WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Nov. 3, 2023: * * * Today, Congressman David Trone (D-MD), member of the House Committee on Appropriations, released the following statement condemning Republicans' funding cuts after the House passage of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Fiscal Year 2024 funding bill: "Last year, I became a grandfather. When I picture my grandson's future, I'm reminded that our responsibility is to leave this   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, issued the following news release: The University of Maryland (UMD) reversed its coercive COVID-19 directive after Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) and all Majority Members opened an investigation into the University's policy earlier this month. Under the previous directive, COVID-19 positive students  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Rep. Glenn Ivey, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Nov. 3, 2023: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, David Trone and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) today announced $6,967,506,656 in Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funding for six passenger rail projects in Maryland. The federal dollars were made available under the Federal-State Partnership for Intercity  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Rep. Glenn Ivey, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Nov. 3, 2023: 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   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Rep. C.A. 'Dutch' Ruppersberger, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Nov. 2, 2023: 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 Healt  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement at a Finance Committee hearing on Nov. 2, 2023, to consider SSA commissioner: * * * This morning we are meeting to consider the nomination of Governor Martin O'Malley to be Commissioner of Social Security Administration. Before we get to Governor O'Malley, I want to welcome our most esteemed former colleague, a Giant of the Senate, and Maryland's Matriarch, Barbara Mikulski  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (SBC), and U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), Ranking Member, chaired a committee hearing today on the importance of the outdoor recreation economy, the key role of small businesses in this industry and the challenges they face. T  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) wrote to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to urge the Israeli government to uphold the rule of law in the West Bank and discourage extremist settlers from violent attacks against Palestinian communities. The destabilizing impact of such violence and the displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank further thr  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) joined Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Peter Welch (D-VT), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Ed Markey (D-MA), Tina Smith (D-MN), Chris Murphy (D-CT), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), released the following statement: "The tragic war in Gaza, initiated by Hamas terrorist attacks   more