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MIL-OSI USA: Rep. Cammack Joins Sen. Rubio, Colleagues In Letter To Sec. Vilsack Requesting Update On USDA Promise To Investigate Drug Smuggling In Mexico Food Imports Today, Congresswoman Kat Cammack (R-FL-03) joined Senator Marco Rubio and colleagues in sending a bipartisan letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack, urging the USDA to follow… Read more »

Utah program gets unemployed folks back to work quickly By Buzz Brockway Vice president of policy, Georgia Center for Opportunity PEACHTREE CORNERS  |  Last month I joined two of my colleagues on a trip to Washington, D.C. Our purpose was to meet with Congressman Rick Allen (Ga.-12) and Congressman Burgess Owens (Utah-4) to discuss integrating workforce development… Read more »

House passes bill to suspend tariffs on imported baby formula The House overwhelmingly passed a bill on Friday to suspend tariffs on imported baby formula. The big picture: The bill passed 421-2, with two Republicans voting against it, comes amid a continuing baby formula shortage in the United States. Rep Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) voted against the… Read more »

Gohmert lone House lawmaker to oppose baby formula bill Rep. Louie Gohmert  (R-Texas) was the only House lawmaker to oppose a bill on Friday to temporarily suspend tariffs on imports of baby formula.  The measure, titled the Formula Act, initially cleared the House in a bipartisan 421-2 vote. Hours later, Rep. Rick Allen (R-Ga.) said he voted against the… Read more »

The Jolt: New poll suggests ticket-splitting in top Georgia races A new poll offers one of the clearest snapshots yet of the state’s marquee matchups – and provides further evidence of a budding ticket-splitting trend that could help shape the November outcome. The poll of likely voters commissioned by the Georgia AARP shows Republican Gov. Brian Kemp with a comfortable 52-45%… Read more »

Bishop co-heads effort to name Veterans Affairs office to honor Isakson   WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Sanford Bishop Jr., D-Ga., and Congressman Rick Allen, R-Ga., were joined by all members of Georgia’s U.S. House of Representatives delegation — Buddy Carter, Drew Ferguson, Hank Johnson, Nikema Williams, Lucy McBath, Carolyn Bourdeaux, Austin Scott, Andrew Clyde, Jody Hice,… Read more »

Guthrie, Buchanan Announce Healthy Future Task Force Solutions to Make Health Care More Affordable WASHINGTON, D.C. – Healthy Future Task Force co-chairs, Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) and Congressman Vern Buchanan (FL-16), and the Affordability Subcommittee announced the Task Force’s solutions to make health care more accessible and affordable. In… Read more »

Ga. House members push to name VA facility for late senator WASHINGTON (WRDW/WAGT) - U.S. Rep. Rick Allen, R-Augusta, and the rest of the Georgia House delegation have introduced a bill to name the Department of Veterans Affairs regional office in Atlanta after the late Sen. Johnny Isakson. The Republican from Georgia died in December. “Sen. Isakson’s legacy as a champion for America’s… Read more »

Biden Administration OKs Final Rule for Multiemployer Pension Aid Impacting Millions of Workers WASHINGTON—The Biden administration has announced a final rule for a program intended to keep some 200 multiemployer pension funds solvent for the next 30 years and protect more than 2 million workers from having their retirement benefits reduced. The rule, announced by the federal Pension… Read more »

PBGC Issues Final Rule on Assistance for Underfunded Union Pension Plans The federal Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (PBGC) issued a final rule implementing changes to the Special Financial Assistance (SFA) program that will pay up to $91 billion to financially troubled multiemployer pension plans. The final rule was published in the Federal Register on July 8 and takes… Read more »