Building Our Communities
TIFTON, Ga. – On Wednesday, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-02), the Democratic leader of the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, the Food & Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, joined leaders from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and University of Georgia (UGA) as well as Congressman Austin Scott (R-GA-08) for a groundbreaking ceremony marking the construction of a new state-of-the-art Agricultural Research Service (ARS) research facility on UGA Tifton campus.
WARNER ROBINS, Ga. – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families is awarding a $3,091,496 Head Start grant to the Middle Georgia Community Action Agency, Inc. The awards will contribute to programs for child development and the wellbeing of low-income families.
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.
MACON, Ga. – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), announced that the Macon-Bibb County Economic Opportunity Council (EOC), Inc. will receive $4,278,717 through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Head Start grant program. The grant will go towards the Macon-Bibb EOC’s Head Start program, which promotes education, school readiness, and health and social services for low-income families.
LESLIE, 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 happy to announce that the City of Leslie, Georgia, in Sumter County, will receive $25,000 from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development.
WASHINGTON – Yesterday, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02-D) joined Congressman Hal Rogers (KY-05-R) to reintroduce bipartisan legislation that would expedite approved benefits from the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund for coal miners with black lung disease. The John “J.L.” White Ensuring Timely Black Lung Benefits Act is named in memory of a former coal miner from Williamsburg, Kentucky who passed away before receiving the benefits for which he had been approved.
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).
MACON, Ga. – Yesterday, the U.S. National Park Service, an agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior, released its Special Resource Study of the Ocmulgee River Corridor. This report was initiated in response to legislation that was authored by Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-02), Congressman Austin Scott (R-GA-08) and then U.S. Senators Johnny Isakson (R-GA) and David Perdue (R-GA) which was signed into law in 2019.
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.
ALBANY, Ga. – Congressman Sanford Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), announced that Albany State University (ASU) will receive $40,000 through the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Clean Energy Education Prize Inspire Track. The program, which is spearheaded by the Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, seeks to support the development or enhancement of clean energy-focused summer programs for K-12 and community college students.