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Dear Friend:
Please take a couple of minutes to read what is happening in the 13th Congressional District.
Health Fair Success
The 6th Annual 13th Congressional District Health Fair was a success. Over 1,000 district residents met with nearly 90 associations or medical groups that provided a variety of screenings, health advice and nutrition tips. Fortunately, several constituents were made aware of issues such as high blood pressure that they can now take action to address.
WSB-TV interviewed several participants and on August 16, the Clayton News-Daily wrote a summary of the health fair, which can be read at this link.
Recent votes
Keeping Teachers in the Classroom -
Congressman Scott returned to Washington to vote for the Education Jobs and Medicaid Assistance Act (H.R. 1586). This new law provides funding for local education jobs and helps states with Medicaid costs.
The law includes provisions to ensure that states use these funds for preservation of jobs serving elementary and secondary education. Amounts from the Education Jobs Fund may not be used for purposes such as equipment, utilities, renovation, or transportation. For more information, click here.
Border Security -
Update: President Obama signed this legislation into law on August 13.
On August 10, the House passed H.R. 6080, the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Border Security. This bill provides funding to address the threat of increased violence along the Southwest Border by strengthening border security and enforcement efforts. The focus of this border security supplemental bill is increasing security and reducing violence along the Southwest Border. The Senate passed the bill on August 5 and the funding should be headed to the US-Mexico border soon.
Consumer News
Changes to overdraft fees -
On August 15, new rules became effective to give debit and ATM card users additional options regarding overdrafts. In the past, some banks automatically enrolled you in their standard overdraft practices for all types of transactions when you opened an account. Under the new rules, your bank must first get your permission to apply its standard overdraft practices to everyday debit card and ATM transactions before you can be charged overdraft fees. To grant this permission, you will need to respond to the notice and opt in (agree). For more information, visit this link.
Upcoming News
The U.S. Mission in Iraq Officially Changes September 1. The Department of Defense statement on these changes can be read here.
Thank you for taking time to read my newsletter. If I can be of assistance, please contact me through one of the addresses located at the end of this message. We can also connect via Facebook, YouTube, Twitter or LinkedIn.
Sincerely,
David Scott
Member of Congress
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