WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- Rep. David Scott, D-Georgia, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, issued the following statement on Sept. 27, 2022: * * * House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott released the below statement following today's announcement of investments by USDA in American-made fertilizer production. "The importance of American-made fertilizer production has never been clearer than it is now. The war in Ukraine and other challenges to our agricultural supply chain have  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development and Insurance issued the following testimony by Matthew R. Auer, dean and professor at the School of Public and International Affairs in the University of Georgia, involving a hybrid hearing on Sept. 22, 2022, entitled "State of Emergency: Examining the Impact of Growing Wildfire Risk on the Insurance Market": * * * Good morning, Chairman Cleaver, Ranking Member Hill and members of the Subcommit  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: The Senate Judiciary Committee today advanced Thomas E. Brown, to be United States Marshal forthe Northern District of Georgia, and Kirk M. Taylor, to be United States Marshal for the District of Colorado, by voice vote. The Committee also advanced S. 673, the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA), sponsored by Senators Klobuchar and Kennedy.   more