Isakson, John “Johnny” Senior Senator for Georgia, 2005-2022
Senator Isakson receives a C grade for his middling to non-existent support of science funding. He is retiring at the end of 2019, which means his seat will be filled by gubernatorial appointment and up for election in 2020.
S.Res.157 - A resolution supporting the designation of April 2019 as "Parkinson's Awareness Month".
David Perdue - Junior Senator for Georgia, 2015-2020
While Senator Perdue is a member of the NIH caucus, he has not signed on to any bill that his fellow caucus member has sponsored, and has not sponsored any of his own, earning him a C+. While he has signed the NIH funding Dear Colleague letter he has not signed the BRAIN initiative version. We additionally could not find any remarks in the congressional record, on the Senator’s website, or in other searches on biomedical or neuroscience funding.