WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Sept. 24, 2021: * * * Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement today after the House passed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 last night. "This defense authorization bill reflects the House's commitment to our service-members and to the safety and security of our country. I want to thank my friend, Chairman Adam Smith, and the Members and staff of the  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Sept. 23, 2021: * * * Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) today voted to pass important federal funding for Maryland's priorities in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (NDAA). "This legislation honors our obligation to servicemembers and their families in Maryland and across the country. It provides a pay raise for our servicemembers and makes critical investments that will mode  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Sept. 24, 2021: Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) was joined by Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-13), House Majority Whip James Clyburn (SC-06), Congressional Black Caucus Chairwoman Joyce Beatty (OH-03), Congresswoman Karen Bass (CA-37), Congressman G.K. Butterfield (NC-01), Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson (MS-02), Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger (MD-02), Congressman John Sarbanes (  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-New York, chair of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, issued the following news release on Sept. 24, 2021: Last night, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Jamie Raskin, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, sent a letter to Douglas Logan, Chief Executive Offic  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 24, 2021: U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) was interviewed yesterday during The Hill's Virtual Small Business Summit by Editor-at-Large Steve Clemons. "COVID-19 has had a major impact on American small businesses. Make no mistake about it, small businesses may be creative, th  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, issued the following statement: * * * "Working to prevent illegal immigration is difficult. But no hardship excuses the hard truth that men on horseback whipping Haitian refugees to exercise so-called crowd control harkens back to the rounding up of runaway slaves searching for a better life. "I call on the Biden Administration to halt repatriation of Haitians for the following reasons: 1. Using Title 42 without a hearing is a deeply di  more