WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) joined Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (D-PA) today in introducing the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act, bicameral legislation to guarantee the right of public sector employees to organize, act concertedly, and bargain collectively in states that currently do not afford these basic protections. "Our public  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Recently, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) joined local leaders and partners in West Baltimore to highlight $1,738,000 in direct federal investments for two community projects. The lawmakers first visited the Druid Hill Y, where they were joined by State Senator Antonio Hayes and Councilman James Torrence, to mark the $1,238,000 they secured for renova  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- The House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education released the following testimony by Karla Silvestre, president of the Board of Education for Montgomery County Public Schools, from a hearing dated May 8, 2024, entitled "Confronting Pervasive Antisemitism In K-12 Schools": * * * Chairman Bean, Ranking Member Bonamici, Members of the Subcommittee, good morning. My name is Karla Silvestre, and I am the President of th  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) announced the winner of the 2024 Fifth District Congressional Art Competition. Lusenie Turay, a junior at Charles Herbert Flowers High School in Prince George's County, won the competition with his piece titled "Regal Musing." Lusiene Turay's winning piece, "Regal Musing." "Congratulations to Lusenie Turay on winning the 2024 Fifth District Congressional Art Competiti  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), Chair of the Regional Leadership Council, released the following statement on Infrastructure Week 2024:"Infrastructure Week 2024 may be coming to a close, but the infrastructure decade that we launched when we passed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) is just getting started. It has only been two and a half years since we enacted that historic law, and the Bi  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) joined Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Tom Carper (D-Del.), U.S Representatives Don Beyer (D-Va.), Katie Porter (D-Calif.), and Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) and more than 130 lawmakers - including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Patty Mu  more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Senator Bill Cassidy (R-La.), sent a letter to Secretary General Luis Almagro of the Organization of American States (OAS), to express their support for President Arevalo's request for an OAS observation mission to monitor the selection process for justices for Guatemala's Su  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) and U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (D-Pa.) in introducing the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act, bicameral legislation to guarantee the right of public sector employees to organize, act concertedly, and bargain collectively in states that currently do not afford these basic protections. "American worke  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: This week, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and nearly every Senate Democrat in calling on Congress to fund the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation (NeighborWorks America) in the upcoming FY25 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) Appropriations Bill. As a congressionally chartered national nonprofit, NeighborWorks creates opp  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) spoke in support of his Chesapeake National Recreation Area (CNRA) Act during a hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources National Parks Subcommittee. The Senator's bipartisan, bicameral bill, introduced with Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.), would unite a series of voluntarily contributed park areas and iconic Bay proper  more