WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Rep. David Scott, D-Georgia, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, issued the following opening statement on July 14, 2021, at a business meeting to consider the Broadband Internet Connections for Rural America Act (H.R. 4374): * * * We come together today to consider a very important and needed piece of legislation - the Broadband Internet Connections for Rural America Act. The bill before us is something I am very proud of, and I am especially pleased to have w more PR

EVANS, Georgia, July 17 -- Rep. Jody Hice, R-Georgia, issued the following news release: During the July 8th meeting of the Columbia County Republican Women, Congressman Jody Hice (GA-10) presented David Titus with the Hice Headliner Award. An Army officer veteran and former Columbia County commissioner, David serves as president of the board of directors for Columbia County Cares Food Pantry. This nonprofit organization is an all-volunteer operation serving more than 480 families each month.  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Rep. Sanford D. Bishop Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release on July 15, 2021: Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) announced that the Fiscal Year 2022 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, which was approved by the House Appropriations Committee today, includes $1.1 million for the Caregivers Database Program at the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers (RCI) in Americus, Georgia. The funds will enable more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Rep. Sanford D. Bishop Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release on July 15, 2021: Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) secured $1 million in funds for the Phoebe Putney Health System in Albany, GA to purchase two mobile clinics. These clinics will be part of the Mobile Medical Units Program to help improve rural healthcare in Southwest Georgia. The funding is part of the Fiscal Year 2022 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appr more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Rep. Sanford D. Bishop Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release on July 15, 2021: Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) secured $225,000 for the City of Pelham, Georgia to be used for new communications technology that would support law enforcement and public safety entities as well as ensure that its system is interoperable with all public safety agencies in Georgia. The funding is part of the Fiscal Year 2022 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agenci more PR

MARIETTA, Georgia, July 17 -- Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on July 16, 2021: The Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act (FVPSA), led by Rep. Lucy McBath (D-GA-06), was approved by the House Committee on Education and Labor. This bipartisan bill expands funding for programs focused on protecting survivors and preventing family and domestic violence; it is the only federal funding source under the Department of Health and Human Services dedicated more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on July 16, 2021: On Thursday, U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) discussed the incredible impact the Expanded Child Tax Credit payments will have on more than 2 million Georgia families. Senator Warnock, alongside by Alicia Johnson, Executive Director of Step up Savannah, Ray Khalfani, Research Analyst for Georgia Budget and Policy Institute (GBPI) and Nura Moshtael, a MomsRising member and  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The Senate Rules and Administration Committee issued the following information for a field hearing entitled: "Protecting the Freedom to Vote: Recent Changes to Georgia Voting Laws and the Need for Basic Federal Standards to Make Sure All Americans Can Vote in the Way that Works Best for them" at 10 a.m. on July 19, 2021, at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, Atlanta, Georgia: Witnesses Panel I: * Honorable Raphael Warnock, U.S. Senator Reverend Panel II:  more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 17 -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, issued the following news release on July 16, 2021: Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Members of the Congressional delegation she will lead to San Diego for the Christening Ceremony for the USNS John Lewis. The program will honor the late Congressman John Lewis of Georgia and will take place on July 17, 2021, one year after the Congressman's passing. The Members of the delegation are: * Speaker Nancy Pelosi * House more PR