WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Rick Allen, R-Georgia, issued the following statement on March 6, 2024: * * * Today, Congressman Rick W. Allen (GA-12) introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution along with Representatives Jim Baird (IN-04) and Ben Cline (VA-06) to nullify the Biden Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) final rule for Fine Particulate Matter, otherwise known as PM 2.5 standards. The CRA enables Congress to disapprove of a  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Sanford D. Bishop Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), the Ranking Member of the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, the Food & Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, announced that he secured $15,710,474 in funds for 15 community projects in Georgia's Second Congressional District. The funding is part of the consolidated appropriations bill th more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Sanford D. Bishop Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), the Ranking Member of the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, the Food & Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, voted to support bipartisan legislation that will fund many federal departments, agencies, and programs for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2024. The bill was approved by an overwhelm more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Georgia, issued the following statement on March 6, 2024: * * * Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene issued the following statement on the Republican-led House abandoning its promise to the American people: "When Republicans took the majority in the House, we swore we would never pass a Continuing Resolution (CR) and we swore we would never pass minibusses. Yet here we are under Speaker Johnson, three CRs later, a minibus, and another mini more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Georgia, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: House Energy and Commerce Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee Chair Buddy Carter (R-GA) delivered the following opening remarks at today's Environment Subcommittee markup of a bill to modernize air quality standards. NAAQS PROCESS IS BROKEN "Just three we more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: Atlanta, GA - This week, U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) joined the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Politically Georgia show on Atlanta's WABE 90.1 FM station to highlight the moral urgency of his call for a negotiated ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, his efforts to fully fund the government to deliver key investments across Georgia, and his relentless push to pass legisl more PR

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Today, Representative Lucy McBath voted to pass the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024--a package of six domestic funding bills focused on helping families and communities across the country. Included in this appropriations government funding package are several local projects which respond directly to some of the most pressing needs in Georgia. "With this government funding package, both chambers of Cong more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Nikema Williams, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Nikema Williams (GA-05) announced that Mr. Ronald Washington, Esq., a Social Studies teacher for grades 9-12 at the Henry Louis "Hank" Aaron New Beginnings Academy will be her guest for President Joe Biden's 2024 State of the Union Address. Mr. Washington is a minister and former lawyer who lives with a multi-generational family. Because of the work of the Biden-Har more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Nikema Williams, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Nikema Williams (GA-05), co-chair of the bipartisan Congressional Caucus on Black-Jewish Relations and a member of the House-Knesset Parliamentary Friendship Group announced she sent a letter to President Joe Biden, calling on the President to continue working to secure the release of all hostages held by Hamas in tandem with a mutual ceasefire and a significant influ more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (R-Va.), Congressman Marc Molinaro (R-N.Y.), and Congressman Zach Nunn (R-Iowa) to discuss how American communities are suffering under President Biden. In the wake of the illegal immigrant murder of  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 (Rep.) -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (R-Va.), Congressman Marc Molinaro (R-N.Y.), and Congressman Zach Nunn (R-Iowa) to discuss how American communities are suffering under President Biden. In the wake of the il more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Sen. Ossoff previously led bipartisan, bicameral push to fully fund the Children's Hospital Graduate Medical Education (CHGME) program CHGME program provides funds for teaching hospitals to train pediatric physicians New round of funding comes after Sen. Ossoff announced a previous round of CHGME funding in December 2023 Atlanta, Ga. -- U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is delivering additional Federal resources to t more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: In 2022, Sen. Ossoff led a 10-month bipartisan investigation that uncovered nearly 1,000 uncounted deaths in state and local custody in 2021 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is launching an inquiry into deaths that occur in Federal custody. This week, Sen. Ossoff, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Human Rights, launched an inquiry with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) into how the U.S. Depart more PR

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Tomorrow, U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff will welcome Pedro Cherry, 2024 Chair of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, to Washington as his guest to the State of the Union. Cherry currently serves as the President and CEO of Atlanta Gas Light and Chattanooga Gas. In this role, Cherry oversees all aspects of operations for the two southern region natural gas utilities, which serve approximately 1.7 million customers in t more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: Heather Payne is a native of Dalton, Georgia who found herself in the Medicaid coverage gap while working as a traveling emergency room and labor and delivery nurse Heather suffered a series of small strokes in the fall of 2022 and can no longer work as an emergency room or labor and delivery nurse She is still without health care coverage as she waits to get approved for disability  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Georgia, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: House Energy and Commerce Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee Chair Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA) delivered the following opening remarks at today's Environment Subcommittee markup of a bill to modernize air quality standards. NAAQS PROCESS IS BROKEN "Just three weeks ago, this Subcommittee held a legislative hearing on the print being marked up today. "We re more PR