Friends, 

I hope you are doing well. As your Representative in Congress, it’s a priority to keep you informed of how we're serving you. If you would like to stay up to date, check out our website, and follow our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages.

Looking forward to seeing you in Georgia's 11th Congressional District or in Washington, D.C. soon.  

God Bless,

Rep. Barry Loudermilk

U.S. Congressman, Georgia's Eleventh District

If you are a high school student in Georgia interested in participating in the 2025 Congressional Art Competition, the deadline for all artwork is Friday, March 28, 2025 at 5:00PM. All artwork will be displayed at the Harris Arts Center in Calhoun from April 1-15, 2025.

I'm truly inspired by the artistic passion of our students each year and strongly encourage you to display your talents in this nationwide competition.

Please see the 2025 Rules and Regulations here as well as the 2025 Student Release Form here. We do ask that you confirm you reside in our district to participate. You can confirm your address here. If you have any additional questions or need any further information, please don't hesitate to reach out and email Phyllis Nall in our office at [email protected].

In case you missed it, "Fraud Alert Friday" highlights waste, fraud, and abuse occurring across the federal government.

Alert: This week, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced they have been working over the past two weeks to clean up millions of records in the Social Security Administration's databases by marking number-holders listed as over the age of 120 as being deceased. Approximately 3.2 million number holders were removed from the count.

According to DOGE's website, the group has saved American taxpayers $115 billion so far, breaking down to approximately $714.29 saved per taxpayer. To read more about the above alert, click here and see DOGE's social media post here.

The People's Republic of China (PRC) have halted all international adoptions through their intercountry adoption program, except those between blood relatives in August 2024. Approximately 300 children in the PRC had been matched with American families prior to this announcement.

That's why, this week, I joined a bipartisan group of my House and Senate colleagues in sending a letter to President Trump requesting he engage the Chinese government to finalize the pending adoption cases. This follows similar efforts I signed on to requesting former President Biden to intervene, urging the PRC to do the same.

To read the letter in its entirety, click here. 

This week, I co-sponsored several pieces of legislation. These bills are as follows:

1. H.Res. 226 – Commemorating the centennial of Delta Airlines
   • Commemorates the 100th birthday of Delta Airlines.
2. H.R. 2039 – Protecting the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Act
   • Explicitly prohibits the President and Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) from declaring a national public health emergency to impose gun control and blocks officials from restricting the manufacturing, sale or transfer of firearms and ammunition during national crises. This ensures that public health authority cannot be misused to undermine Americans' Second Amendment rights.
3. H.R. 1932 – Pay Our Troops Act
   • Ensures members of our military are paid in the event of a government shutdown. This legislation protects paychecks for members of the military, including the U.S. Coast Guard, as well as certain U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) civilian employees and contractors in the event of a lapse in federal appropriations.

1. Delta: Federal, state lawmakers honor Delta for a century of service and innovation
2. Just the News: Congress probing two alleged security episodes during Trump visits to Capitol, one involving a gun
3. Just the News: Rep. Barry Loudermilk: "There was a lot of covering up. There was a lot of scapegoating going on."

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