WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2021: Congresswoman Carolyn Bourdeaux joined her colleagues on the House Small Business Committee for a legislative markup on a portion of the Reconciliation Budget Bill. The bill provisions include setting up SBA direct lending programs to help underserved businesses, funding business incubators and accelerators, and strengthening existing programs like Small Business Investment Companies ( more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Sept. 11 -- Rep. Henry C. 'Hank' Johnson Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2021: House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet Chairman Hank Johnson (GA-04) issued the following statement after a federal judge found that Apple had engaged in anticompetitive conduct but did not violate the federal antitrust laws: "The Court's decision today, while a good first step for developers' rights, still falls short," said Re more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Rep. David Scott, D-Georgia, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, issued the following opening statement on Sept. 10, 2021, at a business meeting to consider a proposal to satisfy the committee's reconciliation instructions required by the concurrent resolution on fiscal 2022 budget (S.Con.Res. 14): * * * Before us today is the consideration of a proposal to satisfy the Committee's reconciliation instructions and discuss the agricultural provisions included in t more PR

TIFTON, Georgia, Sept. 11 -- Rep. Austin Scott, R-Georgia, issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2021: Congressman Austin Scott (GA-08) released the below statement upon President Joe Biden announcing sweeping new COVID-19 vaccine mandates. "I tested positive for COVID-19 last year and spent several days in the hospital on oxygen. I believe the COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective, and I will continue to encourage Georgians to make a decision with their doctor. But I do not support  more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Sept. 11 -- Rep. Henry C. 'Hank' Johnson Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2021: Following his push to create dedicated federal funding for transit with his Stronger Communities Through Better Transit Act (H.R. 3744) this summer, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), senior member of the Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, today introduced the Public Transportation Expansion Act alongside Reps. Nikema Williams (GA-05), Carolyn Bourdeaux (GA-07)  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Rep. Nikema Williams, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2021: Congresswoman Nikema Williams (GA-05) introduced the Public Transportation Expansion Act alongside Congresswoman Carolyn Bourdeaux (GA-07), Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), and Jesus "Chuy" Garcia (IL-04). The House bill is companion legislation to the Senate bill being introduced by U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) and Catherine Cortez-Masto (D-NV). T more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) issued the following statement ahead of the 20th Anniversary of 9/11: "Twenty years ago, nearly 3,000 Americans lost their lives in a series of horrific attacks on American soil. Twenty years later, on the anniversary of 9/11, I join the nation in prayer as we pause to remember and mourn the lives taken, the heroes who sacrificed themselves to save oth more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Sept. 11 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Days after U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff led the entire Georgia Democratic Congressional Delegation and members of the Senate Banking Committee urging additional transit funding in the upcoming budget reconciliation bill, Sen. Ossoff today introduced the Public Transportation Expansion Act alongside U.S. Senators Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), which would for the first time more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) introduced the Public Transportation Expansion Act alongside Sens. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), which would for the first time fund construction of public transportation specifically connecting affordable housing with transit networks in order to serve riders and commuters in low-income communities. Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ch more PR