WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Sept. 25, 2021: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today after the Budget Committee approved the Build Back Better Act. "Today, the House Budget Committee completed its markup of the Build Back Better Act, landmark legislation that - along with the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act - will enact President Biden's agenda for jobs,  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Sept. 27, 2021: House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) sent a letter to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell today, urging him to work with Democrats to address the debt limit. The letter was also signed by 63 additional House Democrats, all of whom voted to suspend the debt limit under President Trump, when Republicans were unable to pass a suspension of the debt limit on their own.  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, chair of the House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, issued the following news release on Sept. 27, 2021: On Wednesday, September 29, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. ET, Rep. Jamie Raskin, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, will hold a hybrid hearing to examine the Biden Administration's whole-of-government strategy to combat domestic terrorism and how the Administration will seek t  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-New York, chair of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, issued the following joint statement on Sept. 25, 2021, with Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties: * * * 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, issued the following statement after Cyber Ninjas   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: This week, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Shelley Moore Capito's (R-Wa.V.) resolution to designate the week of September 20 through September 24, 2021, as "Community School Coordinators Appreciation Week" passed the U.S. Senate. Community schools are public schools that provide integrated student supports, well-designed and expanded learning opportunities, active fa  more