WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. David Scott, D-Georgia, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, and Rep. Antonio Delgado, D-New York, chair of the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy and Credit, issued the following statements on Dec. 16, 2021: * * * Chairman David Scott of Georgia and Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit Subcommittee Chair Antonio Delgado released the following statement congratulating Rostin Behnam on his confirmation as Chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Com more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. Sanford D. Bishop Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) announced that CareConnect Health is receiving a $5,626,121 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through the Health Center Program to improve and expand health services across Middle and Southwest Georgia. Last month, CareConnect was also awarded $499,999 from HHS through its Teaching Health Center Planning and Development Progr more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Georgia, issued the following statement: * * * Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) issued the following statement after he led a bipartisan letter, along with Rep. David Scott (D-GA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), and Darin LaHood (R-IL), to the Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, urging the Department of Defense to increase the number of new C-130J aircraft it is requesting in the FY2023-2028 budget request. "In terms of military readiness and our ability to r more PR

HAHIRA, Georgia, Dec. 17 -- Rep. Austin Scott, R-Georgia, issued the following news release on Dec. 16, 2021: Representative Austin Scott (GA-08) today announced the Eighth District's 2021 Congressional App Challenge winners, Aarin Dave and Deshaun Hester. A panel of engineering judges chose the two Hahira Middle School 8th graders as winners for their Android App, LifeLearn. LifeLearn was created to help kids with physical & mental disabilities learn basic life skills that many elementary stu more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff celebrated the announcement of Rivian's new electric vehicle plant in Georgia, which follows an Ossoff-brokered settlement that saved the $2.6 billion electric vehicle battery plant in Commerce, Georgia. The Rivian plant supports Georgia's rapid growth as a leading producer of renewable energy technology. Georgia also hosts the Hanwha Q Cells solar manufacturing plant in Dalton, the l more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Georgia U.S. Senators Reverend Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff announced over $123 million in new federal funding for Georgia's airports across the state. The allocations come from the Airport Infrastructure Grants the Senators fought to pass through the bipartisan infrastructure package, which was signed into law last month. The investments will be allocated to various airport-related projects that wi more PR