Agriculture & Rural Development
July 20, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), Congressman Drew Ferguson (GA-03), Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-05), and Congressman Adrian Smith (NE-03) introduced H.R.8432, the Beagle Brigade Act of 2022 in the House of Representatives. The legislation would provide permanent authorization for the National Detector Dog Training Center, located in Newnan, Georgia. The center extensively trains detector dogs and their U.S.
July 20, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, helped lead debate on and approval of H.R. 8294, a Fiscal Year 2023 appropriations bill which covered several U.S. departments, agencies, and programs.
July 20, 2022
Democrats won House passage Wednesday of a package of fiscal 2023 appropriations bills that includes new funding for conservation technical assistance and rural broadband as well as substantial spending increases for EPA and the Interior Department.
The package includes bills to fund USDA and FDA, as well as EPA, Interior, the Transportation and the Army Corps of Engineers.
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June 24, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, helped lead the consideration and approval of the subcommittee's Fiscal Year 2023 appropriations bill by the full House Appropriations Committee.
June 24, 2022
Reports indicate House appropriators aim to have the FY2023 funding bills on the House floor in July. Meanwhile in the evenly divided Senate, negotiations on a spending cap to govern the FY2023 appropriations process have come to a halt due to differences over total spending, investment in defense and earmarks.
We have our first look at the ag portion of the spending bills that cleared committee.
Appropriations Subcommittee approves fiscal year 2023 Agriculture-Rural Development FDA funding bill
June 22, 2022
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies today approved by voice vote its fiscal year 2023 funding bill.
June 16, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) supported H.R.7606, the Lower Food and Fuel Costs Act which is a bipartisan legislative package to help lower prices for America's families in the grocery aisle and at the gas pump. Many of the measures in the bill were first considered in the House Agriculture Committee, of which Congressman Bishop is a member.
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June 15, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, introduced and led the subcommittee in approving its Fiscal Year 2023 funding bill.
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June 15, 2022
(video accompanying this article is located on the WTVY website)
-The projects will support the city of Donalsonville, Georgia in expanding their wireless, high-speed internet service.
DONALSONVILLE, Ga (WTVY) - Wednesday, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.
February 4, 2022
ALBANY, GA – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development has awarded $1.25 million to local farms through the Value-Added Producer Grant (VAPG) program. Awardees in Middle and Southwest Georgia included Goodson Pecans, LLC, Georgia Organic Peanut Association, Inc., Southern Pasture Power, LLC, Longleaf Ridge Farms, LLC, and New Communities at Cypress Pond.