WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Henry C. 'Hank' Johnson Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release on June 2, 2022: In the wake of the epidemic of gun violence, mass shootings and attacks on young school children, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) today issued the following statement in support of H.R. 7910, The Protecting Our Kids Act of 2022, as it was marked up and passed out of the House Judiciary Committee. "It has been nine days since we lost 21 souls in Uvalde, Texas. 19 children and t  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on June 1, 2022: Yesterday, U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, brought Georgia farmers and agricultural leaders together with United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Dr. Jewel Bronaugh and other top USDA officials in Middle Georgia to discuss challenges and best practices regarding farm stress and mental health. The roundtab  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release and letter on June 2, 2022: U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA), along with a group of his colleagues, sent a letter to United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Vilsack expressing concerns regarding USDA's historic discrimination towards Black farmers and staff and requesting information about USDA's efforts to remedy these issues. In the letter, the lawmakers detail the past fai  more