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Jones hosts roundtable with minority business owners, entrepreneurs

U.S. Sen. Doug Jones on Tuesday hosted an online roundtable discussion with minority business owners, entrepreneurs and investors. “In Alabama, small businesses employ half of all employees, and entrepreneurs account for 25 percent of all new business in the United States,” Jones said at the start of the discussion. “But we also know that in … Continued
August 11, 2020

Jones campaign director blasts Tuberville for saying $600 “too much” for out-of-work Alabamians

The communications director for U.S. Sen. Doug Jones’s re-election campaign on Wednesday called out Tommy Tuberville for saying that $600 in emergency unemployment aid was too much for Alabamians.  “Tommy Tuberville once again proves he’s out of touch with Alabama. When he ‘resigned’ from his job as a football coach he took a $5.1 million … Continued
August 5, 2020

Jones urges USDA to extend waiver program for school meals amid COVID-19

Unless the U.S. Department of Agriculture extends a waiver program, set to expire at the start of school, thousands of Alabama’s schoolchildren without transportation to school and who are learning remotely could miss out on school meals.   U.S. Sen. Doug Jones, D-Alabama, and dozens of other senators on Wednesday urged the USDA to extend vouchers … Continued
August 1, 2020

Jones: Not enough funding in GOP COVID-19 relief package for schools

Alabama Sen. Doug Jones is worried that what’s in Senate Republicans’ plan for a fifth round of coronavirus relief bills won’t provide enough to keep students, teachers, staff and families safe once schools begin reopening soon, while COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to rise.  Jones said during a press briefing Thursday that proposed bills coming … Continued
July 30, 2020

Jones urges public to heed surging COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations

U.S. Sen. Doug Jones, D-Alabama, on Thursday pleaded with the public to take COVID-19 seriously, especially now, as reopening of schools and Fourth of July celebrations near. Meanwhile, the state continues to see record numbers of new cases and hospitalizations.  Alabama on Thursday saw a fourth straight day for record-high COVID-19 hospitalizations — and a … Continued
July 2, 2020

Sen. Jones: Millions for Alabama priorities in annual defense bill

Sen. Doug Jones, D-Alabama, on Thursday highlighted how the latest National Defense Authorization Act could positively impact Alabama service members, state universities and businesses that work with the U.S. military.   The fiscal year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), approved on Thursday by the Senate Armed Services Committee, now goes before the full Senate for … Continued
June 11, 2020

Jones calls for more federal aid to students, schools and teachers amid COVID-19 crisis

U.S. Sen. Doug Jones, D-Alabama, on Thursday asked Senate leadership to include money for public schools and students in the next round of COVID-19 relief funding.  Jones and Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, led a group of other senators in drafting a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer that urges … Continued
May 15, 2020