WASHINGTON, July 3 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on July 2, 2021, on the June jobs report. "As our nation prepares to celebrate our Independence Day, we have much for which to be thankful. Not only are COVID-19 infection and fatality rates plummeting, but the number of jobs being created and restored for American workers is rising quickly. "The pace of our recovery is accelerating. The American Rescue Plan, championed by President Biden and enacted by House and Senate Democrats, is working.  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) issued the following statement in advance of the Independence Day holiday, July 4, 2021. "Throughout our history, Americans have celebrated the Fourth of July as an annual recognition of our independence from tyranny, our fight for freedom, and the eventual establishment of the democracy we are today. Yet this year, we must commemorate our independence with an asterisk, a present reminder of the perils our republic fa more PR