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 following the passage of H.R. 4378, a Continuing Resolution that extends government funding through November 21. The bill passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 301 to 123.

MACON, GA – Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) encourages the young men and women from Georgia's 2^nd Congressional District to participate in the start of the United States service academy nomination process. The 2019 application nomination forms are available to high school seniors until October 25, 2019.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) released a statement for the 18^th anniversary of the September 11^th terrorist attacks in 2001:

"Eighteen years ago, our country was irrevocably changed by the September 11^th terrorist attacks. The world stopped as the shocking attacks unfolded. 2,977 people lost their lives.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), Co-Chair of the Congressional Military Family Caucus (CMFC), and fellow Co-Chair Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) announced the annual Congressional Military Family Caucus Summit will be held at the National Infantry Museum & Soldier Center near Fort Benning in Columbus, Georgia on Wednesday, October 9, 2019, at 8:30 AM.

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 following the United States Department of Agriculture's announcement that the signups for disaster assistance will open on this Wednesday, September 11, 2019:

"It has been a long road to get the disaster relief Middle and Southwest Georgians desperately need since Hurricane Michael ripped through our district in October 2018.

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 following the House passage of the Bipartisan Budget Act on a vote of 284-149. This agreement suspends the debt ceiling until July 31, 2021 and permanently ends the threat of sequester, which results in massive cuts to defense and non-defense spending.

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 proposed rule to eliminate SNAP broad based categorical-eligibility:

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, is pleased to announce that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has allocated $2.545 million in debris removal funding to the City of Albany to reimburse the city after Hurricane Michael hit Georgia in October 2018.