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VALDOSTA -- The Valdosta-Lowndes County Chamber of Commerce hosted a round table meeting with Congressman Austin Scott and several business owners to talk about startup capital, insurance and changes in the market during the past decade.
One of the challenges discussed is startup capital a new business needs to open.
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Congressman Austin Scott (GA-08) today announced the students from the Eighth Congressional District of Georgia who received appointments to the United States Service Academies.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Austin Scott (GA-08), representing Robins Air Force Base in Warner Robins, GA and Moody Air Force Base in Valdosta, GA, today praised the U.S. House of Representatives on passing H.R. 4909, the Fiscal Year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., and David Perdue, R-Ga., were joined today by U.S. Representatives Buddy Carter, R-Ga.-01, Sanford Bishop, D-Ga.-02, Hank Johnson, D-Ga.-04, Austin Scott, R-Ga.-08, and Tom Graves, R-Ga.-14, in urging two key U.S.
April 28--The House Armed Services Committee on Thursday overwhelmingly passed a defense policy bill that is good for Robins Air Force Base, said U.S. Rep. Austin Scott.
By a vote of 60-2 the committee passed the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act following 16 hours of debate on amendments. It authorizes $610.5 billion in defense spending.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Austin Scott (GA-08) today joined the House Armed Services Committee in approving H.R. 4909, the Fiscal Year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). After more than 16 hours of debate, the legislation passed out of committee with a bipartisan vote of 60-2.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., and David Perdue, R-Ga., along with U.S. Representatives Austin Scott, R-Ga.-08, and Sanford Bishop, D-Ga.-02, today reaffirmed their commitment to serving Robins Air Force Base at the first annual Robins Air Force Base Congressional breakfast.
(WASHINGTON, DC) – U.S. Congressman Austin Scott (GA-08) today introduced H.R. 4884, the Controlling the Unchecked and Reckless Ballooning of Lifeline Act of 2016 (CURB Act) which makes significant reforms to the Lifeline Program.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Austin Scott (GA-08) and Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) welcomed the unanimous passage of the bipartisan H.R. 482, the Ocmulgee Mounds National Historic Park Boundary Revision Act in the U.S. House of Representatives.
WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Austin Scott (GA-08), Chairman of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit, today released the following statement following recent media reports that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) intends to deny assistance to American cotton farmers and the rural communities that depend on the U.S.