Press Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), Chairman of the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, released a statement on the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) decision to withdraw the proposed rule to eliminate SNAP broad-based categorical-eligibility:

BISHOP SECURES $18.7 MILLION IN TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS VIA THE INVEST IN AMERICA ACT

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) and Congressman Drew Ferguson (GA-03) introduced legislation today to name the new Department of Veterans Affairs' community-based outpatient clinic in Columbus, Georgia as the Robert S. Poydasheff VA Clinic.

The clinic, which is now under construction and expected to be open by March of 2022, is located at 6910 River Road, in Columbus, Georgia, and will be named in honor of the former Mayor of Columbus, Colonel Robert Stephen "Bob" Poydasheff, Sr., United States Army, Retired.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-02), Chairman of the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, released the following statement regarding the passage of H.R. 3237, the Emergency Security Supplemental to Respond to January 6th Appropriations Act, by the full U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 213-212:

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-02) released the following statement after the United States House of Representatives approved H.R. 3233, the National Commission to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol Complex Act, by a bipartisan vote of 252 to 175.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), Chairman of the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, is pleased to announce that eight communities within the Second Congressional District of Georgia have been awarded a total of nearly $7,000,000 in loans for water, sewer, and wastewater infrastructure improvements by the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority Board of Directors.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), released the following statement regarding the recent ransomware attack that shut down the Colonial Pipeline:

"I am deeply disturbed by the ransomware attack that shut down the Colonial Pipeline, an important source of gasoline. As a former member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, I have long been a supporter of increased investment in our cybersecurity infrastructure. As a nation, we have underinvested in cybersecurity which has left us vulnerable to foreign hackers.

COLUMBUS, GA – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) released the following statement regarding President Joseph R. Biden's address to a joint session of Congress: