WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Rep. Henry C. 'Hank' Johnson Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) voted against the Default On America Act. This extreme MAGA Republican legislation presents Americans with a terrible choice: either House Republicans will wreck our economy or inflict cruel cuts that hurt everyday people. "Congress must pay our bills and prevent a devastating default on our debt. But House Republicans are threatening to wreck our economy unles more PR

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Rep. Henry C. 'Hank' Johnson Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Congressmen Hank Johnson (GA-04) and Burgess Owens (UT-04) introduced The Direct Capital Access Act (DCA Act) that seeks to add 28 in- and beyond-perimeter daily flights at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) in the 2023 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization bill. Congress restricted air traffic at DCA in the 1960s -- in part to encourage airlines to grow their long more PR

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Rep. Nikema Williams, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Nikema Williams (GA-05) announced she introduced a resolution that condemns abortion bans anywhere in the world, and highlights the case of Beatriz, a young woman living in rural El Salvador who fought for her life against the state to allow her to terminate a pregnancy that put her life at risk. Beatriz' case exposes the severe consequences of the absolute criminalization of abortion in El S more PR

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Rep. Lucy McBath (D-GA-7) has introduced H.R.3151, the WIC Healthy Beginnings Act, a bipartisan bill to encourage competition, reduce costs, and improve the quality of infant formula options available through the state Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) programs with an online database. The bill is co-sponsored in the House by Rep. Lisa McClain (R-MI-9), Rep. Mariann more PR

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on May 10, 2023: U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA), a member of the U.S. Senate Commerce committee, secured two key provisions in the Railway Safety Act of 2023 which was passed out of the Senate Commerce committee with bipartisan support. One of the Senator's provisions would update the Railroad Crossing Elimination Grant Program to give special attention to projects that eliminate railway cr more PR

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on May 10, 2023: U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is introducing a bipartisan bill to help first responders and teachers become homeowners. Today, Sens. Ossoff, Marco Rubio (R-FL), and Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, introduced the bipartisan Homes for Every Local Protector, Educator, and Responder (HELPER) Act of 2023 to help first responders & teachers buy th more PR