WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on June 30, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court decision for Biden v. Nebraska, et al. "A higher education is not the only way to succeed in this country, but the long-term financial benefits are indisputable. President Joe Biden recognized this during the pandemic when our economy shutdown p  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on June 30, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Special Representative on Anti-Semitism, Racism, and Intolerance for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Parliamentary Assembly, released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court decision in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis. "Today, the conservative majority of the United States Supreme Court again voted to break p  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF11402) on status of efforts to restore Chesapeake Bay water quality on June 30, 2023, by environmental policy specialist Laura Gatz: Here are excerpts: * * * Status of Efforts to Restore Chesapeake Bay Water Quality For decades, Chesapeake Bay jurisdictions (Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia), multiple federal and local age  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 30, 2023: Today, U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume, Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John P. Sarbanes, Andy Harris, M.D., Jamie Raskin, David J. Trone, and Glenn Ivey (all Md.) announced $3.8 million through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Meat and Poultry Intermediary Lending Program for the Maryland Agricultural and Resource-Based   more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 30, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John P. Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Andy Harris, M.D., Jamie Raskin, David J. Trone, and Glenn Ivey (all Md.) announced $3.8 million through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Meat and Poultry Intermediary Lending Program for the Maryland Agricultural and Resource-Based Industry  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 30, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John P. Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Andy Harris, M.D., Jamie Raskin, David J. Trone, and Glenn Ivey (all Md.) announced $3.8 million through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Meat and Poultry Intermediary Lending Program for the Maryland Agricultural and Resource-Based Industry Dev  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Rep. C.A. 'Dutch' Ruppersberger, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 30, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John P. Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Andy Harris, M.D., Jamie Raskin, David J. Trone, and Glenn Ivey (all Md.) announced $3.8 million through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Meat and Poultry Intermediary Lending Program for the Maryland Agricultural and Resource-Base  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Rep. C.A. 'Dutch' Ruppersberger, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on June 30, 2023: * * * Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger today issued the following statement on the three Supreme Court rulings issued this week: "The Supreme Court has now issued three bad rulings in two days, all of which walk back legal precedent and much of the progress we have made as a country on our journey toward equality over the last 60 years. Yesterday, the Court upheld affirmativ  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on June 30, 2023: * * * Today, U.S. Congressman John Sarbanes (MD-03) released the following statement on the Supreme Court's decision to strike down President Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness Program: "I am extremely disappointed by the Supreme Court's decision to strike down President Biden's student loan forgiveness program, stripping critical debt forgiveness from low-income borrowers who need it most,  more