Rep. Sanford D. Bishop Jr., D-Ga.
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Recent News About Rep. Sanford D. Bishop Jr., D-Ga.
CONGRESSMAN BISHOP CONGRESSMAN BISHOP SECURES $500,000 FOR URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER COLUMBUS REVITALIZATION PROJECT
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Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) successfully directed $500,000 to the Urban League of Greater Columbus for the revitalization and beautification of its historic headquarters.
CONGRESSMAN BISHOP SECURES $1.5 MILLION TO HELP ADDRESS LEARNING LOSS DURING COVID CRISIS
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Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) secured $1.5 million for the Georgia Family Connection Partnership in the Fiscal Year 2022 Labor, Health and Human Resources, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act which was approved by the House Appropriations last week and will now be considered by the full U.S. House of Representatives.
CONGRESSMAN BISHOP SECURES $1 MILLION TO HELP BRING BUSINESSES TO BAINBRIDGE
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Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) secured $1 million for the City of Bainbridge in the Fiscal Year 2022 Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, which was approved on Friday by the House Appropriations Committee and will soon be considered by the U.S. House of Representatives.
CONGRESSMAN BISHOP SECURES $225,000 FOR PELHAM, GEORGIA TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATIONS TECH FOR PUBLIC SAFETY
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Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) secured $225,000 for the City of Pelham, Georgia to be used for new communications technology that would support law enforcement and public safety entities as well as ensure that its system is interoperable with all public safety agencies in Georgia.
CONGRESSMAN BISHOP SECURES $1 MILLION FOR MOBILE MEDICAL UNITS PROGRAM SERVING ALBANY AND RURAL SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
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Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) secured $1 million in funds for the Phoebe Putney Health System in Albany, GA to purchase two mobile clinics.
CONGRESSMAN BISHOP ANNOUNCES $1.1 MILLION TO SUPPORT ROSALYNN CARTER INSTITUTE FOR CAREGIVERS IN AMERICUS, GEORGIA
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Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) announced that the Fiscal Year 2022 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, which was approved by the House Appropriations Committee today, includes $1.1 million for the Caregivers Database Program at the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers (RCI) in Americus, Georgia.
CONGRESSMAN BISHOP APPLAUDS DECISION THAT PROTECTS ALBANY’S CITY DESIGNATION
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Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) applauded a decision this week by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to maintain the federal government's definition of a "city" at 50,000 people, rejecting an earlier proposal that would have doubled the figure. Such a move would have jeopardized Albany’s Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) designation, impacting Dougherty, Baker, Lee, Terrell, and Worth Counties.
CONGRESSMAN BISHOP APPLAUDS DECISION THAT PROTECTS ALBANY’S CITY DESIGNATION
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Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) applauded a decision this week by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to maintain the federal government's definition of a "city" at 50,000 people, rejecting an earlier proposal that would have doubled the figure.
CONGRESSMAN BISHOP WELCOMES SBA ADMINISTRATOR TO DISCUSS PANDEMIC AID WITH MACON BUSINESS LEADERS
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Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) welcomed Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to the Tubman Museum in Macon, Georgia, for a roundtable with community and business leaders to discuss the impact of SBA’s ongoing COVID-19 small business relief efforts, including the American Rescue Plan (ARP).
CONGRESSMAN BISHOP VOTES TO ADVANCE BILL FUNDING SMALL BUSINESS AND TAXPAYER SUPPORT PROGRAMS
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Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) voted to pass the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) funding bill after its markup in subcommittee. It includes $29.1 billion in discretionary funding, an increase of $4.8 billion over 2021.
CONGRESSMAN BISHOP HAILS FUNDING BILL THAT HELPS VETERANS AND MILITARY FAMILIES
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Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), Vice Chair of the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies (MilCon/VA) Appropriations Subcommittee, voted in support of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 MilCon/VA appropriations bill.
CONGRESSMAN BISHOP VOTES TO RESTORE WORKPLACE PROTECTIONS FOR OLDER AMERICANS
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Yesterday, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) voted in support of H.R. 2062, the Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act, a bill he cosponsored.
CONGRESSMEN BISHOP AND POSEY HIGHLIGHT CAR COLLECTION CONTRIBUTION TO AMERICAN HERITAGE
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Yesterday, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) and Congressman Bill Posey (FL-08) introduced H.Res. 491, a bipartisan resolution to designate July 9 as “Collector Car Appreciation Day”, which would recognize the collection and restoration of historic and classic cars as an important part of preserving the technological achievements and cultural heritage of the United States.
CONGRESSMAN BISHOP ANNOUNCES OVER $650,000 IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT FUNDS ACROSS DISTRICT
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Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) is pleased to announce that three communities in the Second Congressional District of Georgia have been awarded a total of $667,000 in grants and loans for improvements to essential community facilities from the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Rural Development’s (USDA) Community Facilities Direct Loan & Grant (CFDLG) Program.
CONGRESSMAN BISHOP VOTES TO REPEAL OUTDATED 2002 WAR AUTHORIZATION
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Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) voted to repeal the Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) Against Iraq Resolution of 2002.
CONGRESSMAN BISHOP VOTES TO CREATE JUNETEENTH FEDERAL HOLIDAY, REFLECT ON SLAVERY’S LEGACY
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Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) released the following statement on the House of Representative’s passage of S. 475, the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, which would designate Juneteenth National Independence Day, June 19, as a federal holiday.
CONGRESSMAN SANFORD BISHOP ANNOUNCES $330,000 EPA GRANT TO HELP REVITALIZE ALBANY
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Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) is pleased to announce that The City of Albany, Georgia, has been awarded a total of $330,000 in Brownfields Revolving Loan Funding (RLF) grants from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to help rehabilitate local properties.
CHAIRMAN BISHOP APPLAUDS USDA FOR WITHDRAWING PROPOSED RULE ON SNAP
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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 (USDA) decision to withdraw the proposed rule to eliminate SNAP broad-based categorical-eligibility:
BISHOP SECURES $18.7 MILLION IN TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS VIA THE INVEST IN AMERICA ACT
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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 nine projects from Georgia’s Second Congressional District have been selected for a total of $18.7 million in funding from H.R. 2, the Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation (INVEST) in America Act.
CONGRESSMEN BISHOP AND FERGUSON INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO NAME VA CLINIC AFTER FORMER MAYOR ROBERT S. POYDASHEFF
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Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) and Congressman Drew Ferguson (GA-03) introduced legislation today to name the new Department of Veterans Affairs’ community-based outpatient clinic in Columbus, Georgia as the Robert S. Poydasheff VA Clinic.
