Press Releases
June 24, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) supported S. 2938, the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. The legislation was the product of intense bipartisan negotiation in the United States Senate. The U.S. Senate approved the bill on a bipartisan vote yesterday of 65 to 33. Today, the U.S.
June 24, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), supported the approval of the Fiscal Year 2023 Homeland Security appropriations bill during its consideration by the full House Appropriations Committee. The funds in this bill will support a wide range of federal programs including, but not limited to, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S.
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June 24, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, helped lead the consideration and approval of the subcommittee's Fiscal Year 2023 appropriations bill by the full House Appropriations Committee.
June 22, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) supported the adoption of H.R. 7666, the Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act, a bipartisan legislative package that would expand access to mental health resources for America's veterans, students, and working families.
June 22, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) supported the approval of H.R. 5585, the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Health (ARPA-H) Act.
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June 22, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) announced that two of his community project funding requests have been included in the Fiscal Year 2023 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies subcommittee bill which was approved by the subcommittee yesterday.
June 16, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) was pleased to announce the inclusion of his community project funding request in the Fiscal Year 2023 Homeland Security government funding bill.
June 16, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) supported H.R.7606, the Lower Food and Fuel Costs Act which is a bipartisan legislative package to help lower prices for America's families in the grocery aisle and at the gas pump. Many of the measures in the bill were first considered in the House Agriculture Committee, of which Congressman Bishop is a member.
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June 15, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, introduced and led the subcommittee in approving its Fiscal Year 2023 funding bill.
June 8, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives approved H.R. 7910, the Protect our Kids Act and will soon consider H.R. 2377, the Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act. Both bills are legislative efforts to address the ongoing problem of mass shootings in America.