WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release and letter on July 28, 2022: Following months of pushing, U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA), announced that he has secured $11.7 million for full operational and personnel funding for the Savannah Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC) which President Biden had proposed cutting in the President's Budget Request. The Committee on Appropriation's Subcommittee on Defense's action came at the ur  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations issued the following testimony by Ruchi Singh, assistant professor of real estate at the Terry College of Business in the University of Georgia, involving a hybrid hearing on July 19, 2022, entitled "Thoughts and Prayers Are Not Enough: How Mass Shootings Harm Communities, Local Economies and Economic Growth." Singh is also a post-doctoral fellow at the Homer Hoyt Institute. * * * I am Ruchi Singh  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Rep. Rick Allen, R-Georgia, issued the following statement on July 28, 2022: * * * Congressman Rick W. Allen (GA-12) released the following statement after voting against H.R. 4346, a $280 billion measure comprised of government handouts and wasteful spending. "Originally intended as a bill to confront China, the latest version of this bill is a joke and does nothing of the sort. In the past several weeks, the price tag of this bill has ballooned to more than five times  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Rep. Rick Allen, R-Georgia, issued the following statement on July 28, 2022: * * * Congressman Rick W. Allen (GA-12) released the following statement after the Department of Commerce reported the U.S. economy shrank 0.9% during the second quarter. "The U.S. economy has officially entered a recession after a year and a half of Washington Democrats' failed one-party rule. "Instead of outlining a plan to respond to this economic decline, the White House spent the beginnin  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Rep. Sanford D. Bishop Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release on July 28, 2022: Yesterday, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) supported H.R. 4040, the Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID-19 Act. This bill ensures continuing access to telehealth services to all Medicare patients after the COVID-19 pandemic. The bill allows Medicare beneficiaries to continue to receive quality telehealth services from their homes. Further, the legislation expands coverage o  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Rep. Sanford D. Bishop Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release on July 28, 2022: Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) supported the passage of H.R. 4346, the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) and Science Act. This bill will make the United States a world-leading manufacturer of semiconductors by supporting science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education -- from elementary school through higher education -- as well as  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Carolyn Bourdeaux (GA-07) voted to pass the CHIPS and Science Act, bipartisan legislation aimed at investing in domestic semiconductor manufacturing and increasing American competitiveness by increasing investments in science and technology. "Investing in domestic semiconductor manufacturing will lower costs at home, create nearly 100,000 jobs, and enhance the United States' national sec  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Georgia, issued the following news release on July 28, 2022: The House today passed the Senate Amendment to H.R. 4346, the CHIPS and Science Act, which spends more than $50 billion taxpayer dollars during an inflation-driven recession. Rep. Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA) voted in opposition. While this legislation was originally intended to be a strong bipartisan investment in U.S. microchip manufacturing to combat the Chinese Communist Party, Washing  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Rep. Jody Hice, R-Georgia, ranking Republican member of the House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations, issued the following news release on July 28, 2022: Government Operations Subcommittee Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) opened today's hearing by slamming the Biden Administration for its recent FITARA scorecard, demonstrating that 10 federal agencies are failing in cyber. He noted that the grades for the scorecard do not reflect any cyber goals se  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Rep. Henry C. 'Hank' Johnson Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) voted for historic, bipartisan legislation to strengthen Georgia families' financial future, boost America's research advantage and safeguard our economic and national security for generations to come. The CHIPS and Science Act will deliver a powerful investment in America's global competitiveness - creating jobs, slashing kitchen table costs, ending dependenc  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on July 28, 2022: Rep. Lucy McBath (D-GA) voted in favor of CHIPS and Science Act to strengthen Georgia families' financial future, boost America's research advantage, and safeguard economic and national security for generations to come. This historic, bipartisan legislation will deliver a powerful investment in America's global competitiveness - creating jobs, slashing kitchen table costs, ending dependence o  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Rep. Nikema Williams, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Nikema Williams (GA-05) advanced the Expanding Access to Credit through Consumer-Permissioned Data Act (H.R. 8485) out of a markup in the House Financial Services Committee. The Expanding Access to Credit through Consumer-Permissioned Data Act would increase access to homeownership by tasking lenders--at the request of applicants-to consider financial data that historically is not included i  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on July 28, 2022: Today U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) voted to pass the 2022 Water Resource Development Act (WRDA), which was voted out of the Senate with bipartisan support, 93-1. WRDA authorizes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to carry out projects relating to water supply, wastewater infrastructure, food control, navigation, and ecosystem restoration across the country. Over the past   more