WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Rep. David Scott, D-Georgia, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, issued the following news release: House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott released highlights of the Committee's activity and accomplishments throughout the 117th Congress. Hearings and Business Meetings Held: 61 The House Agriculture Committee has held 29 hearings and business meetings since the beginning of 2022, and 61 during the 117th Congress. Across these hearings, our Members have   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The House Small Business Committee issued the following testimony by Willow Construction Inc. Board Chairman Alan Gravel involving a hearing on July 27, 2022, entitled "Leveraging the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: The Role of the SBA's Bond Guarantee Program." The SBA is the Small Business Administration. * * * I am Alan Gravel, Chairman of the Board of Willow Construction, Inc. Willow is a small heavy civil contractor based in the Atlanta area. We work princip  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Georgia, issued the following statement on Aug. 4, 2022: * * * Congressman Andrew Clyde (GA-09) released the following statement in response to the recent decision in his lawsuit against Speaker Pelosi's unlawful magnetometers on the House floor and subsequent fines for alleged violations: "While it's certainly disappointing that it took almost eleven months to arrive at this adjudication, I have long anticipated that this matter would be resolved a  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Rep. Henry C. 'Hank' Johnson Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release and a June 23, 2022, letter: Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA), and Congressman Hank Johnson (D-GA) announced that 11 reports accompanying the House's fiscal year 2023 appropriations bills include their language directing federal agencies to report on advertising contracts with small disadvantaged businesses and businesses owned by minorities and women   more