“My first and highest obligation is to deliver for the state of Georgia,” Ossoff said in an interview with The Associated Press, vowing to pursue “opportunities to work with this administration or to continue to partner with Republicans in Congress.”
Jon Ossoff promises to pursue opportunities to work with the Trump administration or to continue to partner with Republicans in Congress to deliver for Georgia.
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Evidence
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Sen. Ossoff is backing the bipartisan Access Technology Affordability Act of 2025 to help make specialized reading and other technology, like Braille readers, more accessible by creating a refundable Federal tax credit to help cover the cost.
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Sen. Ossoff helped pass the bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, aimed at making housing more affordable in Georgia and across the Nation.
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The Senate passed a bill championed by Sen. Ossoff to crack down on large out-of-state companies buying up homes in Georgia and driving up prices.
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Sen. Ossoff helped pass legislation providing $150 million to combat the flow of fentanyl, fentanyl precursors, and other synthetic drugs into the United States.
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Sen. Ossoff co-sponsored the bipartisan Housing Unhoused Disabled Veterans Act (HUDVA) to remove disability benefits from income calculations, expanding affordable housing access for veterans.
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Sen. Ossoff co-sponsored the bipartisan 988 Lifeline Location Improvement Act of 2025 to improve geolocation services for the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
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Sen. Ossoff led the passage of the bipartisan Social Security Fairness Act, enhancing retirement benefits for teachers and first responders by eliminating the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset.
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Sen. Ossoff's bipartisan American Energy Security Act, co-sponsored with Sen. Bill Cassidy, aims to help local governments modernize critical energy infrastructure and has passed a key Senate committee.
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Ossoff said, "My first and highest obligation is to deliver for the state of Georgia," and vowed to pursue "opportunities to work with this administration or to continue to partner with Republicans in Congress."
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Congress.gov shows Sen. Ossoff introduced S.1049 with Sen. Grassley (R-IA) as an original cosponsor, and the bill later passed the Senate without amendment by unanimous consent on 2025-12-16.
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The Senate office states that Ossoff "worked with Republicans and Democrats" to pass the Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Applications Act into law as part of bipartisan funding legislation that became law on 2026-02-03.
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U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff said he is "working across the aisle" and is cosponsoring the bipartisan Sarah Debbink Langenkamp Active Transportation Safety Act with Sen. Ron Johnson to improve pedestrian and cyclist safety in Georgia.
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Ossoff’s office said the U.S. Senate passed his bipartisan bill to crack down on organized crime in federal prisons, and noted that Ossoff and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) introduced the measure together.
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Ossoff's Senate office highlighted reporting that his oversight work led to bipartisan bills becoming law, including the Prison Camera Reform Act with Sen. Chuck Grassley, the Federal Prison Oversight Act, and bipartisan child-trafficking legislation following a Georgia foster-care investigation.
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GovInfo records S. 5287 as introduced by Sen. Jon Ossoff for himself and Sen. Katie Britt, a Republican from Alabama, and referred to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Assessments
The promise was broad: to pursue opportunities to work with the Trump administration or continue partnering with Republicans in Congress to deliver for Georgia. Same-term evidence shows Ossoff repeatedly partnered with Republican senators on bipartisan bills, including measures with Grassley, Johnson, Britt, Cassidy, and others. Several efforts advanced substantially, including Senate passage of bipartisan bills and at least one enacted bipartisan law tied to lowering drug costs. Because the promise was about pursuing and continuing bipartisan work rather than guaranteeing one specific policy outcome, these concrete same-term collaborations and legislative results satisfy the promised conduct.
Ossoff’s stated promise was to seek opportunities to work with the Trump administration or partner with Republicans in Congress to deliver for Georgia. The evidence shows he did exactly that in his current Senate term: he publicly worked across the aisle, co-sponsored and helped pass multiple bipartisan measures, and at least one Ossoff-led bipartisan bill passed the Senate. That is concrete fulfillment of the collaboration promise in the federal office context.
The promise was broad but concrete: Ossoff said he would pursue opportunities to work with the Trump administration or partner with Republicans in Congress to deliver for Georgia. The evidence shows repeated same-term bipartisan work with Republican senators, including Ossoff-backed or Ossoff-led measures that passed the Senate or became law. The strongest examples are the generic drug applications transparency provision becoming law in 2026 after Ossoff worked with Republicans and Democrats, and S.1049, introduced by Ossoff with Republican Sen. Grassley as an original cosponsor, passing the Senate by unanimous consent in 2025. Additional bipartisan sponsorships and committee advances reinforce that this was not isolated activity. Because the claim promises pursuit and partnership rather than enactment of one specific policy, these same-term bipartisan legislative actions are sufficient for delivery.
The promise was to pursue opportunities to work with the Trump administration or partner with Republicans in Congress to deliver for Georgia, not to enact one specific policy. The evidence shows multiple same-term bipartisan efforts, including enacted law on generic drug application transparency and Senate passage of bipartisan legislation introduced with Republican Sen. Grassley. Because Ossoff materially participated in bipartisan federal legislation during his current Senate term and at least one cited effort became law, the promise is best scored as delivered in the same term. The effort badge is warranted because the record also shows repeated bipartisan sponsorship, cosponsorship, committee advancement, and passage activity.
The promise was to pursue opportunities to work with Republicans in Congress (and previously the Trump administration), which is inherently an ongoing, process-based pledge rather than a single outcome. The evidence demonstrates repeated, substantive bipartisan legislative efforts and successes across multiple policy areas, fulfilling the spirit and intent of the promise.