WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Aug. 5, 2021: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today on the passing of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka. "I was deeply saddened to learn the news today of Richard Trumka's passing. Few have had as great and as positive an impact on the lives of working Americans over the past four decades as he did, and many of the workers' rights victories achieved during that time will forever bear his impri more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Aug. 6, 2021: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today on the July jobs report. "Our economic recovery continues to gain steam, and more Americans are able to get back to work safely, with nearly a million jobs created or restored last month and revisions to prior months showing more than 100,000 new jobs now accounted for. With the unemployment rate dropping to 5.4%, pushed down by job gains in more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2021: Yesterday, Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08), the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, and Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (MI-13), a Member of the Subcommittee, sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas, seeking a briefing and information about serious allegations of discrimination by Michigan Customs and Border Patrol agents across administrations. The letter comes after more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2021: Representative David Trone (MD-06) announced that he hosted a conversation on reforming our criminal justice system with Representative Ayanna Pressley (MA-07). During their conversation, the two talked about mass incarceration, increasing mental health and addiction resources, combating systemic racism, and the school to prison pipeline. "The American justice system needs to stop criminalizing poverty and should instead focus on rehabilitat more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2021: U.S. Representative David Trone (MD-06), along with U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (all D-MD) announced $150,000 in federal funding for improvements to a water distribution system that supplies nearly 100 homes in Allegany County. The funding came from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants program. Currently, the line of pipes that connects the county water district to its wate more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Rep. Anthony Brown, D-Maryland, issued the following joint statement with Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, and Sen.Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, on Aug. 6, 2021: * * * Congressman Anthony G. Brown (MD-04), Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08) released the following statement applauding the recently announced $5 million to establish and run the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) first Transit Workforce Center in Silver Spring, Maryland. "Our frontline transit workers have done an extraor more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following joint statement with Rep. Anthony G. Brown, D-Maryland, and Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, on Aug. 6, 2021: * * * Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Congressman Anthony G. Brown (MD-04) and Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) released the following statement applauding the recently announced $5 million to establish and run the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) first Transit Workforce Center in Silver Spring, Maryland. "Our frontline transit workers have done an ext more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, U.S. Representative David Trone (MD-06) and U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (all D-MD) announced $150,000 in federal funding for improvements to a water distribution system that supplies nearly 100 homes in Allegany County. The funding came from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants program. Currently, the line of pipes that connects the county water district to its water supplier  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2021: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was joined by Senators Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, and Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) in issuing the following statements after the Senate approved their legislation to dramatically increase U.S. diplomatic enga more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2021: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin, and U.S. Representative David Trone (all D-MD) announced $150,000 in federal funding for improvements to a water distribution system that supplies nearly 100 homes in Allegany County. The funding came from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants program. Currently, the line of pipes that connects the county water district to its water supplier more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following joint statement with Reps. Anthony G. Brown, D-Maryland, and Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, on Aug. 6, 2021: * * * U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Anthony G. Brown and Jamie Raskin (all MD) released the following statement applauding the recently announced $5 million to establish and run the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) first Transit Workforce Center in Silver Spring, Maryland. "Our frontline transit workers have done an extraordinary job through more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) are urging Congress to take action to protect patients from prescription drug shortages that could put health outcomes at risk. Legislation they introduced Wednesday, the Drug Shortages Prevention and Quality Improvement Act (S. 2595), would address some of the root causes of drug shortages and extend additional tools the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) can use to mitigate drug shortages. "It' more PR