WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on March 14, 2023: * * * Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement on Equal Pay Day: "Today, we observe Equal Pay Day and recommit ourselves to closing the gender pay gap that has long held America, and our economy, from reaching our full potential. American women would need to continue working until March 14 to earn the same pay that men earned for comparable work in the previous  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) in urging the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to provide guidance to financial institutions for the full implementation of the new merchant category (MCC) code the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) approved last year for gun an  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) in introducing a resolution condemning Beijing's destruction of Hong Kong's democracy and rule of law in addition to its political persecution of Jimmy Lai and other pro-democracy advocates. This resolution: * Condemns the Chinese government's "Hong Kong national security law" and related human rights   more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release and letter on March 15, 2023: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) called on President Biden to foster development of small businesses and entrepreneurs in Cuba that offer an alternative to state-controlled industry, by easing U.S. financial restrictions targeting those players, in a letter sent today. "Small, priv  more