WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on May 31, 2023 : * * * Today Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08) released the following statement on H.R. 3746. "We must make sure that H.R. 3746 passes tonight to avert a calamitous national default. But we must also make sure that this is the last time that the government of the United States is ever held hostage by an extremist faction in Congress which threatens to force a devastating fiscal default on Ameri  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Rep. C.A. 'Dutch' Ruppersberger, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger voted tonight in favor of legislation that will suspend the debt limit through January 2025, avoiding a first-ever default and protecting the hard-earned economic progress we have made over the last two years. The bill, which passed in a bipartisan 314-117 vote, includes a 2-year budget deal that avoids the worst of proposed cuts. Economists said a default   more

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- The Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health issued the following testimony by Warren Brill, owner of the Eastpoint Dentistry and a congressional liaison at the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, involving a hearing on March 29, 2023, entitled "An Oral Health Crisis: Identifying and Addressing Health Disparities": * * * Chairman Cardin, Ranking Member Daines and Members of the Subcommittee: My name is Warren A. Brill, DMD and I am a private practice dentist in the stat  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) led 15 of his Senate colleagues in urging the Biden Administration to support state-level "Easy Enrollment" initiatives, which enable uninsured low-income families to sign up for health insurance when filing their state income tax returns. Nearly 30 million Americans do not have health insurance and, as of this year, about 18 million are eligible for progr  more