WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today introduced the Fresh Food Act that Senator Jon Ossoff of Georgia introduced in the Senate last week. The measure would increase the rehabilitation tax credit for establishing supermarkets in urban and rural food deserts and increase the work opportunity tax credit for these supermarkets to hire local residents, veterans, disadvantaged youth and other workers facing barrie  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- Rep. Henry C. 'Hank' Johnson Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release: CONYERS, GA Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) issued the following statement after closely monitoring the BioLab fire in conjunction with local, state and federal officials, meeting with affected residents and considering the plant's safety record: "As the number of people living in and around Conyers and the surrounding area continues to grow, this plant which stores toxic chemicals has become  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: On Thursday, Senator Reverend Warnock accompanied President Biden to survey agricultural damage from Hurricane Helene at an impacted pecan farm in Ray City Senator Reverend Warnock and his office have been working around the clock to marshal federal recovery resources to Georgia, including pushing senior Biden Administration officials to swiftly approve additional major disaster assistance for all of G  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Georgia, issued the following news release on Oct. 4, 2024: Today, Congressman Andrew Clyde (GA-09) introduced the Ending FCC Meddling in Our Elections Act. The legislation would prohibit the use of federal funds to enforce the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) notice of proposed rulemaking related to the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in campaign advertising. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced the Senate companion in June. In May, the FC  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- Rep. Nikema Williams, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Oct. 4, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Nikema Williams (GA-05) and Congresswoman Emilia Sykes (OH-13) introduced a resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Nonviolence Week, which aims to raise awareness about the growing issue of youth violence in the United States. National Nonviolence Week is observed annually during the first full week of October, this year October 6-11. National Nonviolen  more