Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – With the October 15 deadline to file a 2007 income tax return fast approaching, Congressman Bishop today urged his constituents to take the necessary steps to ensure they receive their economic stimulus payments.
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Sanford Bishop today announced that Quitman, Clay, Randolph and Stewart counties will receive $485,000 in funding from the United States Department of Transportation to establish a new rural transit program.
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Sanford Bishop today applauded passage of the Homes for Heroes Act, which will expand housing services and assistance for homeless veterans.
The legislation, which Bishop co-sponsored, cleared the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 412 to 9.
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA) today applauded action taken by the U.S. House of Representatives to override President Bush’s veto of legislation that would have prevented an 11% pay cut to doctors who treat Medicare patients. The House vote of 383 to 41 surpassed the two-thirds majority required to override a presidential veto.
Washington, D.C. Congressman Sanford Bishop announced today that his friend and former legislative aide for military affairs, Lieutenant Colonel Robert J. Young, will deploy to Iraq next month following a week of training at Fort Benning, in the Second Congressional District.
Washington, D.C.- Congressman Sanford Bishop today released the following statement on the Gaibler Peanut Loan Rate Cut proposal:
Washington D.C. Congressman Sanford Bishop, Representative for Georgia’s Second Congressional District, today announced that the SOWEGA Council on Aging (COA) will soon receive a $245,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, which it plans to put toward building a new senior center.
Washington, D.C. The U.S. House of Representatives today approved a bill honoring the legacy of the United States Infantry with the minting of a commemorative coin. Congressmen Sanford Bishop (D-GA) and Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA), who represent the “Home of the Infantry,” Fort Benning, in Congress, served as the legislation’s lead Democrat and Republican co-sponsors, respectively.
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Sanford Bishop yesterday backed an Emergency Appropriations bill that includes funding for an extension of unemployment benefits and a landmark expansion of the GI Bill of Rights. The bipartisan legislation was backed by Democrats, Republicans and the White House and was approved by a vote of 416-12.
Washington – U.S. Representative Sanford Bishop today applauded the passage of a revised version of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations bill which includes $350 million to replace Martin Army Community Hospital at Fort Benning. Bishop noted that the latest version of the bill was negotiated and supported by Democratic and Republican leaders and the White House.