WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Lucy McBath (GA-07) and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland today requesting reforms to protect children and families experiencing domestic violence. The letter requests expanding the implementation of the Hague Convention within the Department of Justice to include domestic violence as a "grave risk" when resolving international custody dispute more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Rep. Sanford D. Bishop Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release: 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. The program helps organizations plan and develop integrated, collaborative health networks. The goal is to expand access to and improve the qualit more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN), the Ranking House Member of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), also known as the Helsinki Commission, today discussed the decline in democratic norms under the Georgian Dream Party. Congressman Cohen, who serves as the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly's Special Representative on Political Prisoners, also expre more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: On Tuesday, Rep. Lucy McBath (GA-07), Gun Violence Prevention Task Force Chair Mike Thompson (CA-04), Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-05), House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar (CA-33), House Assistant Minority Leader Joe Neguse (CO-02), and Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) held a press conference marking the start of Gun Violence Awareness Month and the upcoming two-year anniversary of the Bipartisan Safer C more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Tuesday spoke at a U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on the impact of abortion bans on healthcare access across the country. In his questions to Dr. Nisha Verma, Fellow at Georgia's Physicians for Reproductive Health, Dr. Allison Linton, Chief Medical Officer at Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, and Destiny Lopez, acting co-CEO of t more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Senator Jon Ossoff's bipartisan bill to advance the development of hydrogen energy for aviation is now law. Last year, Sen. Ossoff, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), and Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) introduced the bipartisan Hydrogen Aviation Strategy Act to advance the study and development of hydrogen energy for use in aviation. The bill passed the U.S. Senate and House as part of this year's Federal Aviation more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) released the following statement on President Biden's recent Executive Order: "Federal action to address the humanitarian crisis on our southern border is much needed and long overdue. At the same time, I believe our country and the communities at the heart of this crisis would be much better served by a bipartisan conversation in Washington that cent more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Atlanta, Ga. -- U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff and Reverend Raphael Warnock are helping preserve and protect the late Congressman John Lewis' legacy. Today, Sens. Ossoff and Rev. Warnock announced they are delivering Federal funding to the John and Lillian Miles Lewis Foundation to help digitize and protect the late Congressman's archives and teachings from his time in Congress. This funding will help preserve and  more PR