Opposing Burdensome Regulations for Farmers

The Department of Labor (DOL) recently proposed another H-2A rule that creates additional problems for farmers trying to navigate an already burdensome program.

A streamlined H-2A program is critical for the agriculture industry and our nation's food supply, but small farmers cannot keep up with these continuous rule and regulation changes.

I led a letter with House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn "GT" Thompson and Republican colleagues to DOL Acting Secretary Julie A. Su opposing this proposed rule.

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Continuing Bipartisan Work on Designating the Ocmulgee Mounds as a National Park and Preserve

Designating the Ocmulgee Mounds as a National Park and Preserve will help protect our state's history and have a lasting, positive economic and cultural impact in Middle Georgia.

Last week, the Department of the Interior (DOI) released its Special Resource Study of the Ocmulgee River Corridor. This report was initiated in response to legislation that was authored by myself, Rep. Sanford Bishop, and former U.S. Senators Johnny Isakson and David Perdue, which was signed into law in 2019.

The report is the next step in a process through which Rep. Bishop, myself, Senators Ossoff and Warnock, and local leaders are continuing efforts to designate a national park in this area.

I look forward to examining the findings of the DOI study with Rep. Bishop and our colleagues in the Senate so we can better preserve these cultural and environmental areas of our state for future generations.

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Advocating for a Clear WOTUS Definition

America's farmers, builders, manufacturers, miners, and small businesses need a clear and consistent WOTUS rule that allows them to carry out their essential jobs with confidence.

I proudly joined several colleagues in sending a letter to the EPA and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over their latest attempt to bring their confusing and illegal WOTUS rules to fruition. By skipping the public comment period for these rules, the Biden administration plans to enact these ambiguous and damaging rules on our nation's rural communities and farmers who rely on clear and concise guidance to do their jobs.

This letter demands that the Biden administration answer these questions and urges the EPA to respond quickly with much-needed clarity.

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Joining Rep. Mark Alford to Discuss the CR

Joining John Solomon to Discuss CR

The Washington Times | National Park Service delivers roadmap for protecting Georgia’s Ocmulgee River corridor

"The National Park Service announced Thursday that it has delivered to Congress its long-awaited study on whether the Ocmulgee River corridor in central Georgia meets the criteria to be managed as a national park and preserve. The answer: Not quite, not yet.

But supporters aren’t dismayed - they say the study was based on initial, since-abandoned plans that raised concerns that have already been addressed, and they now have what’s needed to show Congress that the Muscogee Creek Nation’s historic homeland in central Georgia deserves federal protection."

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Just the News | Georgia Congressman Scott says a shutdown would only benefit the Democrats

"Congressman Austin Scott, R-Ga., said that he would be voting for the upcoming continuing resolution in order to avoid a government shutdown. 

'Shutdowns only help...one group,' Scott said on the John Solomon Reports podcast. 'And that is the incompetent group that's in charge at the White House right now and in charge of the Senate.'"

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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | House approves two-step plan to fund government, avoid shutdown

"Nearly every Democrat and more than half of U.S. House Republicans signed off on Speaker Mike Johnson’s plan to temporarily fund the government and avoid a shutdown that was scheduled to begin this weekend.

The measure, known as a continuing resolution or CR, keeps the government funded at current levels for the short term. Under Johnson’s plan, money for certain agencies expires Jan. 19, while the remaining ones would be funded until Feb. 2."

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