WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Aug. 18, 2021: Today House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), Chair Barbara Lee (CA-13) and Rules Chairman and anti-hunger advocate Congressman Jim McGovern (MA-02) applauded the announcement from the Biden Administration revising nutrition standards for SNAP, the federal food stamp program. This move has prompted the largest permanent increase to nutritional benefits in the program's history. "In the richest nation on earth, no one more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Aug. 18, 2021: Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) met with Southern Maryland businesses and local government officials during a virtual roundtable focused on discussing the July 2nd ransomware attack that impacted several IT systems in Southern Maryland: "On July 2nd, organizations in Southern Maryland fell victim to one of the largest ransomware attacks to date in our state, compromising our local businesses and making clear just how vulnerable we ar more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Aug. 18, 2021: Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) hosted a virtual roundtable with Fifth District county and state government leaders to discuss how funding provided through the Emergency Rental Assistance Program is helping families in Maryland's Fifth District: "The COVID-19 pandemic has caused economic hardships across our state, leading too many families to fall behind on rent and struggle to keep their bills paid," said Congressman Hoyer. "Over t more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Aug. 18, 2021: Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement today after holding a virtual meeting with the new Maryland State Superintendent of Schools, Mohammed Choudhury: "It was a pleasure meeting with the new Maryland State Superintendent of Schools, Mohammed Choudhury, today and discuss our priorities for the school year ahead," said Congressman Hoyer. "I was glad to hear of Superintendent Choudhury's determination and plan more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Aug. 16 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on the situation in Afghanistan. He was a cosponsor of the law that enlarged the number of Special Immigrant Visas for translators and others who worked with the American military. "What is happening in Afghanistan today is tragic. It is a dire humanitarian crisis. The gains we have made throughout the years, particula more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Chair of the U.S. Helsinki Commission, along with Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and more than 40 Senate colleagues, including Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jack Reed (D-R.I.) and Ranking Member Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), are urging the Biden administration to take swift, robust action to p more PR