WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following remarks on Feb. 9, 2022: * * * Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) testified before the House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations during their hearing entitled "WMATA: Getting to a Culture of Excellence." Below are his remarks as prepared for delivery. "Thank you, Chairman Connolly and Ranking Member Hice. I appreciate the opportunity to participate today and express what so many of my constitue  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2022: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, and Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) announced that Civic Works in Baltimore will receive $200,000 for workforce development and job training to help spur economic opportunity and advance environmental justice in underserved communities. The lawmakers fought to deliver these funds through the passage of  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Rep. C.A. 'Dutch' Ruppersberger, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Feb. 9, 2022: * * * Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger today voted in favor of a Continuing Resolution that will keep the government funded through March 11 and prevent a government shutdown. He issued the following statement. "I am supporting this continuing resolution because leadership on both sides is close to achieving a bipartisan spending framework for the 2022 fiscal year which can   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Rep. C.A. 'Dutch' Ruppersberger, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2022: Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger today voted in favor of bipartisan legislation that provides desperately-needed financial relief to the U.S. Postal Service as Marylanders continue to experience unacceptable mail delays and disruptions. H.R. 3076, the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022, passed the U.S. House of Representatives in a 342-92 vote and now heads to the U.S. Senat  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Rep. Anthony Brown, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2022: Congressman Anthony G. Brown (MD-04) joined Congressman Andy Levin (MI-09) and 129 members of Congress to introduce H.Res. 915, Recognizing Congressional Workers' Right to Organize. Following the passage of the Congressional Accountability Act in 1995, the Office of Compliance and Workplace Rights ruled in 1996 that the passage of this resolution was the final step to give congressional wo  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: A dozen U.S. Senators, led by Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) are urging the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to take immediate actions to protect individuals in ICE custody from COVID-19. Specifically, the senators are calling out DHS and ICE for failing "to provide COVID-19 booster shots for people in ICE detention." In a l  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2022: Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Congressman Chris Pappas (N.H.-01), and Congressman Jared Huffman (Calif.-02) sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), urging the Biden administration to request full funding for the new Active Transportation Infrastructure Investment Program--recently   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2022: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Bob Casey (D-Pa.) called on President Joe Biden to step up efforts to demilitarize the police. "We urge you to prioritize the demilitarization of law enforc  more