WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Rep. Nikema Williams, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Sept. 23, 2021: The House of Representatives passed two pieces of legislation that were authored by Congresswoman Nikema Williams (GA-05): the Convening Operations Assistance for Childcare Heroes (COACH) Act and the Equal Pay for Equal Work Act. The two bills were passed as amendments to H.R. 4350, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022. Congresswoman Williams introduced the COACH more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux, D-Georgia, issued the following remarks on Sept. 23, 2021: United States Congresswoman Carolyn Bourdeaux (GA-07) joined Senators Warnock, Baldwin, Ossoff, and Warren, and House Majority Whip Clyburn to advocate for expanding Medicaid in Georgia and 11 other states. This failure to act has left over four million low-income Americans without health insurance coverage, including 646,000 Georgians. Congresswoman Bourdeaux introduced the Medicaid Sav more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Rep. Jody Hice, R-Georgia, issued the following commentary to the Washington Examiner: * * * There has been a wave of fearmongering and scare tactics from the Left since Texas passed the Heartbeat Act, which allows an individual or organization to sue a doctor for performing an abortion if an unborn baby has a heartbeat or if the physician fails to check for one. Those on the Left have decried this as an all-out assault on their constitutional rights and healthcare. But more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Rep. Sanford D. Bishop Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Sept. 23, 2021: Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) and Congressman Jeff Fortenberry (NE-01) introduced the bipartisan Equal Access to the Right Nutrition for Military Families Act (EARN Act). The EARN Act addresses food insecurity experienced by military families by increasing access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for military families. "Sadly, food pantries and  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is urging Congress to include his two landmark pieces of solar legislation in the upcoming budget reconciliation package in order to responsibly meet the Biden Administration's recently announced goal of producing 40 percent of electricity with solar power by 2035. Sen. Ossoff has introduced legislation to boost domestic solar production, create good-paying jobs, make it more affordab more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is fighting to help reopen the Southwest Georgia Regional Medical Center in Cuthbert, a rural hospital forced to close its doors in the middle of the pandemic due to financial strain. Georgia has lost nine rural hospitals in the last 11 years, thanks in large part to the state's refusal to expand Medicaid. In a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and Agricult more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Sept. 23, 2021: Today in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff highlighted the urgent need to pass landmark voting rights protections that would prevent states like Georgia from undermining voting rights. In a hearing on the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, Sen. Ossoff raised concerns about voter suppression tactics used in Georgia in recent years, including polling place c more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is working to secure funding to enhance security at Georgia ports and ports nationwide. Georgia is home to some of the largest and fastest-growing ports in the world. The Port of Savannah, which hosts the largest single-terminal facility in the world, is the fastest growing container port in the nation. The Port of Brunswick is the nation's second busiest port for import and export Ro more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) was joined by a group of lawmakers from the U.S. Senate and U.S. House to underline the critical importance of addressing the coverage gap in America in the forthcoming reconciliation package, and urge negotiators to ensure the final package includes a Medicaid-like program that will provide comprehensive, stable health care to the 4.4 million Americans who more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) released a new video advocating for the inclusion of a comprehensive, stable Medicaid fix--modeled after his Medicaid Saves Lives Act--in the forthcoming economic package, known as the Build Back Better Act. The Medicaid Saves Lives Act, which Senator Warnock introduced in July 2021 alongside his colleagues Senators Jon Ossoff (D-GA) and Tammy Baldwin (D-W more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on Sept. 23, 2021: This afternoon, U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) co-hosted "Senator Johnny Isakson's Bipartisan Barbecue," a Senators-only event to facilitate conversations across the aisle within the chamber. Once per year--in place of the regularly scheduled Democratic and Republican caucus lunches--Senator Isakson, a Repu more PR