WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Georgia, issued the following statement on Aug. 10, 2022: * * * Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) issued the following statement ahead of the House of Representatives' vote on the Democrats' Inflation Reduction Act, H.R. 5376. "Democrats are once again proving they have no interest in fixing the problems Americans are actually facing. The first step in resolving any issue is to admit you have a problem. But, as hardworking Americans struggle to put g  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on July 26. 2022, entitled "Corruption, Abuse and Misconduct at U.S. Penitentiary Atlanta": * * * The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations will come to order. Today's hearing continues a ten-month bipartisan investigation of corruption, misconduct, and abuse at U.S. Penitentiary Atlan  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations issued the following testimony by Rebecca Shepard, a trial attorney with the Federal Defender Program Inc., involving a hearing on July 26, 2022, entitled "Corruption, Abuse and Misconduct at U.S. Penitentiary Atlanta": * * * My name is Rebecca Shepard. I am a trial attorney with the Federal Defender Program, Inc. of the Northern District of Georgia, a federal community defende  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Ron Johnson, D-Georgia, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on July 26. 2022, entitled "Corruption, Abuse and Misconduct at U.S. Penitentiary Atlanta": * * * Over the last 10 months, the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations ("PSI") has conducted oversight of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons ("BOP"), specifically examining the condit  more