WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- Rep. Henry C. 'Hank' Johnson Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following statement on Oct. 19, 2023: * * * "Hundreds of innocent civilians were killed in the devastating bombing of the Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City this week. As we mourn their loss, my prayers go out to the families of the victims -- many of whom were children. We should never allow ourselves to diminish their humanity by writing them off as collateral damage. As the investigation into who is responsible for more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- Rep. A. Drew Ferguson, R-Georgia, issued the following statement on Oct. 19, 2023: * * * U.S. Congressman Drew Ferguson (GA-03) today released the following statement regarding the Speaker of the House vote. "As the Republican Conference designee, I supported Congressman Jordan on the first ballot. Following the first vote, I had genuine concerns about the threatening tactics and pressure campaigns Jordan and his allies were using to leverage members for their votes. I more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Rep. Austin Scott, R-Georgia, issued the following statement on Oct. 20, 2023: * * * U.S. Representative Austin Scott (GA-08) today announced that he is running to be the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. "If we are going to be the majority, we need to act like the majority, and that means we have to do the right things the right way," Scott said. "I supported and voted for Rep. Jim Jordan to be the Speaker of the House. Now that he has withdrawn, I am runni more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Atlanta, Ga. -- U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is encouraging Georgia seniors to enroll or update their Medicare coverage benefits. Medicare's open enrollment period began on October 15 and will remain open through December 7 for Georgia's seniors. Georgians can sign up for Medicare or make changes to their benefits by visiting medicare.gov or by calling 1-800-Medicare. Every year, Medicare health and drug plans ma more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Oct. 20, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) joined his colleagues to introduce the bipartisan VA Home Loan Awareness Act that will increase awareness of the VA Home Loan Program for veterans by adding a disclosure to the standard mortgage pre-qualification application. This bill aims to increase awareness of the VA Home Loan Program by: * Adding a disclosure informing Vetera more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Oct. 20, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA), along with 33 of his Senate colleagues, announced a resolution today in solidarity with the 150,000 members of United Auto Workers (UAW) bargaining for a fair contract, with 34,000 currently on strike in Georgia and across the nation. One of the largest U.S. strikes in the past three decades, autoworkers voted to go on strike in Sept more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: (Washington, DC) -- U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) and Chair of the Europe and Regional Security Cooperation Subcommittee, and Ranking Member U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) hosted a roundtable conversation with ambassadors from countries in the Black Sea region--including the Ambassadors of Ukraine, Georgia, Turkiye, Bulgar more PR