WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Georgia, issued the following news release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee Chair Buddy Carter (R-GA) released a statement following the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) announcement of several new rules impacting the power sector that will have devastating consequences for U.S. energy reliability: "The EPA's rush to dismantle our natio  more

MIAMI, Florida, April 27 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation issued the following testimony by Ed McCarthy, chief operations officer of the Georgia Ports Authority, on behalf of the National Association of Waterfront Employers, at a joint field hearing with the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security on April 5, 2024, entitled "Port Safety, Security, and Infrastructure Investment": * * * Goo  more

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Georgia, issued the following news release on April 26, 2024: Today, Congressman Andrew Clyde (GA-09) and 30 original cosponsors introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) joint resolution of disapproval to overturn the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) tailpipe emissions rule. On March 20th, President Biden's EPA finalized its rule titled "Multi-Pollutant Emission Standards for Model Years 2027 and Later Light-Duty and Medium-Duty Vehicles,"  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Senator Jon Ossoff is working to award a Congressional Gold Medal to Billie Jean King. Sen. Ossoff is launching a push to pass the Billie Jean King Congressional Gold Medal Act, bipartisan legislation he co-sponsored to award a Congressional Gold Medal to Billie Jean King. The bipartisan bill was introduced by Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), and Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) and is  more

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Atlanta, Ga. -- U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is expanding vision care for kids across Georgia. Today, Sen. Ossoff announced he is delivering Federal funding to Vision To Learn, a nonprofit charity that provides vision screenings, eye exams and glasses to children in underserved communities across Georgia and nationwide, all at no cost to the child or their family. With the funding, Vision To Learn plans to purch  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Atlanta, Ga. -- U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is delivering new resources to strengthen leadership and mentorship programs for middle- and high-school girls in Atlanta. Today, Sen. Ossoff announced he is delivering Federal resources to the L.E.A.D. Center for Youth, which provides sports-based youth development programs for metro Atlanta students. With the funding, L.E.A.D. plans to strengthen and expand its yout  more

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Atlanta, Ga. -- U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is delivering new resources to strengthen workforce development programs in Atlanta. Today, Sen. Ossoff announced he is delivering Federal funding to the Automotive Training Center, which serves low-income, at-risk youth and young adults ages 15-25 in metro Atlanta and offers students on-the-job training and experience in the automotive repair industry. Since its foun  more

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Senator Jon Ossoff is working to help Georgia farmers export more crops to world markets. Sen. Ossoff is working to bring Republicans and Democrats together to pass the bipartisan Specialty CROP Act of 2023, legislation he co-sponsored to support Georgia's farmers and level the playing field to boost exports. The bipartisan bill would promote fair access to foreign markets and diversification of Georgia's c  more

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on April 26, 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 Europe and Regional Security Cooperation Subcommittee, today led 12 of their colleagues in a bipartisan letter to the Prime Minister of Georgia following the re-introduction of a law that would force no  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Senator Reverend Warnock, lawmakers: "We applaud the leadership of Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel and Commissioners Geoffrey Starks and Anna Gomez for taking an important step to restore net neutrality protections for consumers, small businesses, and the American people" Today, U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and a group of his Senate colleagues released the following statement applaudin  more