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Today, Congressman Rick W. Allen (GA-12) delivered the following speech on the House floor to congratulate Southern Company, Oglethorpe Power, MEAG Power, Dalton Utilities, and all partners involved in Plant Vogtle’s Unit 4 officially coming online last week. Congressman Allen's full speech has been copied in its entirety… Read more »

On Friday, Congressman Rick W. Allen (GA-12) recognized the winners of the 2024 Congressional Art Competition during a special reception at the Westobou Gallery in Augusta. Members of Congress sponsor this competition each spring, challenging students from across the nation to produce an original artwork depicting life in their home district. This year's competition drew… 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 »

Today, U.S. Congressman Rick W. Allen (GA-12) issued the following statement after Southern Company, Oglethorpe Power Company, MEAG Power, and Dalton Utilities announced that Plant Vogtle's Nuclear Unit 4 has officially entered commercial operation: "Today marks a significant milestone in Georgia's clean energy future. With Unit 4 now at 100% capacity and… 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 »

Today, Congressman Rick W. Allen (GA-12) issued the following statement after President Biden’s Department of Labor (DOL) finalized an overreaching fiduciary rule that will limit access to financial advice for millions of hardworking Americans: “Today’s finalized fiduciary rule from President Biden’s DOL will have far-reaching implications for millions of American families seeking… 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 »

Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 6655, the bipartisan Stronger Workforce for America Act, with Congressman Rick W. Allen's (GA-12) support. Included in H.R. 6655 are provisions from Congressman Allen's Startup Act, introduced last year, to incorporate entrepreneurial skills development training into the current workforce development system. … Read more »

This story originally appeared in the Augusta Press. By: Rick Allen (GA-12) An all-of-the-above strategy is critical to reclaiming American energy dominance, and nuclear—our nation’s largest source of clean energy—has a pivotal role to play. In the United States, we have 11,000 utility-scale electric power plants currently under operation, less than 60 of… Read more »

Originally Published in WFXG. AUGUSTA, Ga. (WFXG) - The Farm Bill is a piece of Federal Legislation that is passed once every five years. The bill originally dates back to 1933...At that time it was called the Agricultural Adjustment Act, and was part of the new deal. The most recent version of the bill was passed in 2018...So it is almost time for lawmakers to pass a… Read more »