Skip to main content

Media Center

Latest News

June 29, 2022
|
Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) announced that two of his community project funding requests have been included in the Fiscal Year 2023 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies subcommittee bill which was approved by the subcommittee last week.
June 28, 2022
|

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop Jr. (GA-02) supported the approval of the Fiscal Year 2023 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies funding bill during its consideration by the full House Appropriations Committee.

Banner for the Albany Herald (Albany, GA)
June 27, 2022
|
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Sanford D. Bishop Jr., D-Ga., supported the adoption of H.R. 7666, the Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act, a bipartisan legislative package that would expand access to mental health resources for America's veterans, students, and working families.
Banner for the Albany Herald (Albany, GA)
June 25, 2022
|
LEESBURG — Making good on its commitment to leave no town behind, Kinetic has kicked off a project to deliver fiber internet service to more than 4,000 homes and businesses in Lee County.
The project is part of the working agreement with Sumter EMC of Americus.
June 24, 2022
|
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) was pleased to announce the inclusion of four of his community project funding requests in the Fiscal Year 2023 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development funding bill.
Congressman Bishop leads the markup of the Fiscal Year 2023 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies appropriations bill
June 24, 2022
|
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, helped lead the consideration and approval of the subcommittee's Fiscal Year 2023 appropriations bill by the full House Appropriations Committee.
June 24, 2022
|
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), supported the approval of the Fiscal Year 2023 Homeland Security appropriations bill during its consideration by the full House Appropriations Committee. The funds in this bill will support a wide range of federal programs including, but not limited to, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S.
June 24, 2022
|
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) supported S. 2938, the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. The legislation was the product of intense bipartisan negotiation in the United States Senate. The U.S. Senate approved the bill on a bipartisan vote yesterday of 65 to 33. Today, the U.S.
June 24, 2022
|
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) issued this statement following the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson, which overturns the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling:
"The Supreme Court has reversed over 50 years of judicial precedent and redefined the Constitution to remove a woman's right to choose.