WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Aug. 25, 2021: Congressman David Trone (MD-06) celebrated National Black Business Month by releasing a video with Faye Cole, owner of Baltimore Street Collectibles in Cumberland, MD. You can watch the video here. "It is crucial that we celebrate and support Black-owned businesses, especially those that have been hit hard by the pandemic," said Congressman Trone. "COVID only intensified the inequity that Black business owners endure. While Congress has pr more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), who serves on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and is leading a bipartisan group of 19 senators, in urging the Biden administration to issue a Rohingya genocide determination. The senators' letter marks the fourth anniversary of the genocidal persecution of the Rohingya people, and follows the February 2021 military coup that returned the same army responsib more PR