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The nation’s first black Marines received a rare national tribute Tuesday as the House voted to award the Montford Point Marines with the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian honor given by Congress.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) joined a bipartisan majority of his colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives in voting in favor of H.R. 2447, a resolution he cosponsored honoring the Montford Point Marines – the first African-Americans to serve in the United States Marine Corps.
Facing a national budget deficit and growing opposition to the Army’s plan to acquire 82,800 acres of training land for Fort Benning, officials have put the proposal on hold five months after a draft environmental study selected Stewart County as the preferred alternative.
Military families have a lot of the same issues as anybody else – employment, education, health care – but their problems are compounded by the massive government bureaucracy that is the Department of Defense.
Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) voted in favor of H.R. 2250, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regulatory Relief Act of 2011. |
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) joined a bipartisan majority of his colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives in voting for H.R. 2681, the Cement Sector Regulatory Relief Act of 2011. |
Congressman Sanford Bishop honored the life and contributions of the late Raymond C. Singletary Jr. Sept. 22, 2011, on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives by reading a citation of memory into the Congressional Record.
“This is the highest honor the congressman could bestow on Mr. Singletary,” stated Jamie Crozier, Bishop’s Deputy Director and Agricultural Advisor.
The U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense welcomed U.S. Congressman Sanford D. Bishop Jr. of Georgia Sept. 13 for a briefing on the institute’s Quality Improvement Program.
COLUMBUS, Ga. – Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) was presented with the Patriot Award from the Georgia Employer Support for the Guard and Reserve (GA ESGR). The award recognizes employers for their support of National Guard and Reserve members. |
ALBANY, GA -- The U.S. Postal Service plans to conduct a study at the Albany Customer Service Mail Processing Center to examine the feasibility of consolidating its operations into the Jacksonville and/or Tallahassee Processing and Distribution Facilities.