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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Georgia Newsletter for Wednesday February 07, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Carter leads full Georgia Congressional Delegation in bipartisan, bicameral push to expand Port of Savannah
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Georgia, issued the following news release: Rep. Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA) and U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) led a bipartisan and bicameral letter, signed by Georgia's entire congressional delegation, urging key Congressional committee leaders to include text authorizing a study to widen and deepen the harbor in the Port of Savannah in the annual Water Resources Development Act of 2024 (WRDA), which is currently being crafted. WRDA a  more

Carter, Barragan, Harshbarger, Buchanan introduce bill advancing innovation for animal-free drug testing methods
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Georgia, issued the following news release: Reps. Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA), Nanette Barragan (D-CA), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), and Vern Buchanan (R-FL) today introduced the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Modernization Act 3.0, a bill that will facilitate the development, qualification, and adoption of testing methods that reduce or replace the use of animals in nonclinical testing. The FDA Modernization Act 2.0 was signed into law in December  more

Rep. Nikema Williams Votes Against Legislation That Fails to Honor U.S. Humanitarian Obligations
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Rep. Nikema Williams, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Nikema Williams (GA-05), co-chair of the Bipartisan Congressional Caucus on Black-Jewish Relations and a member of the House-Knesset Parliamentary Friendship Group issued the following statement: "My support for Israel's right to defend herself has been clear. Until this point, support for Israel has long been bipartisan. However now at the call of Donald Trump, House  more