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Originally published by WRDW. AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - A move to keep the current Savannah River Lock and Dam is being celebrated by Congressman Rick Allen. The House of Representatives recently passed language halting the Army Corps plans to replace the dam with a rock weir across the river and it forces the pool to be maintained at a specific level. The lock and dam have… Read more »

Originally pushed in the Augusta Press. Rep. Rick Allen (R-Ga.) and Mike Collins (R-Ga.) announced on July 24 that H.R. 8812, the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2024 has passed the House of Representatives. The WRDA is an annual water resources management bill, however, this year’s bill includes language that specifies that the pool, area from the shoals to the dam,… Read more »

Originally published in the Augusta Chronicle. Federal legislation that would spare the decaying New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam has passed the House of Representatives. If passed into law, the bill would signal a victory for Augusta-area advocates urging the preservation of the lock and dam to help preserve the 114.5-foot river pool in and near Augusta that supplements local… Read more »

Originally Published in 12 26 On Your Side. U.S. House members are advancing legislation that could stop the Army Corps of Engineers’ plan to replace the New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam with a rock barrier in the Savannah River. On Wednesday, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure advanced the bipartisan Water Resources Development Act of 2024. It… Read more »

Originally Published in Grice Connect. Former Georgia Southern University President and current Augusta University President Brooks Keel will retire on June 30, 2024. See Congressman Rick Allen's speech celebrating his impactful career in the University System of Georgia. Congressman Rick W. Allen (GA-12) recently spoke on the House floor to recognize the impactful career… Read more »

Originally Published in Street Insider. Local and national leaders, including Georgia Governor Brian Kemp and U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, congratulated and celebrated alongside Southern Company, Georgia Power and other partners over several days last week to mark the opening of Units 3 and 4 at the Vogtle Nuclear Plant in Waynesboro, Georgia. The celebrations… Read more »

Originally Published in the UPI. House representatives clashed Wednesday over the fairness of union organization, with the Republican majority of the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions calling it "big labor lies" and "union tactics to undermine free elections." Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., said the need for unions is not on the radar anymore, and employees' desire… Read more »

Originally Published in Augusta Business Daily. By: Eric Parker, Cofounder & CEO of Make Startups We live in a time when things are objectively better for all people than almost any time in history, and also happens to be filled with divisiveness and mistrust of our institutions. The recent passage in the House of Representatives of the Stronger Workforce for America Act gives me… Read more »

Originally Published in 1226 On Your Side. WAYNESBORO, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Georgia Power declared Monday that Plant Vogtle Unit 4 has entered commercial operation and is now serving customers. The new unit can produce enough electricity to power an estimated 500,000 homes and businesses, and follows Vogtle Unit 3 going into commercial operation on July 31, 2023. With all four… Read more »

Originally Published in the Washington Examiner. EXCLUSIVE — A group of House Education and Workforce Committee Republicans, led by Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), raised concerns on Friday about whether the Biden administration’s student loan consolidation scheme is illegal. In a letter obtained exclusively by the Washington Examiner, Foxx and 12… Read more »