ATLANTA – Members of the Georgia House Democratic Caucus (GHDC) Subcommittee on COVID-19 are calling on the Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) to establish a call center to improve communications regarding Unemployment Insurance (UI) requests. These state legislators will hold a virtual press conference to discuss their concerns TOMORROW, Friday, December 4, 2020, at 11:15 a.m. via Zoom. Zoom meeting access will be private and reserved for the press; to request access, please contact State Representative Sandra Scott (D-Rex) at sandra.scott@house.ga.gov.
Rep. Debra Bazemore Elected House Minority Chief Deputy Whip
ATLANTA – The House Democratic Caucus elected State Representative Debra Bazemore (D-South Fulton) to serve as the House Minority Chief Deputy Whip during caucus elections on Tuesday, November 10, 2020.
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Democratic State Legislators to File Second Open Records Request with Georgia Department of Labor
ATLANTA – House Minority Caucus Chairman James Beverly (D-Macon), State Representatives Rhonda Burnough (D-Riverdale), Viola Davis (D-Stone Mountain), Debra Bazemore (D-South Fulton), Sharon Beasley-Teague (D-Red Oak), Donna McLeod (D-Lawrenceville), Sandra Scott (D-Rex), Kim Schofield (D-Atlanta), Valencia Stovall (D-Forest Park) and Mary Robichaux (D-Roswell) today announced their plans to submit a second open records request to the Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) for information concerning the backlog of Unemployment Insurance (UI) claims. The legislators filed an initial request on July 21, 2020, and have not received a reply regarding their first request. Continue reading “Democratic State Legislators to File Second Open Records Request with Georgia Department of Labor”
Georgia House Democratic Caucus COVID-19 Subcommittee Opposes FY 2021 Budget Proposal
ATLANTA – Members of the Georgia House Democratic Caucus (GHDC) COVID-19 Subcommittee recently announced their opposition to the Fiscal Year 2021 (FY 2021) budget and released an action plan in response to the FY 2021 budget. House Minority Caucus Chairman James Beverly (D-Macon), along State Representatives Viola Davis (D-Stone Mountain), Sandra Scott (D-Rex), Kim Schofield (D-Atlanta), Debra Bazemore (D-South Fulton), Mary Robichaux (D-Roswell), Donna McLeod (D-Lawrenceville), Rhonda Burnough (D-Riverdale) and Shelly Hutchinson (D-Snellville), recently drafted an independent FY 2021 funding proposal in response to COVID-19. Continue reading “Georgia House Democratic Caucus COVID-19 Subcommittee Opposes FY 2021 Budget Proposal”
Rep. Bazemore, Georgia House Democratic Caucus COVID-19 Subcommittee Makes Constituents Aware of COVID-19 Cases in Children
ATLANTA – State Representative Debra Bazemore (D-South Fulton), who also serves as a member of the Georgia House Democratic Caucus (GHDC) COVID-19 Subcommittee, makes constituents aware of statistics regarding the number of children who have contracted COVID-19 in Georgia and in the United States. During the subcommittee’s study of data presented by the CDC, the subcommittee found that there has been a daily increase in confirmed COVID-19 cases among children. Continue reading “Rep. Bazemore, Georgia House Democratic Caucus COVID-19 Subcommittee Makes Constituents Aware of COVID-19 Cases in Children”