Legislative Session 2024

Legislative Session 2024

The Georgia General Assembly has one constitutional obligation which is to pass a balanced budget.  When we started our second week of the session, we had joint House and Senate Appropriations Committee hearings to begin the state budget process, listening to all the...
Special Session 2023

Special Session 2023

Special Session 2023 After Thanksgiving, I will be attending a special session of the State Legislature to redraw the political maps that determine Georgia’s congressional and legislative boundaries. We don’t usually meet at the end of the year, but we are doing...
Pre Thanksgiving Message

Pre Thanksgiving Message

Thanksgiving is next week, and like you, I am thinking about the time I will be spending with my family and of course the delicious turkey feast we have every year. Some of our neighbors and even some of our friends are not as fortunate as we are and are struggling to...
Veterans Day 2023

Veterans Day 2023

Ceremony at Gwinnett Justice Center We had a wonderful Veterans Day Ceremony at the Gwinnett Justice Center.  It was great to see my friend John, a World War 2 vet who turned 97 this year.  Many elected attended the Veterans Day Celebration along with Miss Gwinnett...
Labor Day 2023

Labor Day 2023

Dewey's Labor Day Message Today is Labor Day, a day we honor and recognize the works and contributions of laborers to the United States.  Although Labor Day is not a union holiday, it is a national holiday and without unions it would not exist. The labor movement is...