ATLANTA (Sept. 24, 2009) – Yesterday the Buford Lanier Women’s Club (BLWC) held a banner hanging ceremony to honor and encourage our troops currently serving in Iraq. The banner was originally created in Buford, has traveled to Iraq, and has returned to Georgia to permanently hang in the Sloppy Floyd Building in Atlanta.
Sen. Tommie Williams
By President Pro Tempore Tommie Williams
September 24, 2009
Last week, President Obama presented his health care proposal to the nation through a joint session of Congress. In the past 50 years, a joint session of Congress has only been called 15 times. While I support the urgency of health care reform, I strongly disagree with him on how to address the problem. The President argues that his plan will be self sustaining, but I’ve never seen the federal government live within its means. Government programs are never temporary. As Ronald Reagan used to say, “The closest thing to eternal life we will see on this earth is a federal program.”
ATLANTA (Sept. 23, 2009) – Today State Senator Bill Hamrick (R-Carrollton) and DNR Commissioner Chris Clark took an aerial tour to view flood damage in Carrolton and the surrounding areas. (more…)
ATLANTA (Sept. 22, 2009) – State Senator Jim Butterworth (R-Clarkesville) led efforts with Gov. Sonny Perdue and the Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA) to declare a state of emergency in Stephens County. There are 17 counties total on the list. (more…)
By: State Sen. Greg Goggans
ATLANTA (September 21, 2009) – It is certainly no secret Georgia continues to face revenue shortfalls that have now lasted almost an entire year. The General Assembly has been forced to consider some very difficult spending cuts as we are constitutionally mandated to balance our state budget to not spend anymore than the state takes in. (more…)