WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Dec. 9, 2021: * * * Democracy Reform Task Force Chair John Sarbanes (D-Md.) released the following statement after House passage of the Protecting Our Democracy Act (H.R. 5314). "Our democracy can no longer depend on a president's moral obligation to the American people. There must be safeguards put in place to protect our institutions and prevent presidential abuses of office. "Transparency, accounta  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Dec. 9, 2021: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Acting Commissioner Dr. Janet Woodcock urging the FDA to complete its review of premarket tobacco product applications (PMTAs) for the millions of e-cigarette products that have fueled the youth vaping epidemic. In the letter, Durbin reiterated that the deadline for FDA's review was th  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), and members of the National Capital Region sent a letter urging Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and Amtrak Chief Executive Officer William Flynn to prioritize funding for the Washington Union Station Expansion Project as they begin to implement the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which was signed into law   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) today introduced the Correctly Recognizing Educational Achievements (CREATE) Graduates Act, which would help community college students who transferred receive their associate degree by transferring their earned credits back to their community college, a process known as "reverse transfer." According to the Bu  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Dec. 9, 2021: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony Brown, Jamie Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced $2,085,897 in federal funding to help relieve police department backlogs of forensic biology and DNA cases. "Every year, thousands of violent and non-violent crimes - including murders, rape  more