| U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Georgia Newsletter for Tuesday March 07, 2023 ( 2 items ) |
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Following Years of Advocacy, Senator Reverend Warnock Applauds USDA Announcement to Provide Financial Assistance To Farmers Who Have Faced Historic Discrimination
WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release:
After years of advocacy and public pressure, U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) applauded U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)'s long-awaited announcement of the first steps to provide financial assistance to farmers, ranchers and forest landowners who have previously suffered discrimination with respect to USDA farm lending programs. Following unacceptable delays, USDA is working to distrib
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Sen. Ossoff Presses Attorney General to Complete Federal Civil Rights Investigation into Georgia State Prisons
WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release:
U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is pressing Attorney General Merick Garland to complete the Department of Justice's civil rights investigation into Georgia State Prisons.
In September of 2021, the Department of Justice announced it had opened a statewide civil investigation into conditions of confinement of incarcerated people held in Georgia's state prisons.
In a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Department of Justic
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