Floor Action
The House took up the following measure today:
SB 5 - Professions and Businesses; patient protection measures for patients undergoing sedation in certain settings; provide- Representative Lee Hawkins (R-Gainesville) presented the legislation, addressing in particular “medispas.” Dentists, which do conscious sedation, are now required to have certain equipment. It does not prohibit a person who is duly licensed as a physician assistant in Georgia, who has completed an anesthesiologist assistant program approved by the Georgia Composite Medical Board from administering conscious sedation nor deem such physician assistant to be engaged in the unlawful practice of dentistry, pursuant to their job description as approved by the Georgia Composite Medical Board, provided that such sedation is administered under the direction and responsibility of an anesthesiologist. The legislation also The bill passed by Substitute with a vote of 160-5; it now requires the Senate to agr
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Sen. Lankford: More Americans Believe in Election Fraud in 2020 Than Russian Interference in 2016
Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) on Dec. 16 defended the Senate committee hearing dealing with election “irregularities,” noting that poll results indicate that more Americans believe fraud occurred in the 2020 presidential election than those who believed Russians sought to interfere in the 2016 election.
A poll in December 2016 showed 32 percent of Americans thought Russia influenced the outcome of that year’s election, Lankford said at the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing.
“Based on that belief and what was going, it launched a whole series of hearings,” Lankford said.
Lindsey Graham Calls for Special Counsel to Investigate Hunter Biden
A top Republican senator on Dec. 16 said he supports calls for appointing a special counsel to investigate Hunter Biden, the son of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.
“I am absolutely calling on the special counsel to look at all things Hunter Biden to see if he presents a conflict with the Biden administration regarding his business dealings in Ukraine, which is overrun with Russian agents, and any activity he had with the Chinese government,” Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) told reporters on Capitol Hill.
“Let me just say this: If you believe a special counsel is needed to look at the Trump world regarding Russia, how can you say that there’s no need for a special counsel regarding Hunter Biden?”