WASHINGTON, May 31 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) made the following remarks on former President Donald Trump's 34-count felony conviction. "For the first time in American history, a former President has been convicted of a felony. No one is above the law, not even Donald Trump. An impartial jury of citizens delivered a verdict in this criminal case by applying the facts to the law, using our time-honored adversarial legal pro  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), Chair of the Regional Leadership Council, released the following statement today after the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced Direct File as a permanent free tax filing option, inviting all 50 states and DC for filing season 2025: "After the tremendous success of the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) Direct File pilot program, I am pleased that the agency has annou  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) issued the following statement regarding Donald Trump being convicted on all 34 counts by a New York jury. "Donald Trump's unanimous conviction on 34 counts proves that our system of justice is not a respecter of position, power, or privilege. This case, while historic in nature, proves that America's system of equal justice under law remains steadfast. Even if it is  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman Kweisi Mfume, Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Jamie Raskin, David Trone and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) today announced $16,587,073 in funding from the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) to bolster addiction treatment resources and support law enforcement agencies' efforts to tackle illicit drugs in Ma  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen John Sarbanes, Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, David Trone and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) today announced $16,587,073 in funding from the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) to bolster addiction treatment resources and support law enforcement agencies' efforts to tackle illicit drugs in Maryland c  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: 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 $16,587,073 in funding from the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) to bolster addiction treatment resources and support law enforcement agencies' efforts to tackle illicit drugs in Maryland commu  more