Sen.Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., is touting his advocacy for federal investment in Georgia military infrastructure despite having ultimately voted against the bill that secured the improvements.Most recently, Ossoff highlighted new construction for an elementary school at Fort Benning, improved conditions at Fort Stewart, pay raises for military personnel and improvements to Georgia’s foster care system — all a part of the annual military funding bill known as Military Construction and Veteran Affairs (MilCon-VA).At the time of its initial passage, Ossoff quickly released a press statement.FOX NEWS POLL: AN EARLY LOOK AT THE GEORGIA SENATE RACE(Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images)"U.S.
Senate passes Sen.Ossoff’s Bipartisan Bill that provides most funding for Georgia military construction in 15 years," his website announced.When reconsidering it for final passage, Ossoff opposed the package.Notably, Ossoff, as the ranking member on the Senate Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veteran Affairs, voted in favor of the bill in committee and as a standalone bill, but opposed its final passage later that year when it was bundled together with other government funding legislation. When asked about the voting record, his office reaffirmed the federal support secured in Georgia."Let's be clear: Georgia's massive 2026 military construction budget, the highest in 15 years, is a direct and undeniable result of Senator Ossoff's work as the senior Democrat on the Military Construction subcommittee," an Ossoff campaign spokesperson told Fox News Digital in a statement."Senator Ossoff makes no apology for having tried to stop Mike Collins from doubling premiums for more than a million Georgians and throwing 300,000 off their health insurance," they added, referring to Ossoff's Republican challenger, Rep.
Mike Collins, R-Ga., and caps on federal health subsidies Republicans had championed at the time of MilCon-VA's passage.Like many Democra...