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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Georgia Newsletter for Friday April 05, 2024 ( 6 items )  

Carter procures funding for Nahunta wastewater system improvements
WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Georgia, issued the following news release: NAHUNTA - Rep. Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA) procured $5.4 million in federal funding for the City of Nahunta to construct a new wastewater plant as part of the Fiscal Year 2024 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. The City of Nahunta's current wastewater treatment system was only designed to be used through the year 2000. "Fighting for th  more

Carter procures funding for Nahunta wastewater system improvements
WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Georgia, issued the following news release: NAHUNTA - Rep. Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA) procured $5.4 million in federal funding for the City of Nahunta to construct a new wastewater plant as part of the Fiscal Year 2024 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. The City of Nahunta's current wastewater treatment system was only designed to be used through the year 2000. "Fighting for th  more

Congressman Hank Johnson Leads Bipartisan Anti-Trafficking Push
WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Rep. Henry C. 'Hank' Johnson Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Representatives Hank Johnson (GA-04) and Burgess Owens (UT-04) introduced the Preventing Child Trafficking Act, bipartisan legislation to strengthen collaboration between the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to combat child trafficking. The bill was first introduced in the Senate by Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) on Janu  more

Rep. Clyde Demands Audit & Investigation of USPS Mail Delays
WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Georgia, issued the following news release on April 4, 2024: Today, Congressman Andrew Clyde (GA-09) sent a letter to U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Inspector General Tammy Hull to request an audit and investigation of the agency's recent consolidation process in North Georgia. Earlier this year, the USPS transitioned and consolidated local Processing & Distribution Centers (PDC) across North Georgia to the Postal Service's new Regional Processing & Dist  more

Rep. Nikema Williams Leads Effort to Resolve Extreme Mail Delivery Breakdowns in Atlanta
WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Rep. Nikema Williams, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on April 4, 2024: This week, Congresswoman Nikema Williams (GA-05) led a group of Georgia's Democratic Congressional Delegation in sending a letter to the United States Postmaster General Louis DeJoy regarding the extreme delivery breakdowns in Atlanta. Preliminary reports indicate the issue is connected to the Atlanta Regional Processing and Distribution Center in Palmetto. The letter was signed by Repr  more

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Members Risch, Shaheen on Georgia Reintroduction of Foreign Agents Law
WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), chair of the Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, today released the following statement after Georgia's ruling party reintroduced a Russian-style foreign agent law: "It is incredibly dishearteni  more