U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath

Rep. McBath announces 2022 Congressional Art Competition

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A photograph submitted by a Pope High School student in the 2020 Congressional Art Competition.

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Congresswoman Lucy McBath announced the start of the 2022 Congressional Art Competition, her fourth art competition since taking office in 2019. The competition is open to high school students in Georgia’s Sixth Congressional District and the deadline for submissions will be Friday, April 22, 2022. 

“Supporting and encouraging participation in the arts is so vital for our young people, which is why I am thrilled to launch this year’s Congressional Art Competition,” McBath said. “Each year, I am blown away by the talent and creativity of students from right here in our community. I look forward to seeing the incredible artwork from our local high schoolers, and I encourage all who may be interested to submit and be a part of this exciting competition.”   

Each spring, a nationwide high school arts competition is hosted by the U.S. House of Representatives. The Congressional Art Competition is an opportunity to recognize and encourage the artistic talent of students in the Sixth Congressional District and across the nation. Winning artwork from the Sixth District Congressional Art Competition (1st, 2nd, and 3rd place) will be eligible for display in the U.S. Capitol or in one of Rep. McBath’s offices.

Submissions will be accepted by McBath’s office over the next two months and will only be accepted digitally at arts.mcbath@mail.house.gov. More information and the required release form for the competition can be accessed at https://mcbath.house.gov/art-competition. For any additional questions, please contact McBath’s Sandy Springs District Office by calling (470) 773-6330.

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Trump supporters protest ‘sham impeachment’ at McBath’s office

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Trump supporters wave to motorists during Saturday’s protest at U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath’s Sandy Springs office. (Photo courtesy Trump Victory Committee)

Supporters of President Donald Trump protested outside the 6th Congressional District office of U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath Saturday afternoon in Sandy Springs.

McBath, a Marietta Democrat, voted with her party Friday when the House Judiciary Committee returned two articles of impeachment against Trump, who is accused of abuse of office and obstruction of Congress.

The Trump protestors got approving social media messages from U.S. Sen. David Perdue and U.S. Rep. Doug Collins of Georgia, both strong Trump supporters, as well as the Cobb Republican Party.

Danielle Alvarez, regional communications director for the Trump re-election campaign, said around 50 people turned out for the protest.

Trump is accused of threatening to withhold U.S. foreign aid to Ukraine if it didn’t investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, a Democratic presidential candidate. House Democrats also charged the president with obstructing their investigation.

Republicans and Trump supporters have been charging that the Democratic-led House investigation is a “sham impeachment” process. Former U.S. Rep. Karen Handel, who’s campaigning to win back the seat McBath claimed from her in last year’s elections, has used similar language.

After Friday’s committee vote, Handel said “that since the beginning of this sham process, Lucy McBath has been purely partisan and has had no interest in finding the facts. She promised us she would be independent and bipartisan, but it is obvious that promise was empty.”

Handel was at a North DeKalb Republican women’s event on Saturday.

Saturday’s rally wasn’t the first time Trump supporters have gathered outside McBath’s office.

The 6th District includes East Cobb, North Fulton and Sandy Springs and North DeKalb, and it is being eyed as another battleground seat in House elections in 2020. McBath is the first Democrat to represent the district in 40 years.

The full House is expected to vote on the impeachment articles next week.

The protest was organized by Stop the Madness, which is supported by the Republican National Committee.

 

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McBath applauds $50M in gun violence research funding

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U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath (D-GA) applauds the House passage of $50 million in funding she requested for important firearm injury and mortality prevention research at the Centers for Disease Control and the National Institutes of Health, including critical projects at the Centers for Disease Control National Center for Injury Prevention and Control in Chamblee that would improve understanding of the solutions to prevent gun deaths.

“I was proud to lead my colleagues in asking for this funding because I believe I have the responsibility as a survivor of gun violence to stand up to stop these tragedies,” McBath said. “The CDC and NIH need this funding to better understand how to prevent gun deaths. When I visited the Injury Center in my district, I was heartbroken to hear about the severe lack of funding for gun-related injury research. This critical funding will save lives.”

These federal dollars will provide for the first gun violence prevention funding in more than twenty years and allocates $25 million each to the Centers for Disease Control and National Institutes of Health to study firearm injury and mortality prevention. The funding passed as part of the Labor-Health & Human Services-Education Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2020.

 

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U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath to hold community listening session at East Cobb church

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U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath

On Saturday, Rep. Lucy McBath (GA-06) will host a listening session to hear from constituents about issues affecting the communities and residents of the Sixth District.

“My work in Washington is guided by the priorities and concerns of the residents of Georgia’s Sixth, so I value the opportunity to hear directly from the people I represent,” McBath said. “I am honored to have the opportunity to listen and have an open dialogue on the issues that are important to my constituents.”

Rep. McBath’s community listening session will take place on Saturday, April 13, 2019 from 11:30am to 12:30pm at the Pilgrimage United Church of Christ in Marietta. This event will help to inform McBath’s actions in Washington and help her to set her long-term legislative agenda. The listening session will be immediately preceded by a Meet and Greet at 11:00am in the church’s fellowship hall.

Constituents can RSVP here and are encouraged to sign up for newsletter alerts on McBath.House.Gov and to follow Rep. McBath on Facebook  at Facebook.com/RepLucyMcBath.

Meet and Greet Details:

Saturday, April 13, 2019

11:00am – 11:30am

Listening Session Details:

Saturday, April 13, 2019

11:30am – 12:30pm

Pilgrimage United Church of Christ

3755 Sandy Plains Road

Marietta, GA 30066

 

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McBath co-sponsors firearms background check legislation

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Earlier this week new 6th District Congresswoman Lucy McBath announced she is co-sponsoring legislation expanding background checks for firearms sales.

Georgia 6th Congressional District candidate Lucy McBath
U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath

The Marietta Democrat spoke from the House floor and at a press conference for H.R. 8, called the “Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019.” It would require background checks for every purchase of a gun, including those sold by private vendors.

She is one of 173 co-sponsors, most of them Democrats, who have made gun-control efforts one of their top priorities since taking control of the House in November elections.

McBath defeated Republican incumbent Karen Handel as part of that electoral surge.

The bill was introduced on Tuesday, the 8th anniversary of the shooting of former Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. She was one of 13 people injured in a rampage that killed six others.

McBath’s 17-year-old son, a former student at Marietta High School, was killed at a Florida gas station in 2012 by a gunman upset at loud music coming from his car. She became nationally prominent in gun-control advocacy after that.

“Too often gun sales without background checks have allowed guns to end up in the hands of violent criminals,” McBath said at a Democratic press conference in Washington that included Giffords. “By closing these loopholes and expanding background checks, we will make our communities safer. . . Quite simply, background checks save lives.”

 

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