ALBANY, Georgia, Sept. 2 -- Rep. Sanford D. Bishop Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release: On Monday, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) visited the Albany campus of Augusta University's Medical College of Georgia (MCG). The MCG is Georgia's only public medical school, and the Albany campus is part of its mission to increase healthcare providers and expand healthcare access to rural, underserved areas. Congressman Bishop has worked to increase federal support for greater medi more PR

ALBANY, Georgia, Sept. 2 -- Rep. Sanford D. Bishop Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release: On Monday, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), Co-Chair of the Congressional Job Corps Caucus, visited the Turner Job Corps Center (TJCC) in Albany to discuss the importance of its federally supported programs which serve youth from Georgia and across America. Job Corps is the largest nationwide residential career training program in the country. It helps eligible young people ages 16 t more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: United States Congresswoman Carolyn Bourdeaux (GA-07) released the following statement regarding the United States' withdrawal from Afghanistan. Congresswoman Carolyn Bourdeaux said, "Last night, after 20 years of war, the final American aircraft left Afghanistan. I grieve with the families who lost loved ones fighting in defense of our nation, including 74 Georgians. I hold each of them and their love more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Sept. 3 -- Rep. Henry C. 'Hank' Johnson Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following statement: * * * Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet, released the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled to leave Texas Law SB8 in place. "The Supreme Court's decision to allow Texas's draconian anti-abortion law to go into effect is a profound assault on a woman's fundamental right to choose. Function more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- Rep. Henry C. 'Hank' Johnson Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) issued the following statement denouncing Ghanaian member of Parliament Kennedy Agyapong's assertion on Ghanaian TV's Net 2 on Sept. 1 that he apologized to him for an inquiry he made to the State Department in 2019 calling for an investigation into the murder of a Ghanaian journalist who helped expose corruption in the Ghana Football (soccer) Associat more PR

SANDY SPRINGS, Georgia, Sept. 3 -- Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: This Sunday at 7:30pm, Rep. Lucy McBath (D-Marietta) will conclude her "McBath Summer Storytime" virtual reading program with I'll Love You Forever, the 10th book she has read for children this year. Hundreds of children, families, and community members have tuned in over the course of the summer to read along together. The program began in 2020 as a way to safely continue fostering reading and le more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- Rep. Austin Scott, R-Georgia, issued the following news release on Sept. 2, 2021: Congressman Austin Scott (GA-08), a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), released the below statement upon the Fiscal Year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) passing out of Committee last night by a vote of 57 to 2. The NDAA sets Department of Defense (DOD) policies and authorizes funding levels for defense programs. "After 15 hours of debate, the House Ar more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Sept. 3 -- Rep. Nikema Williams, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Sept. 2, 2021: Congresswoman Nikema Williams (GA-05) announced that 565 small businesses in the Fifth District received $245,712,324 in support from Small Business Administration Programs. The funding for the Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) and Shuttered Venues Operators Grant (SVOG) comes from the American Rescue Plan, which Congresswoman Williams helped pass. In the Fifth District, 488 rest more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff led every Democratic member of the Georgia Congressional delegation in a unified call for additional funding for transit and transportation in Georgia in the upcoming budget reconciliation bill, citing the disproportionate impact on low-income, Black, and Latino Georgians of a lack of adequate public transit funding. Sen. Rev. Raphael Warnock and Representatives Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Sept. 2, 2021: Georgia U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff led a group of Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee members in calling for an additional $30 billion to be dedicated to expanding transit and transportation in the upcoming budget reconciliation package, citing equity and racial and economic justice for their constituents. Sens. Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Tina Smit more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Joni Ernst (R-IA), and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) led a bipartisan group of 31 additional Senators calling on the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to conduct swift and thorough outreach to veterans of the Global War on Terrorism - especially those who served in Afghanistan - to provide them with mental health resources. Their call f more PR