WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Oct. 26, 2021: The Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act (FVPSA), led by Rep. Lucy McBath (D-GA-06), passed the House of Representatives. The bipartisan bill reauthorizes and expands funding for programs focused on protecting survivors and preventing family and domestic violence. It is the only federal funding source under the Department of Health and Human Services dedicated to providing  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- The House Judiciary Committee issued the following testimony by Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Georgia, for an Oct. 22, 2021, member day hearing on the Illegal Immigrant Assistance Prohibition Act (H.R. 3848) and the Empowering Law Enforcement Act (H.R. 4796): * * * Thank you, Chairman Nadler and Ranking Member Jordan for having me here today to share my priorities before the Judiciary Committee. The work you do on this committee is incredibly important, especially now. It is n more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Georgia, issued the following news release: Earlier this month, Congressman Andrew Clyde (GA-09) introduced H.R. 5512, the "Reviewing and Updating Regional And Local (RURAL) Broadband Mapping Act," to allow federal broadband infrastructure funds to be more accurately dispersed to unserved and underserved areas in States that have published more accurate broadband deployment maps than the ones produced by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Sp more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Georgia, issued the following news release: Rep. Clyde released the following statement regarding H.R. 3755, the "Abortion on Demand Until Birth Act": "I have and always will be a strong defender of the sanctity of life and stand in strong opposition to the Democrats' abortion on demand bill. I firmly believe that life begins at conception, but objectively speaking, we can all understand that a heartbeat is a defining evidence of life. When a heartbe more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- 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 & the Internet, released the following statement on President Joe Biden nominating Kathi Vidal as Undersecretary for Intellectual Property & Director of the U.S. Patent & Trade Office. "I want to congratulate Kathi Vidal for her nomination to Undersecretary for Intellectual Property  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is working to help Georgians access greater job opportunities. In a letter to Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Chair Senator Patty Murray, Sen. Ossoff urged passage of robust funding to support Job Corps Centers across the country and the state of Georgia. He also stressed the need to reopen Atlanta's Jobs Corps Center, which closed in 2017. Job Corps Center more PR