WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Oct. 8, 2021: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today after President Joe Biden nominated former U.S. Senator and U.S. Representative Joe Donnelly to be Ambassador to the Holy See. "I want to congratulate my friend Joe Donnelly for being nominated as America's next Ambassador to the Holy See. "As a Congressman from Indiana's Second District and  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Oct. 7, 2021: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement tonight after the Senate passed a stopgap measure to address the debt limit. "Due to the fact that Senate Republicans refused to advance House-passed legislation to responsibly raise the debt limit and chose to put the United States' full faith and credit at risk, the Senate has passed a temporary,  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Oct. 8, 2021: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today on the September jobs report. "The September jobs report shows that COVID-19 is still having a harmful impact on our economy. While the report includes promising indicators that America's recovery is moving forward, with the unemployment rate declining, it is clear that Congress must do more   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Oct. 8, 2021: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John P. Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Andy Harris, M.D., Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin and David Trone (all Md.) released the following statement applauding the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom's addition of Mount Clare Station, Henry Massey Escape Site, Elkridge Furnace Ruins, and  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman David Trone (D-MD), along with the Co-Chairs of the Bipartisan Addiction and Mental Health Task Force and the Addiction, Treatment, and Recovery Caucus, invited the leaders of the major social media platforms, including Facebook and Snapchat, to discuss their companies' impact on the mental health of teenagers and young adults. Trone was joined by Reps. Annie Kuster (D-NH), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Oct. 8, 2021: Representative David Trone (MD-06), Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Mark Takano (CA-41), and Economic Opportunity Subcommittee Chairman Mike Levin (CA-49) introduced the Responsible Education Mitigating Options and Technical Extensions (REMOTE) Act to protect education benefits for veterans. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress took action to prevent cuts to veterans' tuition pa  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) Thursday were joined by their Chesapeake Bay-state colleagues in urging Senate and Agriculture Committee leadership to dedicate $750 million in natural resources conservation funding for the watershed in upcoming reconciliation legislation. Co-signers of the lette  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Helsinki Commission Chairman Sen. Ben Cardin (MD) and Ranking Member Sen. Roger Wicker yesterday introduced a measure that would require the administration to evaluate the Navalny 35 for Global Magnitsky sanctions. The Navalny 35 are a group of 35 Russian kleptocrats and human rights abusers who Alexey Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation has identified as those primarily responsible for looting the Russi  more