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December 5, 2024

PLAINS, Ga. – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 9600, bipartisan legislation to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 119 Main Street in Plains, Georgia, as the "Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Post Office". Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.

November 21, 2024

WASHINGTON – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr., (GA-02) applauded today’s passage of the Beagle Brigade Act by the U.S. Senate and urged House leaders to bring the measure to a vote.

November 19, 2024

WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands held a legislative hearing where they reviewed the bipartisan H.R. 8182, the Ocmulgee Mounds Park and Preserve Establishment Act, which is co-led by U.S. Representatives Austin Scott (GA-08) and Sanford D. Bishop Jr. (GA-02).

November 19, 2024

WASHINGTON – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), the Democratic leader of the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture as well as a member of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee, applauded today’s decision by the Biden-Harris Administration to direct the U.S.

October 31, 2024

MACON, Ga. – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr., (GA-02) a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee, is delighted to announce a federal award from the U.S. Department of Education totaling $4,567,325 to the Bibb County ($2,569,674) and Muscogee County ($1,997,651) School Districts.

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Congressman Bishop receives Friend of the Farm Bureau Award from the Georgia Farm Bureau
October 31, 2024

BRINSON, Ga. – Yesterday, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) received the Friend of the Farm Bureau Award from the Georgia Farm Bureau at a ceremony hosted at Glenn Heard Farms in Brinson.

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Congressman Bishop along with Congressman Austin Scott and Congresswoman Shontel Brown visit Minor Brothers Farms in Leslie, Georgia
October 23, 2024

LESLIE, Ga. – On Monday, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) – the top Democrat on the U.S. House Appropriations Agriculture Subcommittee as well as a member of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee – visited Minor Brothers Farms in Sumter County to discuss the Farm Bill.

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Hurricane Preparedness (Graphic Credit: NASA.gov)
October 16, 2024

THOMASVILLE, Ga. – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) announced that several counties in Georgia’s Second Congressional District were added to the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Major Disaster Declaration for Hurricane Helene. The counties include:

October 16, 2024

FORT VALLEY, Ga. – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop Jr. (GA-02) is happy to announce that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is awarding $6,134,765 to the Macon-Bibb County Economic Opportunity Council, $7,186,306 to the Fort Valley State University, and $705,440 to the Enrichment Services Program, Inc.