Georgia lawmakers press Biden to ‘promptly consider’ major disaster declaration request

Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) led Georgia’s congressional delegation Monday in asking the White House for a disaster declaration in the state in the wake of Hurricane Helene. In the letter, signed by both Ossoff’s colleague Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) and the state’s 14 representatives, the delegation noted that a disaster declaration would free up federal…