WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Sept. 3, 2021: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today on the August jobs report. "The Delta variant of COVID-19 is holding back the full potential of this recovery, and today's jobs report reminds us that, just as this was a recession without precedent, our recovery is going to be unpredictable. However, we have seen months of unprecedented job gains and positive indicators that show us what  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Rep. Anthony Brown, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Sept. 3, 2021: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), member of the House Veterans Affairs Committee and Co-Chair of the Equality Caucus, alongside Reps. Mike Levin (CA-49), Kathleen M. Rice (NY-04), Anthony Brown (MD-04), and Jackie Speier (CA-14), reintroduced the SERVE (Securing the Rights our Veterans Earned) Act to guarantee and protect VA benefits for LGBTQ+ veterans discharged from the Armed Forces due to their sexual orientation or gender identity. T more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Rep. Anthony Brown, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman Anthony G. Brown (MD-04) and Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) praised the inclusion of his amendment to direct the Secretary of Defense to develop a plan to establish the Minority Institute for Defense Research in the FY22 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The amendment mirrors the previously introduced BEACON Act, H.R.5107. "Preparing for future threats will require innovation and investment in research and development. Our national  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Rep. Anthony Brown, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) recently introduced the Student Loan Refinancing Act (HR 5084) alongside Rep. Anthony Brown (MD-4). This bipartisan legislation amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow eligible federal borrowers to refinance their federal loans when interest rates are reduced. Post-introduction, Rep. Turner and Rep. Brown made the following statements: "All federal student loan borrowers should be able to take advantage of the rec more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Sept. 2, 2021: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today joined a group of 30 lawmakers in urging the Biden administration to take specific steps to ensure that humanitarian aid can continue to reach Afghans in need despite the takeover of the Taliban, a designated and sanctioned terrorist group. "Now that the ground operation to evacuate people from Afghanistan has come to a close, the United States must set our sights on the humanitarian catastrophe co more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Sept. 2, 2021: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) joined an effort today 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, account for at lea more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Sept. 2, 2021: * * * U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Finance Health Care Subcommittee, today released the following statement in the wake of the Supreme Court's 5-4 denial of a request from Texas abortion providers to freeze a state law (SB8) that bans abortions after approximately six weeks and directly challenges the Supreme Court's previous ruling in Roe v. Wade. "Yesterday's actions by five members of the Supreme Cour more PR