In the News
By Ricki Barker
Sunday, March 15, 2009
ALBANY — Calling it “a tonic or life support for our ailing economy,” U.S. Rep. Sanford Bishop elaborated with members at the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus Seminar Saturday on the effects that the $787 billion stimulus package will have on southwest Georgia.
This is the second time the Albany Democrat had been asked to speak about the stimulus, who had previously been quizzed about the issue at a meeting.
By Maynard Eaton (Georgia Online News Service)
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
By Brennan Leathers
Friday, February 20, 2009
U.S. Rep. Sanford Bishop was the guest of honor as Bainbridge College hosted a musical and oratory convocation to mark February as Black History Month.
The event was held at the Charles H. Kirbo Regional Center at Bainbridge College and included tributes to the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and the late jazz musician Louis Armstrong, both black men who helped shape American history.
By Aaron Gould Sheinin
Thursday, February 19, 2009
U.S. Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-Ga.) said Thursday morning that the $787 million economic stimulus plan was written to ensure Republicans in the states did not hijack or block the money from serving its intended targets.
Speaking to a legislative breakfast of Voices for Georgia’s Children, Sanford — who serves on the House Appropriations Committee — said the more than $10 billion in K-12 money for Title 1 schools is a good example.
By Chuck Williams
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
U.S. Rep. Sanford Bishop, D-Ga., was in Atlanta Wednesday addressing the Georgia General Assembly. The statehouse and governor’s office is controlled by Republicans, but Bishop, because of his close connection to the Obama Administration, was a welcome visitor. On Tuesday, the president signed the federal $787 billion stimulus package.
“We want to create jobs,” Bishop said in a brief speech to the Georgia House. “Hopefully, this package will create 3.5 million jobs for taxpayers.”
By Tim Chitwood
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Georgia Congressman Sanford Bishop, whose district includes the Blakely peanut plant at the center of a nationwide scandal involving its sending salmonella-tainted products, issued a statement today regarding the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation’s hearing on the peanut recall.
By Harry Franklin
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
U.S. Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-Ga.) has been awarded a 2008 Congressional Partnership Award from the National Association of Development Organizations for outstanding leadership in promoting federal community, economic and infrastructure development programs.
By Dave Williams
Sunday, November 25, 2007
ATLANTA — The fiscal crisis that hit Georgia’s popular PeachCare for Kids last winter put leaders of the General Assembly’s Republican majority in a tough position.
With the joint state-federal children’s health insurance program about to run out of money, they were forced to turn for help to congressional Democrats, who had just taken control on Capitol Hill for the first time in a dozen years.
By Harry Franklin
Friday, July 27, 2007
Second District U.S. Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-Albany) has been named the 2007 Policy Maker of the Year by the Georgia Association for Career Technical Education.