Press Releases
WASHINGTON – Yesterday, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02-D) joined Congressman Hal Rogers (KY-05-R) to reintroduce bipartisan legislation that would expedite approved benefits from the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund for coal miners with black lung disease. The John “J.L.” White Ensuring Timely Black Lung Benefits Act is named in memory of a former coal miner from Williamsburg, Kentucky who passed away before receiving the benefits for which he had been approved.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02-D) and Congressman John Moolenaar (MI-02-R) introduced the Broadening Online Opportunities Through Simple Technologies (BOOST) Act. Joining them introducing the bipartisan bill are Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-19-D) and Congressman Bill Huizenga (MI-04-R).
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) issued the following statement regarding the death of former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor:
ALBANY, Ga. – Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) issued the following statement regarding the death of former First Lady Rosalynn Carter:
MACON, Ga. – Yesterday, the U.S. National Park Service, an agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior, released its Special Resource Study of the Ocmulgee River Corridor. This report was initiated in response to legislation that was authored by Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-02), Congressman Austin Scott (R-GA-08) and then U.S. Senators Johnny Isakson (R-GA) and David Perdue (R-GA) which was signed into law in 2019.
WASHINGTON – Yesterday, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), a senior member of the U.S. House Appropriations Committee, supported the passage of H.R. 6363, a continuing resolution providing funding to keep the federal government open into early 2024. The bill also provides a one-year extension of the 2018 Farm Bill as Congress continues work on a full, five-year reauthorization bill which covers agriculture, nutrition, and rural development programs. H.R.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), a senior member of the U.S. House Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement in response to proposed legislation from U.S. House Republicans that would temporarily continue funding for the federal government through early 2024.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-02), a senior member of the U.S. House Appropriations Committee was officially appointed to the Board of Visitors for the United States Military Academy at West Point.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), a senior member of the U.S. House Appropriations Committee, opposed H.R. 4821, the Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies funding bill.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 6126, the Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act: