WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Oct. 25, 2022: * * * U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) released the follo  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), with Senators Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Mitt Romney (R-Utah) sent a letter to Ethiopia's Prime Minister ahead of planned peace talks led by the Afr  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Kweisi Mfume, Dutch Ruppersberger, and John Sarbanes (all D-Md.) announced $900,000 for PIVOT, a workforce reentry and development nonprofit in Baltimore that connects formerly incarcerated Black women with critical resources as they prepare to return to their communities. This project will work in partnership with PREPARE, a parole preparation n  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2022: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Kweisi Mfume, Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced $3,079,600 in U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development funding for six Maryland health and wellness-based facilities to improve and modernize their services. Funding comes throug  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen David Trone, Kweisi Mfume, Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Anthony G. Brown, and Jamie B. Raskin (all D-Md.) sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg in support of Baltimore City's Reconnecting Communities Pilot (RCP) program grant application to fund the planning of the redevelopment of the H  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2022: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced $3,079,600 in U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development funding for six Maryland health and wellness-based facilities to improve and modernize their services. Funding comes thr  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2022: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen David Trone, Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, and Jamie B. Raskin (all D-Md.) today announced $3,079,600 in U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development funding for six Maryland health and wellness-based facilities to improve and modernize their services. Funding comes throug  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Rep. Anthony Brown, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Oct. 24, 2022: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced $2,782,058 to support the Maryland State Police in curbing the use of illegal and dangerous drugs statewide. This federal funding comes through the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Oct. 24, 2022: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen David Trone, Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, and Jamie B. Raskin (all D-Md.) today announced $2,782,058 to support the Maryland State Police in curbing the use of illegal and dangerous drugs statewide. This federal funding comes through the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of   more

HAGERSTOWN, Maryland, Oct. 21 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: This week, Congressman David Trone (MD-06) visited Washington and Montgomery Counties to meet with local leaders about his work to support the economic growth of Maryland's Sixth District through once-in-a-generation legislative investments. On Monday, Trone kicked off his tour in Hagerstown to meet with UAW Local 171 retirees about his efforts to strengthen the American manufacturing workforce an  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Oct. 25, 2022: * * * "I am glad to learn of the withdrawal of the letter of October 24, 2022, which--because of its unfortunate timing and other flaws--led to the conflation of growing Republican opposition to support for Ukraine, as exemplified by recent statements of Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, with the polar-opposite position of dozens of Democrats like me who have passionately supported every packag  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen David Trone, Steny Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Andy Harris, Anthony Brown, and Jamie Raskin Thursday wrote to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Baltimore District Director Greg Collett urging him to address concerning trends in the delivery of routine services at the USCIS Baltimore Field Office. The  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman John Sarbanes joined Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger and Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) to announce $900,000 for PIVOT, a workforce reentry and development nonprofit in Baltimore that connects formerly incarcerated Black women with critical resources as they prepare to return to their communities. This project will work in partnership with PREPARE, a pa  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman John Sarbanes joined Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.) in announcing $2,782,058 to support the Maryland State Police in curbing the use of illegal and dangerous drugs statewide. This federal funding comes through the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Co  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2022: Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger (MD-02), John Sarbanes (MD-03), Kweisi Mfume (MD-06), Anthony Brown (MD-04), Jamie B. Raskin (MD-08), and David Trone (MD-06) today announced $3,079,600 in U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development funding for six Maryland health and wellness-based facilit  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release and letter: Congressman David Trone (D-MD), co-Chair of the Commission on Combating Synthetic Opioid Trafficking, led two letters to the Mexican Ambassador to the United States, Esteban Moctezuma, and Chinese Ambassador to the U.S., Qin Gang, calling for global cooperation to stem the manufacturing and trafficking of fentanyl and its precursors into the United States. In 2021, over 108,000 Americans died of   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Oct. 24, 2022, and letter: Congressman David Trone (D-MD), co-Chair of the Commission on Combating Synthetic Opioid Trafficking, and Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a member of the Commission, wrote to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the United States Postal Service (USPS), calling on them to take additional steps to stop the mailing of synthetic opioids into the country. Separately, the lawm  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman David Trone, alongside Reps. Hal Rogers (R-KY), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), and Mary Sattler Peltola (D-AK), introduced Bruce's Law, new legislation that will authorize Community-Based Coalition Enhancement Grants and expand federal agencies' efforts to raise awareness about fentanyl. "As our nation faces a worsening overdose epidemic, it is crucial that we invest in prevention efforts and educate youn  more