COLUMBUS, Georgia, Aug. 22 -- Rep. Sanford D. Bishop Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) is pleased to announce that the Columbus Fire and EMS Department was awarded $315,757.89 through the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Assistance to Firefighter Grants program. "Through the Assistance to Firefighters Grant program, run by FEMA, we can help departments get up-to-date, quality equipment that they need to best protect the co more PR

DECATUR, Georgia, Aug. 23 -- Rep. Henry C. 'Hank' Johnson Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Aug. 22, 2023: On Saturday, August 19 at Legacy Park in Decatur, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) held his Ceremony of HOPE honoring the work of six local nonprofits. It was the culmination of a week of HOPE - Helping Other People Elevate - in which the Congressman held a four-day grants workshop series for nonprofits and visited a community center and homeless shelter in Covington to more PR

SAVANNAH, Georgia, Aug. 23 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Aug. 22, 2023: This week, U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA), a Head Start alumnus, returned to his hometown of Savannah, Georgia to tour Early Head Start classrooms at the Economic Opportunity Authority (EOA) for Savannah-Chatham County and hear from local early learning leaders about the workforce shortages impacting this critical early education program serving low-income families more PR

NORCROSS, Georgia, Aug. 23 -- Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Aug. 22, 2023: Today, Rep. Lucy McBath (GA-07) convened a small business resource briefing for small business owners in Georgia's Seventh Congressional District. Joining McBath were special guests Gwinnett County District 1 Commissioner Kirkland Carden, U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Georgia District Director Terri Denison, SBA Region IV Administrator Allen Thomas, and Gwinnett Area Directo more PR

DULUTH, Georgia, Aug. 22 -- Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2023: This morning, Rep. Lucy McBath (GA-07) joined Protect Our Care, local officials, and health care advocates for the Metro Atlanta leg of the "Lower Costs, Better Care" Bus Tour. Protect Our Care's "Care Force One" arrived in Duluth to spotlight how recent legislative victories by President Biden and Democrats in Congress are "driving down" health costs for the American people. The Inflati more PR

CARTERSVILLE, Georgia, Aug. 23 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is delivering new resources to strengthen early childhood education across Northwest Georgia. Sen. Ossoff is delivering new resources to the Tallatoona Community Action Partnership, Inc.'s Head Start Program to help families in Northwest Georgia access early childhood education and developmental programs and give kids the opportunities to learn and grow. Sen. Ossoff secured more PR

KINGS BAY, Georgia, Aug. 23 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is delivering key upgrades for Georgia's Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base. Sen. Ossoff helped pass a key provision through this year's National Defense Authorization Act with Republican and Democratic support to authorize electrical grid improvements at NSB Kings Bay. The upgrades are a key part of ongoing infrastructure projects to prepare for the arrival of the Columbia Class  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff's bipartisan bill to expand access to counseling and mental health services for Georgia's military families passed the Senate as part of this year's National Defense Authorization Act. Sens. Ossoff and Kevin Cramer (R-ND) introduced the bipartisan Military Families Mental Health Services Act to help more military families access vital mental health care services. The bipartisan bill w more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff's bipartisan bill to strengthen oversight of mental health treatment in the armed forces has passed the Senate. Sens. Ossoff and Jerry Moran (R-KS) introduced the Servicemember Mental Health Support Act as a bipartisan amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act to strengthen oversight of Department of Defense (DoD) policies for referring active-duty personnel to outside mental more PR