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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 »

Originally Published on FOX 54 News Now. Congressman Rick Allen (R-GA, 12th District) and House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman, Congressman James Comer (R-KY, 1st District) addressed the media Monday, to give an update on House Republicans’ impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. This meeting was held at the Snelling center on Washington Road. Congressman… Read more »

Originally Published by 12 26 On Your Side. On Monday, Rep. Rick W. Allen, R-Augusta, and House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer visited Augusta. They met to offer an update on House Republicans’ impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. Last week, Republicans voted unanimously to launch a formal impeachment inquiry into the president citing… Read more »

Originally Published by SHRM. Congressional lawmakers recently advanced four bills to enhance workforce training and address workers' union rights at a time of low unemployment and high rates of unfilled jobs. On Dec. 12, members of the U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee from both parties supported a bill to extend federal Pell Grant eligibility to… Read more »

Originally Published in Drug Store News. Pharmacy organizations, including the National Association of Chain Drug Stores and the  National Community Pharmacists Association, applauded the passage late Monday of the Lower Costs, More Transparency Act (H.R. 5378) by the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill, which was introduced by U.S. Representative Cathy McMorris… Read more »