WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger (all D-Md.) announced $319,200 to invest in Harford County's travel, tourism, and outdoor recreation. This investment through the Economic Development Administration's Travel, Tourism, and Outdoor Recreation program was funded by the American Rescue Plan which the lawmakers fought to pass. This funding will be used to cons  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, posted the following joint news release: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger (all D-Md.) announced $319,200 to invest in Harford County's travel, tourism, and outdoor recreation. This investment through the Economic Development Administration's Travel, Tourism, and Outdoor Recreation program was funded by the American Rescue Plan which the lawmakers fought to pass. This funding will be used to  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Rep. C.A. 'Dutch' Ruppersberger, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger (all D-Md.) announced $319,200 to invest in Harford County's travel, tourism, and outdoor recreation. This investment through the Economic Development Administration's Travel, Tourism, and Outdoor Recreation program was funded by the American Rescue Plan which the lawmakers fought to pass. This funding will be us  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on July 8, 2022: * * * Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) today released the following statement recognizing the consecration of the Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, which recently reopened as a National Shrine at the World Trade Center after its destruction during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack. "The consecration of the Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine is a victory for  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) praised the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for including an expansion of dental health coverage under Medicare in a key list of proposed rule changes announced Thursday by CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure. As noted in her statement, "Medicare Part B currently pays for dental services when that service is integral to medically necessary services req  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), chair and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on State Department and USAID Operations, announced Friday that they would introduce a Senate resolution honoring Shinzo Abe, the former Prime Minister of Japan, who was assassinated at a political rally earlier in the day. In April of this year, Cardin and Hagerty traveled to  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) called on the Biden administration to continue to protect displaced Venezuelans by extending and re-designating Venezuela for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). In a new letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, the senators underscored the Maduro regime's crimes against humanity in ad  more