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Originally Published in Fox54 News Now. Congressman Rick Allen made an exciting announcement regarding the 2024 Summer Internship Program in his office. The internship opportunity will take place in his Washington, D.C. office, offering college students and young professionals a chance to immerse themselves in the legislative process and contribute to the workings of a congressional… Read more »

Originally Published in The Augusta Press. Congressman Rick Allen visited A. R. Johnson Health Science and Engineering Magnet School, Tuesday morning, acknowledging National School Choice Week. The lawmaker underscored the importance of education enabling students to pursue their passions, noting the magnet school as an example in Richmond County of the benefits of school… Read more »

Originally Published in 1226 On Your Side. AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Some Augusta students got a visit from a congressman Tuesday. Rep. Rick Allen, R-Augusta, visited the A.R. Johnson Health Science and Engineering Magnet School in observation of National School Choice Week. The school at 1324 Laney Walker Blvd. draws students from grades six through twelve from all parts of… Read more »

Originally Published in The Augusta Chronicle. Rep. Rick Allen has visited many schools throughout his career, but it's not every day a visit involves rockets and medical care. The congressman for Georgia's 12th District was given an exciting visit to A.R. Johnson Magnet School on Tuesday. The morning kicked off with a presentation by one of the engineering classes who explained the… Read more »

Originally Published in Fox 54 News Now. AUGUSTA, Ga. - In honor of National School Choice week, Congressman Rick Allen visited A.R. Johnson Health Science and Engineering Magnet School. He says having the option of specialized learning is an integral component of a student’s success. A.R. Johnson students are pursuing… Read more »

Originally published in The Augusta Press. Rep. Rick Allen (R-GA) testified on Jan. 11 to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in his continued efforts to save the historic New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam. The Lock and Dam has been in legal limbo for many years with the issue bogged down in the courts. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have long favored removing… Read more »

Originally Published in the Georgia Recorder.  U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson led a delegation of House Republicans on a Wednesday trip to the U.S.-Mexico border to demand hard-line immigration proposals in exchange for passage of President Joe Biden’s emergency global security supplemental request. “If President Biden wants a supplemental spending bill focused on national… Read more »

Originally published in the Statesboro Herald. After the recent passage of a one-year extension of the current Farm Bill, U.S. Rep. Rick Allen, R-Georgia 12th District, addressed the House Agriculture Committee, of which he was previously a member, earlier this month about what he wants in a new five-year Farm Bill to be enacted in 2024. He discussed what he sees as the… Read more »

Originally Published in The Millen News. U.S. Congressman Rick Allen, 12th Congressional District, is addressing issues that he feels are critical to the next Farm Bill. The 2018 Farm Bill was extended for an additional year while Congress works to write and adopt a new one. In an interview with The Millen News last week, Rep. Allen spoke of the importance of the Farm Bill to not… Read more »

Originally Published in The Augusta Press. House Committee on Oversight Chairman James Comer made a brief appearance in Augusta Monday with Congressman Rick Allen. Comer was in Augusta for a luncheon, a staffer said. The appearance follows House Republicans’ vote last week to launch an impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden in an effort to connect the president to business… Read more »