WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Feb. 18, 2022: Last weekend, the Maryland community celebrated 41st Annual Black History Month Breakfast, mirroring this year's Black History Month theme, Black Health and Wellness. Congressman Hoyer joined community members in the Fourth and Fifth Congressional Districts to draw attention to the health disparities that are prevalent in the Black community and heard from Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, Assistant  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Rep. C.A. 'Dutch' Ruppersberger, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Feb. 18, 2022: * * * Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, a member of the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, today issued the following statement following news of Russia's expulsion of an American diplomat and reported skirmishes in Ukrainian territory. "The events of the last few days have only reinforced the fact that we must continue to watch the Kremlin's actions because, clearl  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chairman of the Senate Small Business Committee and a member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement on Senate passage of the Further Additional Extending Government Funding Act, H.R. 6617. This legislation, which has already passed the House of Representatives, will keep the federal government open for the next three weeks through March 11, 20  more