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April 25, 2025

COLUMBUS, Ga. – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr., (GA02) issued the following statement regarding the passing of former U.S. Secretary of Labor, the Honorable Alexis Herman.

“My wife, Vivian, and I were deeply saddened to learn that our friend of longstanding, the Honorable Alexis Herman, had passed.

April 10, 2025

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), voted against H. Con. Res. 14, a partisan budget resolution that would result in cuts to Medicaid, student loans, and nutrition assistance for American families to pay for tax cuts for billionaires.

March 26, 2025

WASHINGTON – U.S. Representatives Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) and Austin Scott (GA-08), alongside U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff and Reverend Raphael Warnock, reintroduced the bipartisan Ocmulgee Mounds National Park and Preserve Establishment Act (H.R.

March 12, 2025

WASHINGTON – Yesterday, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee, voted against a partisan funding bill, H.R. 1968, that defunds a wide range of services on which America’s seniors, veterans, families, and children rely.

March 3, 2025

WASHINGTON – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr., (GA-02), a senior member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and co-chair of the Congressional Military Family Caucus, released the following statement regarding the announcement today by the Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, to rename Fort Moore:

February 27, 2025

WASHINGTON – Yesterday, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr., (GA-02) joined Congressman Buddy Carter (GA-01) and the entire Georgia Delegation to introduce H.R. 1596, a bill that would designate the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Poultry Research Center in Athens, Georgia, as the Abit Massey Poultry Research Center.

February 26, 2025

WASHINGTON – Yesterday, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee, voted against a proposed budget bill, H.Con.Res.

February 25, 2025

WASHINGTON – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr., (GA-02), the top Democrat serving on the House Appropriations Subcommittee for Agriculture, Rural Development, the Food & Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, commended the decision to reinstate the 1890s Land Grant University Scholars Program which is administered by the U.S.

February 24, 2025

WASHINGTON – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), issued the following statement regarding a weekend directive issued by Elon Musk and an email from U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to federal workers urging them to email OPM what they did in the previous week and that nonresponse would be constitute resignation:

February 24, 2025

WASHINGTON – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), a senior Democrat on the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, issued the following statement regarding the firing of several top Defense Department officials on Friday, February 21, 2025: