WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Rep. Anthony Brown, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on March 3, 2022: Representatives Dina Titus (NV-01), Guy Reschenthaler (PA-14), Anthony Brown (MD-04), Mark Amodei (NV-02), and Steven Horsford (NV-04) introduced the Shifting Limits on Thresholds (SLOT) ACT. This bipartisan legislation would raise the threshold for slot winnings. "The current threshold for reporting slot winnings was set at $1,200 in 1977 and has not been updated in the 45 years since. I  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD), U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Congressmen Anthony G. Brown (MD-04), and Jamie B. Raskin (MD-08) announced a $1.7 billion Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) federal loan to advance the construction of the Purple Line, after significant delays since the construction began in 2017. The Purple Line, a 16.2 mil  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) hosted a discussion following President Joe Biden's first State of the Union Address with his virtual guests Spencer Jones, owner of Chick & Ruth's Delly in Annapolis, Omar Muhammad, Director of the Entrepreneurial Development Assistance Center (EDAC) a  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) hosted a discussion following President Joe Biden's first State of the Union Address with his virtual guests Spencer Jones, owner of Chick & Ruth's Delly in Annapolis, Omar Muhammad, Director of the Entrepreneurial Development Assistance Center (EDAC) at Morgan State University, and Lisa Smith, Executive Director of Bowie  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: United States Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), and Representatives Al Lawson (D-Fla.), Jahana Hayes (D-Conn.), and Norma J. Torres (D-Calif.), along with Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Tina Smith (D-Min  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) and Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-Va.) announced $120,145,016 in federal funding for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). This funding, awarded through the Department of Transportation (DOT), was authorized by the American Rescue Plan (ARP) supported by the Senators and signed by President Joe Biden. "One year ago,  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on March 3, 2022: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Anthony G. Brown and Jamie B. Raskin (all D-Md.) today announced a $1.7 billion Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) federal loan to advance the construction of the Purple Line, after significant delays since the construction began in 2017. The Purple Line, a 16.2 mile east-west lig  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Rep. Anthony Brown, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on March 3, 2022: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Anthony G. Brown and Jamie B. Raskin (all D-Md.) today announced a $1.7 billion Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) federal loan to advance the construction of the Purple Line, after significant delays since the construction began in 2017. The Purple Line, a 16.2 mile east-west light  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on March 3, 2022: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Anthony G. Brown and Jamie B. Raskin (all D-Md.) today announced a $1.7 billion Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) federal loan to advance the construction of the Purple Line, after significant delays since the construction began in 2017. The Purple Line, a 16.2 mile east-west li  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), and Lisa Murkowski (R-Ark.) and Representatives Don Young (R-Ark.-At Large) and Gwen Moore (D-Wis.-4) sent a bipartisan, bicameral letter urging U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack to issue the proposed rule, Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children: Revisions in the WIC Food Packag  more