Press Releases

Washington, D.C. Today, Congressman Sanford Bishop, along with a bi-partisan delegation from Georgia, held a meeting with a group of Congressmen and staffers from several key offices within the House of Representatives responsible for the fate of Georgia’s PeachCare for Kids health care program. Currently facing a federal funding deficit of $131 million, PeachCare must receive authorization from Congress in order to continue operating.

Washington, D.C. Today, the House of Representatives passed a bill which Congressman Sanford Bishop supported reforming the Congressional page program. The measure improves oversight of the Page Program by requiring regular meetings of the Page Board and makes the Page Board fully bipartisan, comprised of 2 Democrats and 2 Republicans. Also on the board will be a former page and the parent of a person who is or has been a page in the past 5 years.

WASHINGTON, DC. Congressman Sanford Bishop released the following statement in response to President Bush’s State of the Union Address.

“Last November, the American people demanded a dramatic change at home and abroad. Now in the majority, Democrats in Congress are delivering that change by reaching out to Republicans and delivering results on the priorities of the American people. Tonight’s speech by the President responded to those demands for changes in domestic policy.

Washington, D.C. Congressman Sanford Bishop, a Member of the House Appropriations Committee, announced that the fiscal year 2007 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations bill includes funding for $1,525,000 in projects in the Second Congressional District.

Washington, D.C. Congressman Sanford Bishop, a Member of the House Appropriations Committee, is pleased to announce that the full Appropriations Committee has approved language that directs a federal study on the impact of BRAC on Columbus-area schools, and other communities similarly impacted.

Washington, D.C. Today, Congressman Sanford Bishop will argue for the inclusion of his "Healthy Troops"Act, as an amendment to the Defense Authorization Bill (H.R. 5122). Introduced last as H.R. 4346 in the 108th Congress, the Healthy Troops amendment clarifies Congress' 1997 mandate (PL 105-85, 10 U.S.C. § 1074f) that DoD provide full hands-on pre- and post- deployment medical exams for all deployed troops, as opposed to the self-administered questionnaires that are currently distributed to troops pursuant to DoD protocol, in violation of Congress’ clear mandate, and current law.

Washington , D.C. - Congressman Sanford Bishop, a Member of the House Appropriations Committee announced that the fiscal year 2007 Agricultural Appropriations Bill contains more than $6.6 million in research and conservation programs for Georgia ’s 2nd Congressional District.

The funding includes: $704,635 for Water Use Reduction in Dawson; $586,215 for Water Resources Management in Tifton; $603,409 for Pecan Scab Research in Byron; $882,000 for research on agricultural water quality at the Georgia Soil and Water Commission and $131,799 for Peanut Research in Dawson.

Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Sanford Bishop, a Member of the House Appropriations Committee announced that $1,500,000 was included in the fiscal year 2007 Department of the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill to fund infrastructure improvements for Albany and Valdosta. The Interior Appropriations Bill funds the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency and other related agencies including, the Forest Service, the Indian Health Service, the Smithsonian Institution and the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities.