MEMPHIS, Tennessee, May 27 -- Rep. Stephen Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement on May 27, 2022: * * * Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a member of the Natural Resources Committee, today introduced the Benton MacKaye Scenic Trail Act, linking Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina over 287 scenic miles of mountains, valleys, forests and waterfalls. The trail, on federal land for 95 percent of its length, would be administered by the National Forest Service. Congressman Cohen mad  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Rep. Henry C. 'Hank' Johnson Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following statement on May 26, 2022: * * * Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) released the following statement on President Biden's signing of an executive order to advance effective, accountable policing on the second anniversary of the death of George Floyd. "On the second anniversary of the brutal and gut-wrenching murder of George Floyd, my heart is heavy. The senseless deaths yesterday in Uvalde, Texas compound our nati  more

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is continuing his push to protect farmworkers in Georgia from human rights abuses and human trafficking. Sen. Ossoff secured results from his inquiry asking three Federal agencies to reform the H-2A visa program in response to the Operation Blooming Onion investigation, which uncovered serious human rights abuses and poor labor conditions in Georgia stemming from power abuses by labor c  more