WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. David Scott, D-Georgia, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, issued the following statement on Sept. 29, 2021, applauding the Agriculture Department's announcement on a $3 billion investment in production agriculture resiliency and addressing immediate animal health concerns: * * * "I commend the USDA for addressing ongoing challenges resulting from the severe drought hitting much of the country, the threat of African Swine Fever to our domestic hog product more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Austin Scott, R-Georgia, issued the following news release: Congressman Austin Scott (GA-08) released the below statement upon voting against raising the country's debt limit through December 2022. The measure passed the House through the Promoting Physical Activity for Americans Act (S.1301). "The 'Promoting Physical Activity for Americans Act' sounds like a good bill until you see that Speaker Pelosi stripped out the language of the legislation and inserted an un more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Austin Scott, R-Georgia, issued the following news release on Sept. 29, 2021: This morning, Congressman Austin Scott (R-GA-08), a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), questioned Lloyd Austin, Secretary of the Department of Defense, during a hearing entitled, "Ending the U.S. Military Mission in Afghanistan." When the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan, many Afghan Air Force pilots and maintenance technicians fled to neighboring countries w more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Georgia, issued the following news release on Sept. 29, 2021: U.S Representatives Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA) and Jim Hagedorn (R-MN) today introduced a resolution disapproving of Major League Baseball's (MLB) action in closing the Miken Sports plant in Caledonia, Minnesota that will outsource manufacturing jobs to communist China while encouraging MLB to buy American-made products. In July, Rawlings Sporting Goods, owned by the MLB, announced tha more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-New York, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following joint statement on Sept. 29, 2021, with Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Georgia: * * * House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Chairman Hank Johnson (D-GA) issued the following joint statement on the Wall Street Journal's report that over 100 federal judges failed to recuse themselves from lawsuits inv more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. David Scott, D-Georgia, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, and Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, chair of the Subcommittee on Agriculture, issued the following news release on Sept. 29, 2021: House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott and Chair Abigail Spanberger issued the following statement in response to the USDA's Announcement Addressing Environmental Challenges to Agricultural Production: "As companies continue to look to mitigate their ca more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: The U.S. Senate unanimously agreed to a Senate Resolution designating September 19-25, 2021, as National Forensic Science Week. The Resolution, introduced by U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), along with Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Dianne Feinstein (D-California) and Raphael Warnock (D-Georgia), recognizes the role forensic science plays in the investigation, prosecution and conviction of crimes, as well as e more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Sept. 29, 2021: Yesterday in a U.S. Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing, U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff raised the urgent need for Federal action to resolve global supply chain issues that have resulted in rising prices and widespread shipping delays, impacting ports nationwide including Georgia's Port of Savannah. Experts have warned the delays are likely to cause the price of goods to r more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Sept. 29, 2021: Today U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff (D-GA), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Chuck Grassley (R-IA), ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, introduced bipartisan legislation to reform and upgrade the Federal Bureau of Prisons' camera systems after reports of unsafe conditions in prisons nationwide. The Prison C more PR