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July 11, 2024

FORT VALLEY, Ga. – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) is pleased to announce that today, the Biden-Harris Administration is awarding Blue Bird Corporation a $79,728,146 million grant through the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains.

March 22, 2024

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), a senior member of the U.S. House Appropriations Committee, supported bipartisan legislation that will fund many federal departments, agencies, and programs for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2024. The bill was approved by an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 286-134 and now heads to the U.S. Senate for consideration.

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Congressman Bishop urges his U.S. House colleagues to support H.R.4366, a Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations bill
March 6, 2024

WASHINGTON – 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.

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Congressman Bishop urges U.S. House Colleagues to pass H.R.4366, a Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriations Bill
March 6, 2024

WASHINGTON – 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.

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Future site of the Americus Fresh food processing facility made possible by more than $90M in USDA loans
January 19, 2024

AMERICUS, Ga. – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), the Democratic leader of the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, the Food & Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, is pleased to announce $90 million in loan guarantees last week from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to Hardee Fresh for its new facility, Americus Fresh in Sumter County.

January 18, 2024

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), a senior member of the U.S. House Appropriations Committee, supported the passage of a short-term federal spending bill that will allow the federal government to avoid a partial shutdown which would have occurred this weekend. The bill extends funding for four spending bills (Agriculture, Energy-Water, Military Construction-VA, and Transportation-HUD) through March 1 and the remaining eight spending bills through March 8. The bill was approved by the U.S.

December 4, 2023

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02-D) and Congressman John Moolenaar (MI-02-R) introduced the Broadening Online Opportunities Through Simple Technologies (BOOST) Act. Joining them introducing the bipartisan bill are Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-19-D) and Congressman Bill Huizenga (MI-04-R).

November 15, 2023

WASHINGTON – Yesterday, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), a senior member of the U.S. House Appropriations Committee, supported the passage of H.R. 6363, a continuing resolution providing funding to keep the federal government open into early 2024. The bill also provides a one-year extension of the 2018 Farm Bill as Congress continues work on a full, five-year reauthorization bill which covers agriculture, nutrition, and rural development programs. H.R.

November 13, 2023

WASHINGTON – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), a senior member of the U.S. House Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement in response to proposed legislation from U.S. House Republicans that would temporarily continue funding for the federal government through early 2024.

November 3, 2023

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), a senior member of the U.S. House Appropriations Committee, opposed H.R. 4821, the Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies funding bill.