Press Releases
Washington, D.C.- Congressman Sanford Bishop today released the following statement on the Gaibler Peanut Loan Rate Cut proposal:
“I do not understand why a proposal to reduce the loan rate of runner peanuts, which comprise eighty percent of U.S. production and are grown primarily in the Southeastern United States, was not debated during the Farm bill that Congress only recently passed. This plan would arbitrarily reduce the loan rate for peanut farmers and hurt growers across the Southeast.
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. The measure, H.R. 3229, had 290 co-sponsors overall.
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.
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Sanford Bishop announced today he has secured $855,000 for Hydrillia control at Jim Woodruff Lock and Dam on Lake Seminole. The funding was included in the FY 2009 Energy and Water Appropriations bill approved yesterday by the House Appropriations Committee, of which Bishop is a member.
Washington, D.C. – A bill that includes over $1.25 million secured by Congressman Sanford Bishop for seventeen Second District organizations gained the approval of the powerful House Appropriations Committee yesterday. Each organization will use funding from the bill, the FY 2009 Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations bill, to administer programs for at-risk, abused, and low-income children, the elderly and working families.
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Sanford Bishop announced today that the House Appropriations Committee has approved funding for four organizations focused on improving economic conditions in Southwest Georgia. Bishop, who as a member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee helped secure the funding, said the provisions were wrapped into the FY 2009 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill.
Washington, D.C. Congressman Sanford Bishop today released the following statement on the House - Senate conference committee agreement on the Farm bill:
“Through months of veto threats and game playing by the White House, the Farm bill conference committee members managed to stand their ground and craft a bipartisan agreement on this bill.
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Sanford Bishop yesterday backed a bipartisan Farm bill that invests in improved nutrition, conservation, renewable energy and farm programs.