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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Georgia Newsletter for Wednesday January 24, 2024 ( 4 items )  

Durbin, Whitehouse, Hawley Call on Supreme Court to Reject Georgia-Pacific's Bankruptcy Maneuver to Evade Accountability to Hundreds of Thousands of Asbestos Victims
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, led fellow Senate Judiciary Committee colleagues U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Josh Hawley (R-MO) in submitting an amicus brief to the Supreme Court in Bestwall LLC v. Official Committee of Asbestos Claimants, supporting hundreds of thousands of victims of the company's asbestos-linked products. To avoi  more

Sen. Ossoff Launches Inquiry to Protect Georgia Small Businesses from Fraud
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is working to crack down on fraud threatening Georgia's small businesses. Sen. Ossoff and a group of U.S. Senators are urging the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to investigate deceptive marketing and advertising practices by predatory tax promoters who preyed on small businesses with false claims about the Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC). The ER  more

Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Durbin, Sens. Whitehouse, Hawley Call on Supreme Court to Reject Georgia-Pacific Bankruptcy Maneuver to Evade Accountability to Hundreds of Thousands of Asbestos Victims
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 -- Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, led fellow Senate Judiciary Committee colleagues U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Josh Hawley (R-MO) in submitting an amicus brief to the Supreme Court in Bestwall LLC v. Official Committee of Asbestos Claimants, supporting hundreds of thousands of victims of the comp  more

Senator Reverend Warnock Statement on the Passing of Dexter King
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Reverend Warnock (D-GA), who also serves as the Senior Pastor of Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church, the spiritual home of Dr. King and the King family, issued the following statement regarding the death of Mr. Dexter King, son of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King: "As a voice for Georgians in the Senate and the pastor of the King family's spiritual h  more