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July 10, 2024
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MACON, Ga. – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr., (GA-02) is pleased to announce that Mercer University has been awarded $387,616 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

June 21, 2024
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BYRON, Ga. – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr., (GA-02) is pleased to announce a $250,000 grant to the City of Byron, GA, and a $50,000 grant to the City of Centerville, GA, from the National Park Service. These grants are intended for recreational facilities in the respective communities.

June 7, 2024
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WARNER ROBINS, Ga. – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr., (GA-02) is pleased to announce that the U.S Department of Health and Human services (HHS) has awarded a $4,768,208 Head Start grant to the Middle Georgia Community Action Agency, Inc.

June 7, 2024
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THOMASVILLE, Ga. – Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) announced a $413,425 federal grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to the Jack Hadley Black History Museum located in Thomasville, GA.

June 4, 2024
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MACON, Ga. – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr., (GA-02) is pleased to announce that Mercer University has been awarded $99,994 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through its Rural Health Network Development Planning Grant Program.

May 9, 2024
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WASHINGTON – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr., (GA-02) is pleased to announce that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded $4.8 million in Health Center Program grants to three healthcare centers headquartered in Blakely, Macon, and Columbus.

May 9, 2024
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WASHINGTON – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) and Congressman Don Davis (NC-01) welcome Congressman Austin Scott (GA-08) as the Republican co-lead of H.R. 8198, the Heirs Education and Investment to Resolve Succession of (HEIRS) Property Act.

May 7, 2024
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MACON, Ga. –Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) announced a recent $1,008,333 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to Mercer University (located in Macon, GA) through the Healthy Start program.

May 2, 2024
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WASHINGTON – Yesterday, Congressmen Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) and Don Davis (NC-01), both members of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee, introduced H.R. 8198, the Heirs Education and Investment to Resolve Succession (HEIRS) of Property Act.

May 1, 2024
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Representatives Austin Scott (GA-08) and Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), alongside U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff and Reverend Raphael Warnock, introduced bipartisan legislation to establish Georgia’s first National Park.