WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Rep. Henry C. 'Hank' Johnson Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Johnson's Statement on Supreme Court's Ruling on Dismantling of Department of Education * WASHINGTON, D.C.- Today, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), ranking member of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet, released the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 along partisan lines this week allowi  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Rep. David Scott, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on July 15, 2025: * * * David Scott and Yvette Clarke File Health Legislation Supporting Millions of Women Impacted by Uterine Fibroids Today, Congressman David Scott (GA-13) and Yvette D. Clarke (NY-9) reintroduced their resolution recognizing the month of July as Uterine Fibroids Awareness Month. The healthcare measure is meant to bring national attention to one of the most common, yet overlooked, reproduc  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Rep. Austin Scott, R-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Austin Scott on HASC Passage of FY26 NDAA * WASHINGTON, D.C.-- U.S. Representative Austin Scott (GA-08), a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), released the below statement upon the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) passing out of committee last night by a vote of 55-2. The NDAA sets Department of Defense (DoD) policies and authorizes funding leve  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Clyde & McCormick Introduce Legislation to Help Keep Lake Lanier Parks Open * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Congressmen Andrew Clyde (GA-09) and Rich McCormick (GA-07) introduced the Lanier Parks Local Access Act to allow local partners that manage multiple recreation sites at a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) civil works project to use collected user fees across all sites they oversee at th  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Ossoff Demands Answers on Report That CDC Program to Prevent Fentanyl Overdoses Has Been Frozen * Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff released the following statement in response to an NPR report This is an external link that the Trump Administration has frozen funding for the CDC's efforts to prevent fentanyl overdoses. "There isn't a family or community in Georgia that hasn't been tou  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Ossoff Presses USDA, State of Georgia to Finalize Long-Awaited Hurricane Relief for Georgia Farmers as Passed by Congress Last December * Washington, D.C. -- As the State of Georgia and the Trump Administration's USDA are still negotiating a block grant agreement for Federal hurricane relief passed by Congress last December, U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff continues fighting for Georgia's farmers. Toda  more