Fort Gordon won’t see construction funds for a new cyber instructional and network center diverted to build a border wall, the area’s Republican congressman confirmed Monday.
Two cyber-related construction projects at the Army base appeared on a list of hundreds of military appropriations at risk if President Donald Trump’s emergency declaration leads to those funds being diverted to… Read more »
ATLANTA — MEAG Power announced Friday it has closed on $414.7 million in additional loan guarantees from the U.S. Department of Energy to go toward the energy collective’s share of the construction of nuclear Units 3 and 4 at Plant Vogtle near Waynesboro.
At the same time, Energy Secretary Rick Perry, Gov. Brian Kemp, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and North America’s… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Rick W. Allen (R-GA-12) issued the following statement today after touring Plant Vogtle in Waynesboro, Georgia, along with Secretary of Energy, Rick Perry, Secretary of Agriculture, Sonny Perdue, Governor Brian Kemp, and others. During the visit, Secretary Perry announced that the Department of Energy will guarantee $3.7 billion in additional loans for the construction… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Rick W. Allen (R-GA-12), along with Congressmen Sanford Bishop (D-GA-02) and Drew Ferguson (R-GA-03), released the following statement today after introducing H. Res. 247, a resolution recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Dental College of Georgia at Augusta University.
“For fifty years, the Dental College of Georgia has successfully educated and prepared students… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Rick Allen believes repurposing the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility for a plutonium pit production mission is the right move.
Asked Thursday morning by the Aiken Standard if he supported the prospective MOX-to-pits switch, the Georgia Republican said, "Absolutely."
"Well obviously New Mexico can't handle what is required, OK, so it's got to go somewhere. And… Read more »
U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry will visit and speak at Plant Vogtle in Georgia on Friday, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.
U.S. Rep. Rick Allen, a Georgia Republican, on Thursday morning confirmed Perry's trip during an interview with the Aiken Standard.
Perry will be accompanied by a breadth of dignitaries and energy executives including Georgia Gov. Brian… Read more »
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) - Citizens are urged to come to a public hearing on March 21 to learn more about the proposed projects concerning the New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam.
Early March 21, two local congressmen held a press conference on the Riverwalk in downtown Augusta where they expressed their thoughts about the dam.
Georgia Congressman Rick Allen and South Carolina Congressman… Read more »
Politicians from both sides of the Savannah River came together Thursday morning to fight to keep the water in the river at full pool and against a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plan that would significantly lower it.
U.S. Reps. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., and Rick Allen, R-Ga., came to Riverwalk Augusta to urge people to speak out at a Thursday night public comment hearing in Augusta about the… Read more »
At the beginning of what turned into a lively public hearing Thursday, the cities of Augusta and North Augusta were given a little sticker shock: the option they want to repair New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam will now cost nearly $400 million over the 100-year life of the program, according to new figures from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
And it is no longer an option anyway because… Read more »
U.S. Congressmen Rick W. Allen (R-GA-12) and Joe Wilson (R-SC-02) announced today that they would be holding a press conference on Thursday, March 21, 2019 to encourage members of the community to attend the public comment hearing, hosted by the cities of Augusta and North Augusta, on the New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam. The hearing will be held at the Augusta Commission Chamber on… Read more »
