WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a senior member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement after Senate passage of three bipartisan appropriations bills for Fiscal Year 2024, including (1) Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies; (2) Agriculture and the Food & Drug Administration; and (3)   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Nov. 2, 2023: * * * Today, Congressman David Trone (D-MD), member of the House Committee on Appropriations, released a statement condemning Republicans' devastating funding cuts to American workers after the House passage of the Legislative Branch Subcommittee's Fiscal Year 2024 funding bill. "It remains abundantly clear that extreme House Republicans are seeking retaliation for the bipartisan debt ceiling a  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) issued the following statement after Rep. Kay Granger, Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, announced that she will not run for re-election in 2024: "I join my colleagues in thanking Chairwoman Granger for her many years of service, including her fourteen terms in the House of Representatives. From her time as Mayor of Fort Worth to her t  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor reiterating Congress' duty to provide immediate, non-conditional aid to Israel and expressing his opposition to House Republicans' Israel aid package with a poison pill, partisan condition. Below is a transcript of his remarks and a link to the video: Click here for a link to the video. "I than  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman John Sarbanes joined Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, David Trone and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) to announce $5,230,218 to support better access to maternal health care across Maryland. This federal funding, provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through the Health Resources a  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, David Trone and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) announced $5,230,218 to support better access to maternal health care across Maryland. This federal funding, provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through the Health Resources and Services A  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Ben Cardin (D-MD), and 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) announced $5,230,218 to support better access to maternal health care across Maryland. This federal funding, provided by the U.S. D  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Washington, DC - Today Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08) released the following statement after voting "No" on House Resolution 773, a resolution to expel Congressman George Santos (NY-03) from the House of Representatives. "I'm a Constitution guy. The House has expelled five people in our history, three for joining the Confederacy as traitors to the Union and two after they were convicted of serious crimina  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Nov. 2, 2023: * * * Today, Congressman David Trone (D-MD), co-chair and co-founder of the House Abraham Accords Caucus and member of the House Committee on Appropriations, announced his opposition to Speaker Mike Johnson's security package for Israel, which includes a partisan pay-for that would cut vital funding for tax enforcement for millionaire and billionaire tax cheats. "When Europe needed to recover a  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) introduced legislation to extend Social Security benefits to age 26 for students who are survivors, children of disabled workers, and eligible grandchildren of retired workers. The Senators' legislation, the Helping Students Successfully Overcome Adversity and Rise (SOAR) with Social Security Act, would res  more