For the week ending May 17, 2024, Sens. Warnock and Ossoff worked in urging the Department of Education to call out a student loan servicer for their failures, proving relocation support for military families, honoring Vietnam War veterans with medals, and investing in Georgia's airports to upgrade their infrastructure.
For the week ending May 10, 2024, Sens. Warnock and Ossoff focused on legislation protecting children from online sexual exploitation, securing funding for humanitarian aid to fight world hunger, securing funding to build more affordable housing in Clayton County and throughout Georgia.
For the week ending May 3, 2024, Sens. Warnock and Ossoff worked on improving youth mentorship, reconnecting undeserved communities in Atlanta, creating Georgia's first National Park and Preserve and expanding nursing programs in West Georgia.
Doctors on Thursday urged Congress to pass legislation addressing the disproportionately high rates of maternal mortality throughout the country and to lower barriers that have hindered people of color from becoming medical professionals.
For the past week, Georgia's U.S Senators Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock discussed global issues with Pope Francis, expanded tax deductions for Georgia teachers, worked to improve the water structure in Bulloch County and provided resources to Georgia’s busiest water ports.
The senator round-ups are back! For the past few weeks, Ossoff and Warnock have been helping Georgians across the state with issues, including addressing USPS mail delays; investing in clean drinking water; pushing for student loan debt relief; ensuring veterans' support in maternal health care; and planning to meet with the pope.
This week in Congress, Sen. Jon Ossoff introduced legislation that would prevent acts of violence and threats against election workers and at poll places after Georgia election workers Shaye Moss and her mother Ruby Freeman were threatened after the 2020 election.
The move gives Republicans a prominent candidate who is well-positioned to run a competitive campaign for the GOP in a state that hasn't had a Republican U.S. senator in 37 years.
The now-former head of the state's Republican Party accused Lake of leaking a recording in which he offers compensation if she will take "a pause for a couple of years" from running for public office.
West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin will not seek reelection to the Senate in 2024, Democrats have a narrow majority and face and uphill battle to retain his seat.
Leaders in the House and the Senate paused from the race to avert a government shutdown to remember Feinstein, the California Democrat who was longest-serving woman to ever sit in the U.S. Senate.
Some House members and top New Jersey Democrats, including the governor, called for the senator's resignation after he was indicted Friday on federal corruption charges.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's decision not to enforce an unofficial dress code has elicited strong reactions and dominated talk on Capitol Hill, even as a potential government shutdown looms.
Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney announced Wednesday that he will not seek reelection in 2024. "While I'm not running for reelection, I'm not retiring from the fight," he said.
This week, Ossoff and Warnock focused on improving truck driving training in South Georgia, speaking out against the Republican request to redraw Alabama's congressional maps, surveying the damage left by Hurricane Idalia, and new legislation to prepare for the future workforce.