“Certificate of need” laws, largely supported by the hospital industry, limit health facility construction in 35 states and Washington, D.C. Georgia lawmakers decided its law was complicating the reviving of two hospitals critical to their communities.
For the week ending Aug. 16, the senators announced federal funding for airport infrastructure, fire safety upgrades and affordable housing and led a senate human rights subcommittee hearing about abuse of incarcerated pregnant women.
Women from Georgia spoke about their experiences being pregnant and giving birth while incarcerated at Sen. Jon Ossoff’s Atlanta hearing of the Senate Committee on Human Rights.
For the week ending Aug. 9, the senators joined bipartisan congressional delegations to urge President Biden to approve Gov. Kemp’s emergency delegation request ahead of Hurricane Debby, support specialty crop farmers, expand the number of pathways for service members to military schools, and help Georgians become homeowners.
The U.S. Department of Energy is loaning $1.45 billion to support a South Korean company's bid to build up key parts of the solar supply chain inside the United States. The loan announced Thursday will be key to funding a $2.2 billion complex that Qcells, a unit of South Korea's Hanwha Group, is building northwest of Atlanta.
For the week ending Aug. 2, the senators focused on investigating the abuse pregnant women face in prisons, helping improve military housing conditions, aiding youth substance abuse programs, and tackling the national housing crisis.
For the week ending July 26, Warnock visited his hometown of Savannah, Ga., and toured Gulfstream headquarters and Savannah Tech to meet students training in aviation, while Ossoff heard testimonies from doctors and nurses on the health impacts of the six-week abortion ban and introduced legislation to help service members access VA benefits.
For the week ending July 19, Warnock and Ossoff worked on providing fire safety upgrades to Georgia communities, lowering the costs of prescriptions, extending tax benefits for individuals with disabilities, and supporting the education of military children who have lost a parent who served.
For the week ending July 12, Warnock and Ossoff worked on improving connectivity in Georgia, securing funding for clean energy transportation in three cities, improving support for human trafficking victims, and safeguarding veterans from exploitive entities.
For the week ending July 5, 2024, Warnock and Ossoff worked on protecting election workers ahead of this year's elections, visiting the CDC to discuss maternal mortality and federal funding's impact on public health, improving affordable housing in rural areas, and helping Georgia farmers export more pecans.
U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., is asking the Justice Department (DOJ) and the FBI to make sure they’re taking steps to protect election workers this year and ensure the efficient administration of elections.
For the week ending June 28, 2024, Warnock and Ossoff focused on launching an inquiry to help prevent the deaths of incarcerated people in federal, state, and local facilities, providing infrastructure upgrades to several military facilities in Georgia, introducing legislation to double the Pell Grant maximum award to students, and supporting row crop farmers in Georgia.
With the 2024 presidential election just a little more than four months away, surrogates for both the Biden-Harris administration and for former United States President Donald J. Trump are hitting the campaign trails throughout Georgia.
