Press Releases

BISHOP WELCOMES PHOEBE PUTNEY’S NEW DIGESTIVE HEALTH CENTER AT RIBBON CUTTING

BISHOP WELCOMES NEW MEREDIAN PLANT, JOBS AT GRAND OPENING IN BAINBRIDGE

BAINBRIDGE, GA – Yesterday, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) joined S. Blake Lindsey, CEO and President of Meredian, State Representative Jay Powell, Mayor Ed Reynolds, USDA Representative Donnie Thomas, County Commissioner Dr. Charles...

BISHOP TOURS MILL AT GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL

MACON, GA – Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) joined the Graphic Packaging International staff and management on a tour of their mill in Macon, Georgia. “I thoroughly enjoyed touring the site of this very important local employer,”...

ROSA DELAURO, SANFORD BISHOP SEEK TO ENSURE SAFE COMPOUND DRUGS FOR SENIORS, VETERANS

WASHINGTON, D.C. —Today the senior Democratic appropriators for the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Veterans Affairs (VA), Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Congressman Sanford Bishop (D-GA), sent a letter to HHS Secretary...

BISHOP HERALDS NEW CENTER FOR SENIORS AT SOWEGA COUNCIL ON AGING GROUNDBREAKING

ALBANY, GA – Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) joined community officials, Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital administration, SOWEGA Council on Aging staff, and SOWEGA Council on Aging Executive Director Kay Hind at the groundbreaking...

BISHOP STATEMENT ON THE PASSING OF ARLEN SPECTER

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) released a statement regarding the passing of Arlen Specter, former Senator of Pennsylvania. “Arlen Specter will always be remembered, not only by the impact he left with the...

BISHOP WELCOMES U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE’S PRELIMINARY DECISION TO TERMINATE TOMATO ANTIDUMPING INVESTIGATION

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, welcomed notification of the U.S. Department...

BISHOP DEMANDS ANSWERS REGARDING ALBANY POST OFFICE CLOSURE

ALBANY, GA – Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) sent a letter to U.S. Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe expressing his concern about the imminent closing of the Broad Avenue Post Office in Albany, Georgia. In the letter,...

BISHOP HONORED FOR SUPPORT OF DEFENSE BUSINESS COMMUNITY

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), Ranking Member on the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veteran Affairs, and Related Agencies as well as the Co-Chair of the...

BISHOP HONORED FOR LONGTIME SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

CAMILLA, GA – Last Thursday, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) was awarded the Congressional Partnership Award from the National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) for his longtime support and leadership in promoting federal...