WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Reverend Warnock issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA), a key member of the Senate Agriculture committee, and U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA), announced more than $531 million in federal disaster aid relief for Georgia producers and farmers that suffered losses as a result of Hurricane Helene. The block grant funding comes nearly two years after Hurricane Helene struck large portions of South and East-Central Georgia and months after bipartisan appeals to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for distribution of the desperately needed funds.
"This announcement is welcome news for the Georgia producers and farmers that have been forced to wait far too long for this d...