Georgia House of Representatives
House Media Services Office
ATLANTA – The House Republican Caucus today elected State Representative Bonnie Rich (R-Suwanee) by acclamation as the House Majority Caucus Chairman for the remainder of the 2021-2022 legislative term.
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ATLANTA – State Representative Park Cannon (D-Atlanta), along with Atlanta Councilmember-elect Liliana Bakhtiari, Sarah Riggs Amico, executive chairperson of Jack Cooper, and Dan Rosenfelt, founder of Electric Owl Studios, recently held a press conference to urge the U.S. Congress to pass the Build Back Better Act (BBBA). The U.S. House of Representatives passed the measure in mid-November, and the U.S. Senate is expected to vote on the legislation by the end of the month.
ATLANTA – Members of the Georgia Working Families Legislative Caucus leadership praise the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers (BCTGM) International Union for their efforts to improve working conditions at Kellogg’s facilities across the country. The BCTGM members who work at several Kellogg’s facilities recently voted to accept the recommended collective bargaining agreement, which ends a nearly three-month long strike.
ATLANTA – State Representative Sharon Cooper (R-Marietta), chair of the House Health & Human Services Committee, recently received a 2021 RareVoice Award from the EveryLife Foundation for Rare Diseases. She was honored during the foundation’s 10th annual awards ceremony on Dec. 15, 2021.
ATLANTA – State Representatives Josh Bonner (R-Fayetteville), Lynn Smith (R-Newnan) and State Senator Matt Brass (R-Newnan) are praising Governor Brian Kemp’s recent announcement that he will authorize the release of $1 million from the Governor’s Emergency Fund to support disaster relief operations in Coweta County stemming from the EF-4 tornado that hit Newnan, Ga. in March 2021.