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Columbus Ledger-Enquirer: Rep. Bishop Attends Groundbreaking on New Martin Army Hospital
Apr 10, 2011
Under a clear blue sky on a red clay lot off Bass Road, the U.S. Army surgeon general joined local military and community leaders Friday to break ground on the new Martin Army Community Hospital. At a cost of $350 million, the 70-bed facility at...
Washington Post: The Decline of the Majority Black District, and What It Means
Apr 7, 2011
The last decade hasn't been kind to majority-black congressional districts across the country. While the black population nationally ticked up 12 percent in the just-released Census numbers, eight of the top 10 majority-black districts across the...
Atlanta Journal Constitution: Georgia House Members Talk Budget Negotiations
Apr 6, 2011
Many members of Georgia's delegation in the U.S. House were busy laying blame this week in advance of the possible government shutdown. "Hopefully history won't repeat itself with Republicans shutting down government again," Democrat Hank Johnson of...
Albany Herald: Bowles, Bishop Say Shared Sacrifice Needed to Reduce Deficit
Apr 5, 2011
ALBANY — With Democrats and Republicans haggling over proposed fiscal 2012 budget cuts and facing a looming government shutdown, the National Commission of Fiscal Responsibility's Erskine Bowles says now is the time to act in order for the nation to...
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer: Washington Notes
Apr 3, 2011
By Halimah Abdullah Sunday, April 3, 2011 Military family caucus: Rep. Sanford Bishop, D-Albany, continued to press the case for improved treatment of military families. In a column co-authored with Rep. Cathy McMorris-Rodgers, R-Wash., the two...
The Farmer-Stockman: Proud in Peanut Country
Mar 29, 2011
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 The specter of a massive peanut recall three years ago was but a distant shadow for those celebrating in the intermittent sunshine at the Peanut Proud Festival in Blakely, Ga., on Saturday. "Three years ago we were walking...
Roll Call: Bishop and McMorris Rodgers: Military Families Deserve Our Support
Mar 28, 2011
March 28, 2011 As a nation, we tend to focus primarily on the service members who willingly put themselves in harm’s way to protect the freedoms that we cherish. However, we often forget that the families they leave behind sacrifice just as much as...
WRBL: Ga. Sen. Harbison: Working with Rep. Bishop for VA Hospital
Mar 25, 2011
Friday, March 25, 2011 Columbus, GA – Georgia Senator Ed Harbison (D-15) says the veterans in Muscogee County and the Fort Benning area deserve a VA hospital, and that's why he is working with U.S. Congressman Sanford Bishop to make national leaders...
WLTZ: Rep. Bishop Tours Columbus Pratt & Whitney Plant
Mar 24, 2011
Thursday, March 24, 2011 Columbus, GA – Representative Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) toured the Pratt & Whitney Columbus Engine Center yesterday to get a first hand account of the plant's operation, and how it impacts the Columbus economy....
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer: Pratt & Whitney’s 180 New Jobs Mean $10M in Salaries for Columbus
Mar 24, 2011
By Ben Wright Thursday, March 24, 2011 Adding 180 new manufacturing jobs at Pratt & Whitney means a $10 million economic impact in annual salaries, U.S. Rep. Sanford Bishop said Wednesday. After a tour of the 8801 Macon Road facility in Midland...
