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September 1, 2021
ALBANY, GA – On Monday, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) visited the Albany campus of Augusta University's Medical College of Georgia (MCG). The MCG is Georgia's only public medical school, and the Albany campus is part of its mission to increase healthcare providers and expand healthcare access to rural, underserved areas.
Issues:Healthcare
September 1, 2021
ALBANY, GA – On Monday, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), Co-Chair of the Congressional Job Corps Caucus, visited the Turner Job Corps Center (TJCC) in Albany to discuss the importance of its federally supported programs which serve youth from Georgia and across America. Job Corps is the largest nationwide residential career training program in the country.
Issues:Jobs & Workforce
August 26, 2021
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) issued this statement following today's terrorist bombings in Kabul, Afghanistan and the President's address this evening:
"Today, we saw a horrific suicide bombing at the airport in Kabul that ISIS-K claimed to have done.
Issues:Foreign Affairs
August 24, 2021
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) voted in support of legislation to protect voting rights and advance important infrastructure investments in the United States House of Representatives. Among the measures that the House approved today are H.R. 4, the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021, and S. Con. Res. 14, the budget resolution which was approved by the U.S.
August 16, 2021
WASHINGTON – House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott and House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture Chair Sanford Bishop sent the following letter to U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Katherine Tai in regard to European non-tariff trade barriers impacting peanuts.
August 13, 2021
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, announced that the Biden Administration has made available up to $500 million in grants for two emergency rural healthcare assistance programs, Recovery Grants and Impact Grants, in response to COVID-19.
Issues:Healthcare
July 21, 2021
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) announced two recent U.S. Department of Health and Human Services grants to Enrichment Services Program, Inc. for its Head Start and Early Head Start programs.
July 21, 2021
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) applauded last week's $13,435,552 grant by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to the Georgia Department of Community Health in Cordele for testing and other COVID-19 mitigation efforts. The funds were made possible by the American Rescue Plan's Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program (SHIP).
"We continue to face tremendous challenges in Southwest Georgia in fighting COVID-19.
July 21, 2021
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) is pleased to announce two grants awarded to organizations in Donalsonville to help Southwest Georgia respond to the COVID-19 pandemic:
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) approved a Rural Business Development Grant of $28,336 for the Donalsonville Seminole Chamber of Commerce.
- The U.S.
July 20, 2021
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) successfully directed $7.2 million to Albany-area projects in this year's Fiscal Year 2022 Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. The City of Albany will get $5.2 million to expand Driskell Park's facilities as well as revitalize the Ritz Cultural Center, a historic landmark.