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The National Cotton Council expressed appreciation to Congress and the Administration for their support and approval of long-awaited and much-needed disaster and recovery assistance for farmers devastated by Hurricanes Florence, Michael and other natural disasters in 2018 and early 2019. The supplemental disaster assistance package passed by the House, and approved by the Senate on May… Read more »

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Rep. Rick Allen , R-Georgia, issued the following statement after President Trump signed the Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act (H.R. 2157) into law, which provides funding for farmers and ranchers who suffered losses due to natural disasters, including Hurricane Michael and the 2017 late season freeze to blueberry and peach crops in… Read more »

The advocacy on behalf of veterans exhibited by former American Legion member Ray Hendrix now is being permanently honored in his home state of Georgia. The Department of Veterans Affairs clinic in Statesboro, Ga., recently was renamed to honor the 64-year Legionnaire. The ceremony took place in late May and officially renamed the facility the Ray Hendrix VA Clinic. U.S. House… Read more »

Logan Schultz, a 2019 graduate of Coffee High School, is headed to the U.S. Naval Academy. U.S. Congressman Rick W. Allen (R-GA-12) hosted a ceremony Thursday for three young men from Georgia's 12th District who received and accepted an offer of appointment to one of the nation's military service academies. Accepting an appointment obligates the appointees to commit and serve… Read more »

The same breeze that offered some relief from the nearly 100-degree heat assisted Mary Hendrix and U.S. Rep. Rick Allen in unveiling a temporary sign for the newly renamed Ray Hendrix Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic. With House Resolution 3946, the whole U.S. Congress in effect agreed that the clinic, on Northside Drive East in Statesboro, wouldn’t be there without the efforts of… Read more »

U.S. Congressman Rick Allen’s aides will meet with the public from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursday, June 6 in Springfield, at the Effingham County Board of Commissioners Administrative Complex, 601 N. Laurel St. Constituents will be able to receive personal assistance from Allen’s office. There will be no formal presentation nor will Allen be in attendance. Staff will be available to… Read more »

A ceremony formally renaming the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Statesboro for the late Sgt. Maj. Ray Hendrix is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Thursday at the clinic, 658 Northside Drive East. U.S. Rep. Rick Allen, R-Georgia 12th, plans to attend a ceremony, and members of Hendrix's family are invited as guests of honor. "Sergeant Major Ray Hendrix was… Read more »

The future of the New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam was one of the repeat topics at last week’s State of Our Community event in North Augusta. “It’s one voice, everybody is speaking the same tune right now …” said North Augusta Mayor Bob Pettit during the event. The Lock and Dam has been a hot topic of discussion for the last year in the CSRA. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been… Read more »

The House on Friday passed a $19 billion disaster aid bill that would deliver long-sought relief to farmers, victims of hurricanes and floods, and rebuild southern military bases, as Democrats try to dislodge the legislation from a Senate logjam over aid to hurricane-slammed Puerto Rico. The measure passed by a 257-150 vote over the opposition of most Republicans, who said it should also… Read more »

Republican Texas Rep. Chip Roy and 30 of his GOP colleagues wrote an open letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi insisting no spending measure she puts forth on the House floor will violate the Budget Control Act of 2011. “We write to respectfully request that you only bring forward spending measures which adhere to the budget caps put in place by the Budget Control Act (“BCA”) of 2011, as… Read more »