WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Bipartisan bill now heads to the President's desk to become law Bill will establish independent oversight of Federal prison system Sen. Ossoff first introduced bipartisan bill in 2022 after leading multiple bipartisan investigationsThis is an external link into Federal prison conditionsWATCH: Sen. Ossoff's Senate floor remarks on the bill passageThis is an external link Senator Jon Ossoff's bipartisan bill   more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, delivered the following opening statement at today's nominations hearing for the Honorable Christy Goldsmith Romero, of Virginia, to be Chairperson and Member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; The Honorable Caroline A. Crenshaw, of the District of Columbia, to  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Rep. Earl L. Carter, R-Georgia, issued the following news release: Rep. Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA) today joined Rep. Russell Fry (R-SC) and 17 House Republican colleagues in a letter to the National Oceanic Atmosphere Administration (NOAA) urging it to reconsider its proposal reducing the recreational fishing season for red snapper along the South Atlantic coastline to a single day on July 12, 2024. The letter comes as recreational fishermen, local businesses, and the  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Rep. Sanford D. Bishop Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release: FORT VALLEY, Ga.Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) is pleased to announce that Fort Valley State University will receive a $3,700,656 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through the Head Start Program. These grants support local community organizations that seek to improve school readiness and provide early childhood services for low-income families with young childre  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Rep. Sanford D. Bishop Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release: FORT VALLEY, Ga.Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) is pleased to announce that today, the Biden-Harris Administration is awarding Blue Bird Corporation a $79,728,146 million grant through the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains. The Domestic Automotive Manufacturing Conversion Grant award is made possible by funding provided through the Inflation Redu  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Debbie Dingell today thanked the Biden Administration for investing $1.7 billion in American auto manufacturing through the Domestic Manufacturing Auto Conversion Grants program, a provision Dingell authored and included in the Inflation Reduction Act. This funding will support the conversion of 11 shuttered or at-risk auto manufacturing and assembly facilities across eight states--Mic  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Rep. Henry C. 'Hank' Johnson Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Full Text of Letter (PDF)(link is external) Today, Representatives Hank Johnson (D-GA) and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) led 17 Members of Congress in sending a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressing concern over the status of the case of murdered Honduran Indigenous rights defender Berta Caceres. The legislators urged Secretary Blinken to closely monito  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Thanks to the leadership of Senators Reverend Warnock and Ossoff, Blue Bird is receiving an $80 million federal grant for a state-of-the-art electric school bus manufacturing facility The new facility is expected to create 428 manufacturing jobs and 250 construction jobs in Fort Valley, Georgia Funding was made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act, legislation championed by Senators Warnock and Os  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Atlanta, Ga. - U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is pressing the VA to strengthen security at the Atlanta VA Medical Center (VAMC). Today, Sen. Ossoff is launching an inquiry with Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough to strengthen the safety and security of veterans seeking care at the Atlanta VAMC, as well as those treating them. Sen. Ossoff's inquiry comes after a January incidentThis is an external link wh  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: The Bridge to Medicaid Act would provide a temporary health care option for people in the Medicaid coverage gap to get subsidized private health care until non-expansion states like Georgia finally expand Medicaid This legislation would provide health care to many of the 640,000 Georgians stuck in the Medicaid coverage gap Senator Reverend Warnock has been committed to expanding Medicaid and strength  more