WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement on the expected signing of a voter suppression measure by Texas Governor Abbott. "The new voter suppression legislation sent to Texas Governor Abbott's desk is the latest example of a campaign by Republicans to undermine our democracy in order to advantage their candidates electorally. Concerned that working families and minorities respond at the ballot box to D more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- Rep. Anthony Brown, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman Anthony G. Brown (MD-04), a member of the House Armed Services Committee and 30-year Army veteran, released the following statement applauding the inclusion by a vote of 31-28 on his amendment tackling extremism within the armed services during the House markup of the FY22 National Defense Authorization Act: "The vast majority of men and women who serve in uniform do so with honor, integrity, and character. But that cannot blind us to the eve more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- Rep. Anthony Brown, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Senator Tom Carper (D-DE), and Congressman Anthony Brown (D-MD) announced that their District of Columbia National Guard Home Rule Act, which would give the D.C. mayor control over the D.C. National Guard (DCNG), passed early this morning in the House Armed Services Committee as part of the fiscal year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Sept. 2, 2021: Congressman David Trone (MD-06) announced that a new report from the Joint Economic Committee found that the American Rescue Plan (ARP) prevented over 729,000 Marylanders from falling into poverty and reduced poverty by 66.3% in Maryland. Trone is a member of the Joint Economic Committee. The report also detailed how the ARP and other bipartisan emergency measures exacted during the COVID-19 pandemic prevented more than 50 million American more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Sept. 2, 2021: Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Congresswomen Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) and Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.), Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), and Congressman Anthony Brown (D-Md.) announced that their District of Columbia National Guard Home Rule Act, which would give the D.C. mayor control over the D.C. National Guard (DCNG), passed early this morning in the House Armed Services Committee as part of the fiscal year 2022 National Defense A more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Maryland's U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen joined Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley to push the Biden administration to take crucial steps to curb plastic pollution at America's national parks. "Nearly 11 million metric tons of plastic waste enter the ocean every year--from land-based sources alone. Without any action, this flow is expected to triple to nearly 29 million metric tons by 2040. Single-use plastics, such as disposable water bottles, accoun more PR