WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following joint statement on July 14, 2023: * * * Members of Maryland's federal, state, and local governments including Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), Governor Wes Moore, Lieutenant Governor Aruna Miller, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger (MD-02), John Sarbanes (MD-03), Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Jamie Raskin (MD-08), David Trone (MD-06), and Glenn Ivey (MD-04), and Pri  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on July 14, 2023: * * * Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), the second-ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), as well as Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Peter Welch (D-VT), released the following statement after a Guatemalan court disqualified one of the political parties: "We are deeply disturbed by the Guatemalan governm  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on July 14, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Tom Carper, and House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.) will join Vice President Kamala Harris and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan to announce the launch of the National Clean Investmen  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on July 14, 2023: * * * Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement today on Republicans' partisan National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) legislation. "Congress has a duty to provide for a strong national defense, and we ought to be able to put politics aside to fulfill that crucial responsibility. I have long advocated for a collaborative, bipartisan process to pass the National  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, July 15 -- Rep. C.A. 'Dutch' Ruppersberger, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on July 14, 2023: * * * Today, members of Maryland's federal, state, and local governments including Governor Wes Moore, Lieutenant Governor Aruna Miller, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen, Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, David Trone, and Glenn Ivey, and Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks released the  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on July 14, 2023: * * * Today Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08) released the following statement on his vote against the FY2024 National Defense Authorization Act. "I proudly voted against the NDAA, not just because the $868.3 billion budget it contains is bloated beyond all recognition and absurdly opaque, but because this legislation is now giant flypaper for every right-wing culture war dogma and bigotry in  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on July 13, 2023: Today, U.S. Congressman John Sarbanes reiterated the need to strengthen the ability of all public health agencies - including the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) - to respond to current and future public health challenges. During an Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health markup of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act - legislation to reauthorize federal pandemic and oth  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on July 14, 2023: * * * Today, U.S. Congressman John Sarbanes (MD-03) issued the following statement on the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA): "I firmly believe that Congress has the responsibility to provide for our national defense and our brave service members and their families. The National Defense Authorization Act should therefore invest in what makes America strong: our se  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 15 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today joined Vice President Kamala Harris and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan to announce the launch of the National Clean Investment Fund and the Clean Communities Investment Accelerator - two competiti  more