicly share the cost per American taxpayer of each military operation conducted by the United States Armed Forces since 9/11 and into the future. The Cost of War Act modernizes leg  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff, a member of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement. "I take very seriously my Constitutional responsibilities of advice and consent, and there are few nominations more significant than a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court. Since President Biden nominated Judge Jackson, I have engaged diligently to understand Judge Jackson's record and qualifi  more