DULUTH, Georgia, Aug. 19 -- Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Aug. 18, 2021: Congresswoman Carolyn Bourdeaux (GA-07) held a press conference at the largely unoccupied Gwinnett Place Mall to announce her new legislation aimed at redeveloping dilapidated malls. This bill is the latest measure in Congresswoman Bourdeaux's ongoing initiative to FutureFit the Suburbs. "According to one analysis, within three to five years, 25 percent of nearly 1,200 indoor mall more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Aug. 17, 2021: Congresswoman Carolyn Bourdeaux (GA-07) joined over 190 of her colleagues tointroduce H.R. 4, the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. This critical legislation would restore key protections of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) which were gutted by the Supreme Court in the 2013 Shelby County v. Holder decision and more recently in the 2021 Brnovich v. DNC decision. The bil more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, issued the following joint statement: The co-signers are Reps. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, Filemon Vela, D-Texas, Ed Case, D-Hawaii, Kurt Schrader, D-Oregon, Carolyn Bourdeaux, D-Georgia, Jared Golden, D-Maine, Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas, and Jim Costa, D-California. * * * Representatives Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Filemon Vela (D-TX), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Ed Case (D-TX), Kurt Schrader (D-OR), Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-GA), Jared Golden (D- ME),  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Rep. Nikema Williams, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Aug. 17, 2021: H.R. 4, the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act was introduced with Congresswoman Nikema Williams (GA-05) as an original cosponsor. The bill restores federal oversight for states with a recent history of voter discrimination. Eight years after the disastrous Supreme Court Shelby County v. Holder decision that gutted the Voting Rights Act, the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancemen more PR