WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Earl L. Carter, R-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * Carter statement on House passage of government funding bill * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA) today released the following statement after the House of Representatives voted to fund the government through November 21, 2025: "Under President Trump's leadership, House Republicans did our job to ensure that our troops get paid, critical programs maintain funding, and the gov  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Sanford D. Bishop Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * CONGRESSMAN BISHOP'S STATEMENT ON HOUSE RESOLUTION 719 * WASHINGTON - Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) issued the following statement regarding today's vote on a resolution concerning Charlie Kirk: "Last week, Charlie Kirk was gunned down in an apparent act of political violence. As I publicly stated on the day of this tragedy, political violence against any individual or group  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Rick W. Allen, R-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Rick Allen Leads Colleagues in Reintroducing the Safe Step Act * Today, Representative Rick W. Allen (R-GA-12), Chairman of the Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee, was joined by Representatives Lucy McBath (D-GA-06), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-01), Raul Ruiz, M.D. (D-CA-25), and Bob Onder (R-MO-03) in reintroducing the Safe Step Act, a bipartisan bill to ensure pa  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Nikema Williams, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Nikema Williams Votes NO to Honoring a Legacy of Racism * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Nikema Williams (GA-05) released the following statement after her NO vote to Congressional resolution to honor the legacy of Charlie Kirk: Congresswoman Nikema Williams (GA-05) said: "Today's resolution was not about condemning political violence or Charlie Kirk's death, to which   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Nikema Williams, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Nikema Williams Votes NO to Increasing Healthcare Premiums * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Nikema Williams (GA-05) released the following statement after her NO vote to the partisan continuing resolution proposed by House Republicans: Congresswoman Nikema Williams (GA-05) said: "Republicans are already ripping Medicaid away from hundreds of thousands of working famili  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Earl L. Carter, R-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * Following tireless advocacy, Carter celebrates FDA approval for Barth syndrome treatment * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA) today celebrated the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) announcement that it has granted an accelerated approval for Stealth Biotherapeutics' Barth syndrome treatment, Forzinity (elamipretide HC1). This landmark decision comes after tireless advocacy  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * McBath Statement on H.Res.719 * Washington, DC - Following the passage of House Resolution 719, Representative Lucy McBath (GA-06) released the following statement: "I came to Congress after my son was murdered by a man with a gun. I know the trauma that comes when someone is killed with a firearm. I carry it with me every day. I stood on the steps of the courthouse and forgave my son's killer. He  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * McBath, Allen Lead Bipartisan Safe Step Act * Washington, DC --Today, Representative Lucy McBath (D-GA-06) joined Representative Rick W. Allen (R-GA-12), Chairman of the Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee; Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-01), Raul Ruiz, M.D. (D-CA-25), and Bob Onder (R-MO-03) in reintroducing the Safe Step Act, a bipartisan bill to ensure patients can safely and eff  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Georgia, ranking member of the of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence and the Internet, issued the following news release on Sept. 18, 2025: * * * Subcommittee Ranking Member Johnson's Opening Statement at Hearing on Federal Preemption of State AI Laws Today, Rep. Hank Johnson, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet, delive  more