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Sanford Dixon Bishop is an American politician serving as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Georgia's 2nd congressional district since 2003. A member of the Democratic Party, Bishop has focused on issues such as economic development, education, and healthcare throughout his tenure in Congress. He has been an advocate for rural communities and has worked to secure funding for various local projects in his district.
And so I would urge the defeat of this amendment. I think that we need to proceed. We need to continue promoting democracy in our own neighborhood in the Western Hemisphere, and I think that the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security…
I rise tonight to discuss Delta Airline's tremendous progress since it entered bankruptcy in September 2005 toward its long-planned goal toward emerging in the first part of next year as a financially strong, stand-alone, independent…
We are here today to honor a great American, a veteran, a civil rights leader, a social justice activist, and a tremendous talent, Mr. Ossie Davis. We lost him this past Friday, February 4, at the age of 87. Ossie once said, "Struggle is…
Mr. Speaker, this bill is designed to increase the size of the Andersonville National Historic Site in Andersonville, Georgia, which is the site of America's only official National Prisoner of War Museum, exhibit, and the Andersonville…
Amendment No. 25 offered by Mr. Bishop: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: SEC. ____. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM. Subtitle B of title VI of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance…
Reclaiming my time, these two projects, as the gentleman is correct in saying, are included in the report language of the Senate Committee on Appropriations Report, report 106-288 at page 34. We certainly appreciate the gentleman's pledge…
I truly can say that the Matthew Perrys, the Donald Hollowells, the Avon Williamses, the John Walkers in Arkansas, the Jack Ruffins of Augusta, Georgia, the Horrace T. Wards in Georgia, all of these have been inspirations to us. The late…
I am honored and humbled to have the opportunity today to take this time with some of my colleagues to pay tribute to the life of a good and a great Georgian, the late Chevene Bowers King. On last Monday, April 3, this House passed a…
I support the Blue Dog budget very simply because it provides debt reduction with savings to Social Security and Medicare, priority spending for education, veterans, agriculture, defense, health care and prescription drugs, and provides…
This is common sense legislation Mr. Speaker. I urge all my colleagues to cosponsor and support this bill when it comes to the floor.
The National Forensic Science Improvement Act has been endorsed by organizations such as the National Governors Association, the National Association of Attorneys General, the Association of State Criminal Investigative Agencies, and the…
In a 1996 national survey of 299 crime labs, it was found that 8 out or 10 labs have experienced a growth in their caseloads which exceeds the growth in their budget.
This is not right, Mr. Speaker. Our forensic labs lack the funding to create computer networks that would connect not only their forensic equipment with internal computers, but would also allow them to share information with crime labs…
Across the country, state and local crime labs, Medical Examiners' and Coroners' offices face alarming shortages in forensic science resources.
With passage of this bill, the Congress will affirm to our law enforcement professionals that we care enough to provide them with the expertise that they need to do their jobs in an expeditious manner.
Mr. Speaker, government cannot do everything and certainly we need law enforcement, we need interdiction, and we need more people policing our streets for drugs. But at the same time, we need to stop the market for them. We need to relieve…
In Islam, the god is Allah, which means the one and only god, with a small ``g.''
The gentleman is aware that nowhere in our existing Constitution now does the word ``God'' appear, not even in the First Amendment. And while we recognize that on our money and in the Constitutions of most States the word ``God'' does…
I believe that the people in this country, our school boards in this country, are as creative and as ingenious and as bright as it takes to be able to establish the right kinds of protocol so that every child would be given the opportunity…
I feel that it is a slap in the face to our Nation's veterans. I feel that it is certainly a disservice to our Nation's veterans, and it is tantamount, as I said earlier, to having the check come back marked ``Insufficient Funds.''
As the gentlewoman is aware, we had hearings in the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and I think the Secretary appeared and indicated that he had not been consulted, and I think that the committee records would reveal that probably there…
I am happy the gentlewoman pointed that out because I come from a district that has some of the poorest counties anywhere in the United States, and we have numerous individuals and families that suffer from malnutrition, and we have low…
I rise reluctantly to oppose the Frank amendment. Cutting the 1995 defense budget by $2.5 billion, as proposed in the amendment, cannot be made without serious disruptions. The demands on the Department of Defense for peacekeeping…
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