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This week Senator Ossoff fought for us by:
Sounding the Alarm on Congressional Republicans’ Plan to Cut Food Assistance for Georgians
This week, Sen. Ossoff joined a group of Senators calling out Congressional Republicans’ budget proposal, which could cut billions of dollars from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and have devastating consequences for Georgia veterans, seniors, children, and farmers.
“If enacted, cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will have severe consequences for millions of veterans, seniors, children, and hard-working farmers,” Sen. Ossoff and the group wrote.
As of January 2025, nearly 1.5 million people in Georgia receive SNAP benefits – one out of every eight residents.
A recent study estimates SNAP cuts could cost Georgia’s economy $653,312,600 in benefits.
Pushing Back Against Trump Order Targeting Immigrant Children
After the Trump Administration stripped children in immigration courts of lawyers, U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is leading a bipartisan demand that the Administration reverse course and ensure children have representation.
Today (4/16/25), Sens. Ossoff and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) warned U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that the Trump Administration’s move to end legal services for unaccompanied minors is putting children at risk of trafficking and exploitation and urged the restoration of representation.
The Trump Administration’s order last month removes protections that have helped unaccompanied children — some as young as two years old — get legal representation in immigration court, as mandated by law.
Without a lawyer, many of these children could be forced to face judges and complex legal proceedings alone.
Warning that DOGE Closure Could Threaten Georgia Water Supply & Quality
U.S. Senators Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff today warned about possible threats to water quality for families across Georgia after a recently announced DOGE closure.
Sens. Ossoff and Rev. Warnock are urging the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) to clarify impacts on water quality and supply following the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) decision to terminate the United States Geological Survey’s (USGS) Water Science Center’s lease in Norcross, Georgia.
“We write to express concern about potential disruption to the U.S. Geological Survey’s work to help ensure safe drinking water quality and appropriate water supply in Georgia, following the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) apparent decision to terminate the lease for the USGS Water Science Center in Norcross,” Sens. Ossoff and Rev. Warnock wrote to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. “Relocation plans for USGS staff and critical office equipment are not clear, despite the lease in Norcross terminating in a matter of months.”
In 2023, the BacteriAlert program, a collaboration between Chattahoochee Riverkeeper and USGS, detected an ongoing sewage spill above Willeo Creek Park and found unsafe Chattahoochee River conditions.
“Staff at the Water Sciences Center perform water quality testing to ensure the safety of drinking water and maintain water gauges across Georgia, including Lake Sidney Lanier and on the Chattahoochee River, which supplies most of metro Atlanta’s drinking water,” Sens. Ossoff and Rev. Warnock continued. “Local officials in metro Atlanta rely on gauges at Lake Lanier to ensure enough water is drawn from the lake to provide water to millions of Georgians every day. These gauges also inform water flows for Georgia’s agriculture industry, nuclear reactors across the state, and Department of Defense installations, among others.”
Click here to read more about the Senators’ efforts to support safe water in Georgia.
