WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Jan. 19, 2022: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement tonight after Senate Republicans voted to block consideration of the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act. "Tonight, the United States Senate had an opportunity to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, - whose birthday our nation celebrated over the weekend - John Lewis, and countless othe  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Rep. Anthony Brown, D-Maryland, issued the following statement: * * * Congressman Anthony G. Brown (MD-04) released the following statement on the Senate's failure to pass meaningful voting rights legislation: "Generations have fought, marched, protested, and died to secure the right to vote for every American. The fundamental right to choose our leaders and hold them accountable is the cornerstone of our democracy and must be protected no matter where you live, what yo  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Jan. 19, 2022: * * * Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) issued the following statement on the Senate's failure to pass critical voting rights legislation today. "A record number of Americans voted in the 2020 elections because of expanded Election Day, vote-by-mail, and early voting opportunities. Less than one year later, state lawmakers in at least 19 states enacted 34 laws that restrict access to the ball  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Jan. 19, 2022: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, and Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) announced $396 million in Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loans for the City of Baltimore, Md., to help the city upgrade aging water infrastructure, including in low-income communities and communities of color. Project construction and operat  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Jan. 20, 2022: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes and Jamie B. Raskin today urged the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to allow the proposed transfer of a 105-acre parcel of land currently owned by the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service so it can be added to the adjacent Patuxent Research  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Rep. C.A. 'Dutch' Ruppersberger, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Jan. 20, 2022: Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger today announced $37.5 million in new funding for Mid-Chesapeake Bay Island construction, a project that is critical to the ecological and economic health of the Bay and Port of Baltimore. The funding comes from the bipartisan infrastructure investment bill that was signed into law in November. Ruppersberger, a Senior Appropriator, identifi  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Rep. C.A. 'Dutch' Ruppersberger, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes and Jamie B. Raskin today urged the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to allow the proposed transfer of a 105-acre parcel of land currently owned by the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service so it can be added to the adjacent Patuxent Research Re  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Jan. 20, 2022: Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) today underscored the importance of his legislation - H.R. 3540, the Chesapeake Bay Science, Education and Ecosystems Enhancements (SEEE) Act - to protecting and restoring the health of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Testifying at a Subcommittee on Water, Oceans and Wildlife hearing, Congressman Sarbanes recognized the National Oceanic and Atmospheric A  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Jan. 20, 2022: Congressman John Sarbanes today joined Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger and Jamie B. Raskin in urging the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to allow the proposed transfer of a 105-acre parcel of land currently owned by the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service so it can be added to the adjac  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman David Trone (MD-06) called for immediate action to treat veterans suffering from toxic burn pit exposure during a roundtable hosted by the House Committee On Veterans' Affairs. The hearing focused on the Honoring Our Promise To Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act, which includes Trone's bill, the FASTER Presumptions Act. Trone, whose district is home to more than 42,000 veterans, introduced   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressmen David Trone (D-MD) and John Katko (R-NY) introduced the SNAP Second Chance Act of 2021. The bill would limit the USDA's authority to deny small business owners the opportunity to become Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) retailers because of a previous criminal conviction. The legislation was brought to fruition after Trone met with Altimont Mark Wilks, a returning citizen and the o  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) released the following statement after the Senate failed to move forward the "Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act." "I am bitterly disappointed that the Senate failed to pass critical voting rights legislation, the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act. Congress has a moral obligation to act to protect the right of all Americans to vote in a free and fair election in 2022  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes and Jamie B. Raskin today urged the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to allow the proposed transfer of a 105-acre parcel of land currently owned by the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service so it can be added to the adjacent Patuxent Research Refuge. Touti  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), and Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) introduced bipartisan legislation to help better protect seniors from fraud. According to a report from the Senate Special Committee on Aging released last Congress, older Americans lose approximately $3 billion each year to financial scams and abuse. A separate survey from the Investor Prote  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) in a bipartisan letter to President Biden urging him to include funding for emergency international food aid in any upcoming supplemental request to Congress. Recently, the Biden Administration provided an additional $308 million in aid and eased procedures for humanitarian groups. However, the Senators noted in their letter  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, and Jamie B. Raskin urged the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to allow the proposed transfer of a 105-acre parcel of land currently owned by the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service so it can be added to the adjacent Patuxent Research Refuge. Touting t  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Jan. 20, 2022: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) today praised the Judiciary Committee's bipartisan approval of Judge Julie Rubin to serve as U.S. District Court Judge for the District of Maryland. "We are pleased that today the Judiciary Committee favorably recommended Judge Julie Rubin," the senators said. "Judge Rubin brings tremendous experience to the federal bench having  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) praised the Judiciary Committee's bipartisan approval of Judge Julie Rubin to serve as U.S. District Court Judge for the District of Maryland. "We are pleased that the Judiciary Committee favorably recommended Judge Julie Rubin," the senators said. "Judge Rubin brings tremendous experience to the federal bench having served as a Baltimore City   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: United States Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) in writing to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas to express concern over reports of high denial rates for Afghans seeking humanitarian parole into the United States in the wake of the Taliban's takeover and the use of an untenably hi  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: United States Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Representative Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) sent a letter to President Biden expressing concern about the United States' targeting criteria for drone strikes that has led to the deaths of thousands of civilians, with little accountability. In the letter, the lawmakers call on the President to overhaul U.S  more