WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 27, 2023, and a letter: This week, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and a bipartisan group of lawmakers in a letter to President Biden urging the administration to prioritize addressing the deteriorating security situation between Kosovo and Serbia. Joining Senator Shaheen on the letter in addition to Senator Van Hollen are U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Senator Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) announced the inclusion of $4,240,000 in direct federal funding for projects they requested within the Senate Appropriations Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Related Agencies Subcommittee's proposed funding legislation for fiscal year 2024. The   more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 27, 2023: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) on Friday joined Baltimore Community Lending (BCL) leadership and small business owners to highlight the $1,000,000 federal investment they fought to secure in the Fiscal Year 2023 appropriations package to support the renovation of BCL's new Small Business Development and Resource Center and office headquarters. The Senators sec  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 26, 2023: U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume, Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Jamie B. Raskin, David Trone, and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) today announced $267,738,400 in Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funding for the state of Maryland to expand access to affordable, reliable, high-speed broadband. This new federal investment  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Rep. C.A. 'Dutch' Ruppersberger, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 26, 2023: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie B. Raskin, David Trone, and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) today announced $267,738,400 in Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funding for the state of Maryland to expand access to affordable, reliable, high-speed broadband. This new federal investme  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 27, 2023: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie B. Raskin, David Trone, and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) today announced $267,738,400 in Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funding for the state of Maryland to expand access to affordable, reliable, high-speed broadband. This new federal investment is part of   more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 26, 2023: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie B. Raskin, David Trone, and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) today announced $267,738,400 in Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funding for the state of Maryland to expand access to affordable, reliable, high-speed broadband. This new federal investment is part  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Rep. Juan Vargas, D-California, issued the following news release on June 27, 2023: Last week, U.S. Congressmen Juan Vargas (CA-52) and Sean Casten (IL-06) co-chairs of the Congressional Sustainable Investment Caucus, hosted a roundtable discussion for Members of Congress featuring Illinois Treasurer Mike Frerichs, Maryland Comptroller Brooke Lierman, and US SIF Managing Director Bryan McGannon. During the discussion, Members heard from Treasurer Frerichs, Comptroller Li  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on June 27, 2023: * * * Today, Task Force on Strengthening Democracy Co-Chair Congressman John Sarbanes (MD-03) released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court's decision on Moore v. Harper: "The Supreme Court today resoundingly rejected the extreme independent state legislature theory, again making clear that state legislatures do not possess unchecked power to set rules for federal ele  more