WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) joined Senator Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) to announce that the Senate unanimously passed their legislation to reauthorize the bipartisan Never Again Education Act through 2030. The legislation was also co-led by Senators Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.). Senator Rosen's bipartisan Never Again Education Act was originally signed into law in 202  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) today praised their colleagues on the Senate Judiciary Committee for promptly sending the nomination of Magistrate Judge Adam Abelson to the full Senate on a bipartisan vote for confirmation to fill a vacancy on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. "Judge Abelson is an outstanding nominee for the federal judiciary. His commitment to   more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman Kweisi Mfume (D-Md.-7), Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen John Sarbanes (D-Md.-3), and Jamie Raskin (D-Md.-8) met Tuesday afternoon with Baltimore City Mayor Brandon Scott to discuss a wide range of issues of importance to Baltimore. Topics during the hour-long meeting in the U.S. Capitol included their joint efforts to strengthen public safety, public transit and affordab  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-07) announced that he and Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX-17) have introduced H.R. 8878, the Blind Americans Return to Work Act, which is bipartisan legislation that would allow blind Americans to achieve their full earnings potential. "There should not be any impairment or impediments that prevent blind and visually impaired individuals from achieving their profession  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Debbie Dingell today thanked the Biden Administration for investing $1.7 billion in American auto manufacturing through the Domestic Manufacturing Auto Conversion Grants program, a provision Dingell authored and included in the Inflation Reduction Act. This funding will support the conversion of 11 shuttered or at-risk auto manufacturing and assembly facilities across eight states--Mic  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), Ranking Member of the Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) Subcommittee, released the following statement today on the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) announcement that $1 billion in past-due taxes have been collected from the wealthiest Americans, thanks to funding from Democrats' Inflation Reduction Act: "Today, we saw that the IRS can deliver for the Am  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume, Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and U.S. Congressman John Sarbanes (all D-Md.) announced $960,000 in federal funding to better connect Howard County commuters to Baltimore-area transit services. The grant will allow the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) and Howard County to purchase two, heavy-duty transit buses to extend the existing Route 409 by fi  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08) and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) introduced legislation closing a major loophole in campaign finance law that allows U.S. companies appreciably owned by foreign entities to pour unlimited sums of money into American elections. The Supreme Court's infamous decision in Citizens United v. FEC has enabled corporations to engage in unlimited political spending. While existi  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman John Sarbanes (MD-03) released the following statement after voting against H.R. 8281, the SAVE Act, a dangerous, extreme bill that would undermine the fundamental right to vote: "This legislation is premised on the unfounded and irresponsible claim that non-citizens are voting in our electionsjust one more in a long line of misleading claims by House Republicans designed to cast dou  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on July 11, 2024: As North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries meet in Washington, D.C. for the 75th anniversary of the alliance, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered a speech on the Senate floor to highlight the importance of NATO and urge his colleagues to continue their support for the world'  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on July 11, 2024: Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Tim Kaine (D-Va.), and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) introduced a resolution marking 175 years of bilateral relations between the United States and Guatemala. The resolution reaffirms this critical and enduring global partnership, and recognizes the contribution  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) applauded an announcement from the Department of Energy that Mack and Volvo Trucks will be awarded over $208 million in federal funding through the Domestic Manufacturing Conversion Grant Program. The funding was made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act, which the senators voted to pass. The funding will upgrade operations, sustain 7,900 union jo  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen John Sarbanes (D-Md.-3), Kweisi Mfume (D-Md.-7) and Jamie Raskin (D-Md.-8) met Tuesday afternoon with Baltimore City Mayor Brandon Scott to discuss a wide range of issues of importance to Baltimore. Topics during the hour-long meeting in the U.S. Capitol included their joint efforts to strengthen public safety, public transit and affordable housin  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Senators had recommended Judge Abelson to President Joe Biden U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) today praised their colleagues on the Senate Judiciary Committee for promptly sending the nomination of Magistrate Judge Adam Abelson to the full Senate on a bipartisan vote for confirmation to fill a vacancy on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. "Judge Abelson is  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Based on precedent alone, the massive scope and scale of this tragedy warrants a full federal response U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (Both D-Md.) today pressed the leadership of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) to move forward legislation that would confirm the federal government would cover 100 percent of the cost to replace the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which co  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) applauded an announcement from the Department of Energy that Mack and Volvo Trucks will be awarded over $208 million in federal funding through the Domestic Manufacturing Conversion Grant Program. The funding was made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act, which the senators voted to pass. The funding will upgrade operations, sustain 7,900 union j  more