Dear Friends,
Here’s the latest from Washington, D.C., and the Fourth District.
 REMEMBERING THE DREAMER: I’m proud to be a grand marshal for this year’s DeKalb NAACP Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Parade & Rally, which will be Monday, Jan. 16 at 12:30 p.m. in Stone Mountain.
On October 16, 2011, we finally unveiled the magnificent MLK Memorial in Washington. Dr. King now takes his rightful place in the pantheon of heroes honored on our National Mall, standing between the memorials to Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln. For more on local King Day projects, please see CrossRoadsNews. To read more about this event, please see On Common Ground News.
MOBILE VETERANS CENTER COMING TO ATLANTA: I'm pleased to announce that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is deploying a Mobile Vet Center to Atlanta to increase access to readjustment counseling services for veterans and their families. The customized vehicle is equipped with confidential counseling space and will provide services throughout metro Atlanta, including DeKalb, Rockdale, and Gwinnett counties. For more, click HERE.
SUMMER JOBS+: I am ecstatic President Obama proposed $1.5 billion for high-impact summer jobs as part of the Pathways Back to Work Fund. The President’s public-private plan is just what the doctor ordered – the government and dozens of private-sector businesses coming together to commit to creating nearly 180,000 employment opportunities for low-income youth 16-24 in the summer of 2012. The Department of Labor is developing a platform Summer Jobs+ and can be found HERE.
JOBS: Please stop by the Jobs page on my Web site for the latest job offerings and job fairs. Young People Matter, which has launched the first emergency youth shelter in the Fourth District where youth can receive help 24-hours a day, seven days a week, is looking for a Youth Development Coordinator and a Residential Case Manager. For more, click HERE.
FREE HEALTH SCREENINGS: ZERO — The Project to End Prostate Cancer is offering free prostate cancer testing this month. More than 110,000 men have been tested with this program since 2002, saving as many as 11,000 lives by alerting men to go see their doctor. Get screened this upcoming weekend in the Atlanta area at the mobile prostate cancer vehicle.
Friday, January 13 from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. at the Kroger: 2875 N Decatur Road, Decatur, GA, 30033. | Saturday, January 14 from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. at the Kroger: 2100 Riverside Parkway, Lawrenceville, GA, 30043. | Sunday, January 15 from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. at the Kroger: 1670 Highway 124, Snellville, GA, 30078. For more, click HERE.
MORE HELP FOR VETERANS: Veterans of the Persian Gulf War with undiagnosed illnesses have an additional five years to qualify for benefits from the VA. Veterans or survivors who believe they qualify for these benefits should call 1-800-827-1000. For more, click HERE. The VA now has all of its 152 medical centers on Facebook. For more, click HERE. For the Atlanta VA Facebook page, click HERE.
CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU(CFPB): On Jan. 4, President Obama named Richard Cordray as director of a new consumer protection agency. This new agency is crucial because it helps consumers make sound financial decisions. It’s good for students and parents to help them better understand loan options. It’s good for our soldiers — who are too often targets of unscrupulous lenders — and it’s good for homeowners who have complaints about the mortgage process. To see my Atlanta Journal-Constitution op-ed on the CFPB, click HERE.
SPEAKING OF CONSUMERS: I will re-introduce my Discount Pricing Consumer Protection Act this month. The bill would prohibit resale price maintenance agreements (RPMs), which are used by manufacturers and wholesalers, distributors, or retailers to set minimum prices for a product or service. RPMs result in high prices for consumers. I appreciate the support of the National Consumers League, the Consumers Union and the American Antitrust Institute. To read their letter of support, click HERE.
RESOLVE TO BE READY: Make sure you and your family are ready in case of an emergency in 2012 – create a communications plan and take other simple steps to be prepared. For a “Resolve to be Ready” toolkit, click HERE.
FOSTER GRANDPARENTS: I’m pleased to announce that Easter Seals of North Georgia is receiving a new Foster Grandparent Program grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service to serve Fulton, DeKalb and Clayton counties. For more, click HERE.
As always, I appreciate your time and feedback. Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to represent you in Congress.
| January 12, 2012
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