WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement: * * * Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement this evening after Senate Republicans blocked consideration of the Women's Health Protection Act. "Senate Republicans made it clear today that they do not believe that a woman ought to have autonomy over her own body and make her own health care decisions. Their rejection of even moving to debate on the Women's Health Protection Act -  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), author of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act and Chair of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission), along with Helsinki Commission Ranking Member Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Commissioners Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) are urging President Joe Biden to publicly sanction "every Russ  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on May 12, 2022: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today introduced legislation to reauthorize the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act, which promotes the long-term conservation, education, research, monitoring, and habitat protec  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) in introducing theNo Tax Breaks for Union Busting Act to end the taxpayer subsidization of corporate union busting campaigns. As workers around the country join together to fight for better pay and safer working conditions by unionizing, they often face million-dollar corporate intimidation campaigns to prevent  more