WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- Rep. Earl L. Carter, R-Georgia, issued the following news release: Rep. Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA) led members of the Georgia delegation in a House Resolution honoring the seven lives lost on October 19, 2024 in the tragic gangway collapse on Sapelo Island during a Gullah Geechee Culture Day celebration. "The tragic events of October 19, 2024, will be felt forever. It is heartbreaking that a day of celebration turned into a day of mourning and sorrow. We can never br  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Atlanta, Ga. U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff released the following statement. "I join all Georgians in mourning the passing of Commissioner Bruce Thompson. "I send my deepest condolences to his wife, Becky, his children, and his friends and friends. "May Bruce Thompson's memory be a blessing." *** Original text here: https://www.ossoff.senate.gov/press-releases/sen-ossoff-statement-on-passing-of-labor-commission  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Atlanta, Ga. U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is introducing bipartisan legislation to prohibit political discrimination in the provision of Federal disaster assistance. Last week, Sens. Ossoff and James Lankford (R-OK) introduced the Stopping Political Discrimination in Disaster Assistance Act to prohibit in Federal law any political discrimination in the provision of Federal disaster assistance. The bipartisan bill  more