WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Georgia, issued the following news release on Feb. 10, 2023: Reps. Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA) and Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Robert Califf calling for the FDA to make naloxone, an overdose reversal drug, available without a prescription. Our current fentanyl crisis has already killed more than 71,000 people, with tens of thousands of additional lives saved because of naloxone, " more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Rep. Mike Collins, R-Georgia, issued the following news release on Feb. 10, 2023: Representative Mike Collins (R-Ga.) was named Chairman of the House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Research and Technology. The freshman congressman will also serve on the Subcommittee on Environment. Collins released this statement following the announcement: "As a freshman member of Congress, it's an honor to be named Chairman of the Research and Technology Subcommittee. T more PR

MACON, Georgia, Feb. 11 -- Rep. Sanford D. Bishop Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Feb. 10, 2023: Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) was pleased to announce that the Middle Georgia Regional Airport will receive $1,011,094 from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The award will be used to fund a taxiway rehabilitation project and is part of larger repairs and expansion efforts at the airport. "I was proud to vote for the bipartisan infrastructure law last Cong more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Rep. David Scott, D-Georgia, issued the following news release and letter on Feb. 10, 2023: Congressman David Scott (GA-13), Ranking Member of the House Agriculture Committee, sent a letter to the District Attorneys of Clayton, Cobb, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton, and Henry Counties calling for the expanded use of accountability courts in Georgia. "I am pleased to offer my full support to local District Attorneys as they utilize accountability courts, which provide non-violen more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA), a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, pushed U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) officials on two issues crucial to Georgia farmers that will come up in this year's Farm Bill: limited insurance options against natural disasters and trouble with heirs properties being passed down from one generation to the next. Senator  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Rep. Henry C. 'Hank' Johnson Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Feb. 10, 2023: As public confidence in the Supreme Court falls to an all-time low, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representative Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) on Wednesday reintroduced the Supreme Court Ethics Act, requiring the Judicial Conference of the United States to create a code of ethical conduct for the Supreme Court of the United States. The legislation would also require the  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Georgia, issued the following news release on Feb. 10, 2023: Congressman Andrew Clyde's (GA-09) resolution of disapproval, H.J.Res. 26, passed the House of Representatives with bipartisan support (250 to 173). The resolution blocks the D.C. Council's dangerous Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022 (RCCA). The RCCA would reduce maximum penalties for certain violent criminal offenses, including carjackings, robberies, and even homicides. On January 4th, Wa more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Feb. 10, 2023: This week, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee passed several bipartisan bills championed by U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff to lower prescription drug prices in Georgia and nationwide. As part of his continued push to reduce out-of-pocket prescription drug costs for Georgians, Sen. Ossoff helped advance a package of bipartisan legislation -- bringing together Democrats and Republicans to pass a flee more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA), joined a bipartisan cohort of his colleagues in announcing the reintroduction of legislation to increase the federal funding available for broadband expansion by preventing certain grants from being considered taxable income. The Broadband Grant Tax Treatment Act would amend the Internal Revenue Code to ensure that funding directed for the implementation of more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff and Reverend Raphael Warnock are delivering new resources to help protect children and families in Georgia from lead poisoning through the bipartisan infrastructure law. Sens. Ossoff and Warnock are taking action after hearing concerns about lead contamination in Atlanta's English Avenue neighborhood, an area that has been plagued by soil lead contamination for years due to constructi more PR