WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Henry C. 'Hank' Johnson Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release: NSF funding will create new career pathway in STEM fields for local high school students CLARKSTON, GA -- On May 29, the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced it has awarded Georgia Piedmont Technical College (GPTC) in Clarkston with a $347,888 grant for their "Strengthening High School Initiatives in Future Technology" project. The project will develop a one-year pathway for high scho  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: As part of Gun Violence Awareness Month, Rep. Lucy McBath (D-GA-07) today introduced H.R.8600, the Gas-Operated Semi-Automatic Firearms Exclusion (GOSAFE) Act, a common-sense proposal designed to protect communities from gun violence while safeguarding Americans' constitutional right to own a firearm for legitimate self-defense, hunting, and sporting purposes. A companion bill is led in the U.S. Senate by Sena  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Rep. Austin Scott, R-Georgia, issued the following news release on June 3, 2024: The U.S. House of Representatives today passed H.R. 6983, legislation introduced by Rep. Austin Scott (GA-08) to rename the U.S. Postal Office in Lakeland, Georgia, the "Nell Patten Roquemore Post Office" after late constituent and former Lakeland Postmaster Nell Patten Roquemore, by a vote of 368-2. "Ms. Nell Patten Roquemore was the epitome of a public servant, and renaming the Lakeland Pos  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Senator Jon Ossoff is working across the aisle to strengthen mental health support for law enforcement officers and their families. Last month, a bipartisan bill backed by Sen. Ossoff that reauthorizes grant funding for law enforcement family support services and establishes suicide prevention programs and mental health services for law enforcement officers passed the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. The bipa  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Last week, from the Southern Border, Sen. Ossoff again warned of the threat of terrorism without bipartisan border security legislation Senator Jon Ossoff is introducing new bipartisan legislation to prevent fentanyl trafficking. Sens. Ossoff, John Cornyn (R-TX), James Lankford (R-OK), and Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) recently introduced the bipartisan Detection Equipment and Technology Evaluation to Counter the Thr  more