BRUNSWICK, Georgia, April 27 -- Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Georgia, issued the following news release: In recognition of National Crime Victims' Rights Week (NCVRW), Rep. Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA), a pharmacist by trade, on Monday distributed drug safety pocket cards to local schools and called for the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) to provide survivor resources to the families of victims of illicit fentanyl poisoning. Our nation's current opioid epidemic, led by more PR

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Georgia, issued the following news release on April 26, 2023: Reps. Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Carol Miller (R-WV), and Matt Cartwright (D-PA) today reintroduced a bill to make the U.S. pharmaceutical supply chain less dependent on China and other foreign adversaries. According to the Food and Drug Administration, approximately 72 percent of active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) used in the U.S. drug supply are manufactured more PR

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Rep. Mike Collins, R-Georgia, issued the following statement on April 26, 2023: * * * The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Limit, Save, and Grow Act. Representative Mike Collins (R-Ga.), who voted in favor of the bill, issued this statement after passage. "Once again, House Republicans have delivered on a promise we made to America by passing the Limit, Save, and Grow Act. "For the last two years, Democrats and the Biden administration have spent with reckless more PR

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on April 26, 2023: Georgia's 6-week abortion ban risks worsening the state's OB/GYN shortage and making it harder for women to access health care, according to expert Senate testimony today. In a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff spoke with Dr. Nisha Verma, an OB/GYN in Atlanta, about the maternal health care workforce shortage Georgia faces and how Georgia's 6-week abortion ban more PR

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on April 26, 2023: Representatives Lucy McBath (D-GA-07) and Kelly Armstrong (R-ND-AL) today introduced the bipartisan Federal Prison Oversight Act to establish new, independent oversight of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). Sens. Ossoff, Mike Braun (R-IN) and Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, introduced the companion bill in the Senate. The bipartisan  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release on April 26, 2023: U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) questioned witnesses about the ongoing attacks on reproductive health care access during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing titled "The Assault on Reproductive Rights in a Post-Dobbs America." During the hearing, Padilla spoke with Dr. Nisha Verma, an OB/GYN and abortion care provider based in Atlanta, Georgia, and Amanda Zurawski, a Texas woman wh more PR

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Rep. Rick Allen, R-Georgia, issued the following statement on April 26, 2023: * * * House Republicans passed the Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023 - a sensible solution to raise the debt ceiling into next year and avoid defaulting on our debt for the first time in U.S. history. * * * After supporting the measure on the House floor, Congressman Rick W. Allen (GA-12) issued the following statement: "This Administration and Washington Democrats' excessive spending spree has more PR

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Rep. Austin Scott, R-Georgia, issued the following news release on April 26, 2023: U.S. Representative Austin Scott (GA-08), Chairman of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit, today led a two-part hearing on Producer Perspectives on the 2023 Farm Bill. "Approximately 90% of our nation's food comes from around 12% of our producers," Scott said in his opening statement. "There is no question that food security is natio more PR

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Representatives Lucy McBath (GA-07), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), and Jahana Hayes (CT-05) and Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO) introduced the School Shooting Safety and Preparedness Act for the 118th Congress, legislation which would allow the public and policy makers to gain a complete, accurate picture of gun violence in and around our school campuses, and provide actionable data to help prevent bloodsh more PR

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on April 26, 2023: U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff today introduced bipartisan legislation to overhaul Federal prison oversight and strengthen security at Federal prisons. Sens. Ossoff, Mike Braun (R-IN) and Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, introduced the bipartisan Federal Prison Oversight Act to establish new, independent oversight of the Federal Bureau of Priso more PR