FORT VALLEY, Georgia, March 1 -- Rep. Sanford D. Bishop Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) announced a $2,997,558 Connecting Minority Communities Program grant to Fort Valley State University (FVSU). This grant program is overseen by the National Institute of Standards & Technology Bureau and focuses on providing and expanding internet service and integrating new broadband technologies for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (H  more

DAWSON, Georgia, March 1 -- Rep. Sanford D. Bishop Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food & Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, announced a $222,081 Rural Decentralized Water Systems grant to Golden Triangle Resource Conservation and Development Council (RCDC). The grant is part of USDA's Rural Development program and will help finance di  more

BLAKELY, Georgia, March 1 -- Rep. Sanford D. Bishop Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food & Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, announced two awards totaling $376,500 in Community Facilities Direct Loans and Grants for the City of Blakely. USDA's Rural Development program will help the City of Blakely purchase a new grapple and garbage t  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Henry C. 'Hank' Johnson Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release: As we close out Black History Month, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) and Congresswoman Nancy Mace (SC-01) re-introduced a bipartisan resolution calling on Congress to award the Freedom Riders the Congressional Gold Medal. More than 50 members of Congress - including more than a dozen members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) - joined Reps. Johnson and Mace as cosponsors of the bill. T  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, March 1 -- Rep. Nikema Williams, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2023: Congresswoman Nikema Williams (GA-05) announced that the Stitch was awarded one of the country's first Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program grants. The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) awarded the Stitch a $1.1 million Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program grant. This is the second-largest federal investment in the Stitch. In March 2022, Congresswoman Williams secured a $1  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Austin Scott, R-Georgia, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Representative Austin Scott (GA-08) co-led a letter with Western Caucus Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04) to United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack urging immediate action to improve outdated and inefficient Farm Service Agency (FSA) program operations. "America's farmers and ranchers should be free to focus on their farms and shouldn't have to gather unnecessary in  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is introducing a bipartisan bill to protect children from online sexual abuse and exploitation. In their latest work as Chairman and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Human Rights, Sens. Ossoff and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) today introduced the bipartisan REPORT Act to combat the rise in child sexual abuse material online. The bipartisan bill would strengthen the National Tipline ru  more