WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Rep. Sanford D. Bishop Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release: BLUFFTON, Ga. Two businesses in Middle and Southwest Georgia are being awarded a total of $1.89 million by the Biden-Harris Administration through two U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs, the Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program and the Local Meat Capacity Grant Program. The funding for these awards was made possible by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, which Congressman Bish  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Rep. Sanford D. Bishop Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release: MACON, Ga. Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr., (GA-02) is pleased to announce that Mercer University has been awarded $176,238 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The Exploratory Award Program is administered by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The grant will support cancer and autoimmune disease-related r  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Decatur, Ga. Georgia OB-GYNs today warned Georgia's abortion ban is risking the lives of pregnant women in Georgia. This morning, OB-GYN doctors testified before U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff's Human Rights Subcommittee and shared stories of women who have been denied care during miscarriages and gone into sepsis because of Georgian's abortion ban. "As a medical student in Massachusetts, I helped care for a Georgi  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Rep. Rick W. Allen, R-Georgia, issued the following news release on July 24, 2024: Earlier this week, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 8812, the bipartisan Water Resources Development Act of 2024 (WRDA), a biannual bill to address water issues and projects in the United States. The legislation included language to stop the Corps of Engineers' (Corps) disastrous rock weir plan and clarify Congressional intent to maintain our pool level at 114.5 feet. Today, Congre  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: WATCH: Sen. Ossoff remarks in Committee HearingThis is an external link Sen. Ossoff, colleagues earlier this month announced new bipartisan agreement to ban Congressional stock trading In 2022, Sen. Ossoff first introduced landmark legislation to ban stock trading by members of Congress In a historic step, U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff's bipartisan bill to ban stock trading by Members of Congress today passed a k  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Rep. Austin Scott, R-Georgia, issued the following statement on July 24, 2024: * * * U.S. Representative Austin Scott (GA-08) today released the following statement after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Joint Address to Congress: "It was an honor to attend Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's joint address to Congress today. October 7, 2023, was the deadliest day for Jewish people since the Holocaust, with Hamas killing over 1,200 innocent Israeli civ  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Rep. Nikema Williams, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on July 23, 2024: Monday, Congresswoman Nikema Williams (GA-05), sent letters to Administrator Michael Whitaker of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Gregory Kurtz, CEO of CrowdStrike. Georgia's Fifth Congressional District continues to experience the impacts of the Friday, July 19th CrowdStrike disruptions as home to Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, the world's busiest airport. In Wi  more