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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Georgia Newsletter for 2023-05-16 ( 4 items )  
Collins Announces Senate Partners for Aviation Workforce Development Act (10)
WASHINGTON, May 16 (TNScapv) -- Rep. Mike Collins, R-Georgia, issued the following news release on May 15, 2023: Representative Mike Collins' (R-Ga.) H.R. 1818, the Aviation Workforce Development Act is gaining momentum in Congress. Today, Collins announced that Senators Tim Scott of South Carolina and Maria Cantwell of Washington introduced companion legislation in the United States Senate. "The Aviation Workforce Development Act is a commonsense proposal to give Americans who want to pursue  more PR

Collins' TRANQ Research Act Unanimously Passes the House of Representatives (10)
WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. Mike Collins, R-Georgia, issued the following news release: On May 11, Representative Mike Collins' (R-Ga.) bill, H.R. 1734, the Testing, Rapid Analysis, and Narcotic Quality (TRANQ) Research Act,unanimously passed the House of Representatives and is on its way to the Senate. Rep. Collins authored and introduced this legislation in March and was joined by Representative Yadira Caraveo (D-Colo.), Science Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (R-Okla.), and Ranking Member Zoe  more PR

Congressman David Scott Questions the Bureau of Prisons on Excessive Solitary Confinement (10)
WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. David Scott, D-Georgia, issued the following news release and lette: This month, Congressman David Scott (GA-13), Ranking Member of the House Agriculture Committee, was joined by Senator Elizabeth Warren and members of the House of Representatives in sending a letter to the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) questioning the use of cruel and excessive solitary confinement within federal correctional facilities. The letter asks Director Peters why BOP has ignored a May 2022 Execu more PR

Senate Agriculture Subcommittee Issues Testimony From U.S. Peanut Federation (10)
WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Subcommittee on Commodities, Risk Management and Trade issued the following testimony by Karla Baker Thompson, vice president of J.E.T. Farms and Georgia Integrity Farmers, on behalf of the U.S. Peanut Federation, involving a hearing on May 2, 2023, entitled "Commodity Programs, Credit, and Crop Insurance - Part 1: Producer Perspectives on the Farm Safety Net": * * * Chair Smith, Ranking Member Hyde-Smith, and members of the more PR