WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA), chair of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Commodities, Risk Management, and Trade, received a positive response from U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Ambassador Katharine Tai, following his recent bipartisan push to the Biden Administration to work to create more favorable trade conditions for Georgia pecan growers and shellers in international mark  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. David Scott, D-Georgia, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2022: House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott delivered the following statement at today's hearing "Soil Health Practices and Programs that Support Regenerative Agriculture." [As prepared for delivery] Good morning and welcome to today's important hearing on soil health and the existing practices and programs that support producers as they p  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Georgia, issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2022: Rep. Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA), a pharmacist by trade, introduced a bill today alongside Reps. Diana Harshbarger (R-TN) and Blake Moore (R-UT) to protect pharmacists' conscience rights when choosing whether to fill prescriptions for elective abortions. The Pharmacist Conscience Protection Act, co-sponsored by 26 House Republicans, comes after the Department of Health and Human Service  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Nikema Williams, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: The John Lewis Civil Rights Fellowship Act, bipartisan, bicameral legislation to create the John Lewis Civil Rights Fellowship within the Fulbright Scholarship Program was advanced out of markup by the House Foreign Affairs Committee. In August, Congresswoman Nikema Williams (GA-05) introduced the legislation which now awaits a vote by the full House of Representatives. The John Lewis Civil Rights Fello  more