WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Senator Reverend Warnock chastised Senate Republicans after a vote to open debate on bipartisan border security legislation failed 50-43 Senator Reverend Warnock voted to open debate, but a majority of Senate Republicans opposed debating the bipartisan border bill Senator Reverend Warnock: "The onus is clearly on Washington Republicans to explain to the American people why it is that they won't even a  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Rep. Nikema Williams, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on May 23, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Nikema Williams (GA-05) led the introduction of the bipartisan Endometriosis CARE Act, which would deliver $50 million annually to advance endometriosis research and expand access to treatment. The legislation is co-sponsored by Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14), Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) and Congressional Endometriosis Caucus Co-Chair, Congresswoman Jenniff  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Senator Jon Ossoff today released the following statement after Senate Republicans blocked even a debate on the bipartisan border security measure. "The threat of terrorism associated with unlawful entry at the southern border is real and pressing. "Every day Congress fails to pass a border security measure, the risk increases. "Yet today Senate Republicans blocked the Senate even from debating and consideri  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Senator Reverend Warnock successfully secured a provision in the 2024 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization bill to protect local control of Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (ATL) The Georgia State Legislature passed a measure in 2019 to take control of ATL from the City of Atlanta ATL is the busiest airport in the world, providing millions in tax revenue to the city   more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: In a letter to Delta Air Lines (Delta) leadership, Senator Reverend Warnock urged the company to not hinder any free and fair election among non-unionized workers seeking to band together to improve conditions on the job Senator Reverend Warnock reiterated the importance of respecting the law to protect workers and ensure they can make their own choices free of undue coercion Senator Reverend Warnock   more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: In response to the foreign agents bill that recently passed out of the Georgia Parliament to restrict the ability of civil society and independent media to operate in the country, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) and Chair of the Europe and Regional Security Cooperation Subcommittee, and Jim Risch (R-ID), Ranking Member of SFRC,  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Senator Jon Ossoff is taking on the pharmaceutical companies who are ripping off Georgia families. This week, in a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Sen. Ossoff called out the abusive practices of pharmaceutical companies who are using unfair practices to reduce generic medicine competition and hike prices, forcing Georgia families to pay exorbitant prices for life-saving medicine. During the hearing,   more