December 16, 2025 Dear Georgian, As the Christmas season approaches, elder fraud is on the rise. Per the Department of Justice, elder fraud is a $2.3 billion problem in the United States. Investment fraud makes up $1.8 billion, followed by tech support scams at $982…

December 8, 2025 Dear Georgian, On December 7th, our country remembered the 2,403 American lives lost during the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. A day that will forever live in infamy, the attack on Pearl Harbor served as the catalyst for the United States…

November 27, 2025 Dear Georgian, Every Thanksgiving families across the nation come together and give thanks for each other, for our country, and for another grateful year.  I would ask that each of you join me in giving special thanks to our many servicemembers th…

November 24, 2025 Dear Georgian, Last week, the House of Representatives passed two major bills regarding transparency and government working for the American people. The first, H.R. 4405, requires the Department of Justice to publish, in a searchable and downloada…

November 17, 2025 Dear Georgian, For over 40 days, hardworking Americans were held hostage by Democrats as a political tactic. During that time, American families were used as "leverage" by Democrat leadership, pay checks were missed, flights were cancelled, and SNA…

November 10, 2025 Dear Georgian, After far too long, late last night, eight Democrats in the Senate joined with Republicans and voted to begin the process of funding the government.  Unsurprisingly, Georgia's own senators, Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, again fail…

November 3, 2025 Dear Georgian, The Schumer Shutdown has reached a major inflection point as 42 million Americans are now missing SNAP benefits, and funding for many other essential programs has run dry. This disaster has been manufactured and maintained by the Dem…

October 27, 2025 Dear Georgian, Last Wednesday, Senate Democrats voted “no” for the 12th time when given another chance to reopen our government. We’re now heading into week five of a senseless government shutdown. Democratic leadership has admitted “Of course ther…

An Update from Rep. Austin Scott October 20, 2025 Dear Georgian, We are now going on the fourth week of the Democrat manufactured government shutdown. While Democrats partied at their "No Kings" festivals this past week, federal employees are missing paychecks an…

October 12, 2025 Dear Georgian, The Schumer Shutdown continues in Washington, D.C. and, unfortunately, Democrats have given no indication that they plan to vote to end it any time soon. With servicemembers and federal employees soon to miss a paycheck, farmers unabl…

October 5, 2025 Dear Georgian, 17 days ago, the House of Representatives passed a clean, continuing resolution to fund the government and avoid a harmful shutdown, in a bipartisan vote. We are now in day 5 of the shutdown, still watching Democrats in the Senate bloc…

September 29, 2025 Dear Georgian, As many of you are aware, our fiscal year comes to a close this Tuesday, September 30. Nine days ago, the House, in a bipartisan vote, passed a clean short-term continuing resolution that allows our government agencies to continue o…

September 22, 2025 Dear Georgian, Last week, the House of Representatives passed a Continuing Resolution (CR) to keep the government funded and operational until November 21st, while Congress continues to work through the remaining appropriation bills. This legislat…

September 15, 2025 Dear Georgian, Last week was tough for our country. We experienced what felt like tragedy after tragedy. A video of a young woman, Iryna Zarutska being brutally stabbed to death on a train in Charlotte was released, children were injured in a scho…