At a time when Georgians are asking Congress and the President to focus on affordability because they face skyrocketing healthcare costs, high food prices, and expensive housing, we need stability and not chaos like we saw yesterday.
Stability in federal health and anti-addiction funding should be maintained so communities can keep receiving support for addiction and mental health care.
Occurrences
Evidence
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Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. said that HHS reinstated billions of dollars in SAMHSA grants after cancelling them less than 24 hours earlier, and he emphasized that these grants "should never have been jeopardized" because Georgians and communities nationwide need stability for addiction and mental health care.
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Bishop said he supported a FY 2026 combined funding bill that would provide full-year funding for departments and agencies that support health care and advance medical research, and that the bill kept the government open for the remainder of the fiscal year so families could continue to access health care and related services.
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The House office says Bishop supported passage of H.R. 7148, a bipartisan FY 2026 funding bill covering multiple federal departments and programs, reflecting his support for maintaining federal program continuity through appropriations rather than cuts or shutdowns.
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Bishop’s press releases through May 2026 show continued appropriations activity and no later reversal of his January position on maintaining health-related federal funding; the most recent items are unrelated to addiction/mental health funding, suggesting the earlier grant-restoration/continuity position remains unresolved rather than reversed.
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The House Clerk recorded Roll Call 53 on H.R. 7148, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026: the motion to concur in the Senate amendments passed 217-214, and Representative Bishop of Georgia voted Yea.
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The enrolled FY 2026 appropriations bill includes SAMHSA funding, including $2,790,407,000 for mental health, $991,532,000 for the Mental Health Block Grant, $385,500,000 for Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics, $4,091,098,000 for substance abuse treatment, and $240,879,000 for substance abuse prevention.
Assessments
The promised outcome was maintenance of federal health, addiction, and mental-health support rather than a new permanent entitlement. During Bishop's current federal term, FY 2026 appropriations were enacted with continued SAMHSA mental-health, substance-use treatment, prevention, block-grant, and CCBHC funding, and Bishop voted for final passage of that funding bill. HHS also reinstated SAMHSA grants in the same period. Because Bishop materially advanced the enacted appropriations outcome as a sitting House member, this counts as delivered in same-term timing, even though the achievement reflects annual appropriations and shared congressional/executive action rather than Bishop-only control.
Bishop clearly acted in support of stable federal health and anti-addiction funding: he backed FY 2026 appropriations measures to keep health-related programs funded and publicly supported the reinstatement of SAMHSA grants for addiction and mental health care. However, the evidence mainly shows advocacy, voting, and restoration of threatened grants by HHS rather than a demonstrated, durable fulfilled outcome directly attributable to Bishop himself. Because there is concrete same-term action advancing the promise, but not enough proof that he fully delivered stable funding on his own, partial credit is the best fit.