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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Georgia Newsletter for Thursday May 15, 2025 ( 9 items )  

Congressman David Scott Votes Against Republican Bill That Cuts More Than $300 Billion From SNAP, Leads Effort to Protect SNAP Funding
WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Rep. David Scott, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on May 14, 2025: * * * Congressman David Scott Votes Against Republican Bill That Cuts More Than $300 Billion From SNAP, Leads Effort to Protect SNAP Funding WASHINGTON- Today, Congressman David Scott (GA-13), voted against House Republicans' Budget Reconciliation bill that would steal over $300 billion in funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). "To gift trillions of dollars in tax   more

Congressman Johnson Meets With Local Head Start, SNAP, Medicaid Stakeholders To Discuss Drastic Trump-Republican Cuts
WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Henry C. 'Hank' Johnson Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Johnson Meets With Local Head Start, SNAP, Medicaid Stakeholders To Discuss Drastic Trump-Republican Cuts Congressman Held Roundtable With Local Stakeholders STONECREST, GA - On Friday, May 9, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) gathered local nonprofits, parents and experts in the field of providing critical services to children in need, including the YMCA, Head Start, East  more

Congressman Rich McCormick Leads Congressional Letter To Secretary Rubio Over Concerns On The Deteriorating Security Situation In Haiti
WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Rep. Rich McCormick, R-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Rich McCormick Leads Congressional Letter To Secretary Rubio Over Concerns On The Deteriorating Security Situation In Haiti WASHINGTON - Last week, Congressman Rich McCormick (GA-07) and 14 of his United States House of Representatives colleagues sent a letter to Secretary Rubio conveying their grave concerns over the deteriorating security situation in Haiti as missionaries, humanitaria  more

ICYMI: Senator Reverend Warnock Delivers Commencement Address to Paine College's Class of 2025 in Augusta
WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Senator Reverend Warnock Delivers Commencement Address to Paine College's Class of 2025 in Augusta On Sunday, Senator Reverend Warnock delivered the keynote commencement speech to Paine College's Class of 2025 in Augusta, Georgia Senator Warnock encouraged the Class of 2025 to make their life's project longer and larger than their lifespan, give themselves over to a mission that is la  more

ICYMI: Senator Reverend Warnock Takes Fight to Protect Georgia's Clean Energy Jobs to Savannah
WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Senator Reverend Warnock Takes Fight to Protect Georgia's Clean Energy Jobs to Savannah Senator Reverend Warnock returned to his hometown to continue his public pressure campaign urging Congressional Republicans to protect clean energy tax credits fueling an expected 42,000 Georgia clean energy jobs Senator Warnock released a comprehensive report on how Georgia risks losing up to 42,0  more

Rep. Loudermilk Asks House Ways & Means to Make 1099-K Threshold Fix in Reconciliation Bill
WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Loudermilk Asks House Ways & Means to Make 1099-K Threshold Fix in Reconciliation Bill. Washington D.C. (May 14, 2025) | Rep. Barry Loudermilk (GA-11) issued the following statement after he authored a letter to Ways and Means Committee Chair, Rep. Jason Smith, asking the committee to fix the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) IRS 1099-K threshold in the upcoming Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) rea  more

Sen. Ossoff Pushes Back Against Trump Administration's Termination of IVF Programs at the CDC
WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Ossoff Pushes Back Against Trump Administration's Termination of IVF Programs at the CDC Washington, DC -- U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is pushing back against the Trump Administration's termination of IVF programs at Georgia's CDC. Last week, Sen. Ossoff and a group of Senators demanded answers from Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the elimination This is an external  more

Senator Reverend Warnock Releases New Report Finding Job Loss, Economic Slowdown if Congressional GOP Restricts Medicaid Access
WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Reverend Warnock Releases New Report Finding Job Loss, Economic Slowdown if Congressional GOP Restricts Medicaid Access Senator Reverend Warnock's new report, "Healthy People, Healthy Economy" finds that placing bureaucratic red tape between working people and their health care will lead to hospital closures, job loss, and economic slowdown The report finds that investing in Medicaid,   more

WATCH: Sen. Ossoff Presses EPA Administrator on Cancellation of Health Clinic for Thomasville, GA
WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * WATCH: Sen. Ossoff Presses EPA Administrator on Cancellation of Health Clinic for Thomasville, GA Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff pressed the Trump Administration's EPA Administrator on the cancellation of a water infrastructure and public health grant for Thomasville, Georgia. Today, in a U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies hearing, Sen. O  more