WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. C.A. 'Dutch' Ruppersberger, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2021: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, and Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) announced $3,814,136 in federal funding to support Maryland hospitals, Sinai Hospital and Northwest Hospital, for emergency protective measures taken during the COVID-19 pandemic. "During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, frontline workers across our state mobilized to serve Marylanders and prov more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. C.A. 'Dutch' Ruppersberger, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2021: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, and Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) announced $9,974,703 in federal funding to reimburse Baltimore County for emergency protective measures taken during the COVID-19 pandemic. "During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, frontline workers across our state mobilized to serve Marylanders and provide critical help to those in need," sai more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. C.A. 'Dutch' Ruppersberger, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2021: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John P. Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Andy Harris, M.D., Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin and David Trone (all Md.) today applauded President Joe Biden for granting their request to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for federal disaster assistance through the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) that will strengthen  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Sept. 14, 2021: * * * Democracy Reform Task Force Chair Rep. John Sarbanes (D-Md.) released the following statement today regarding the introduction of the Freedom to Vote Act in the Senate. "I salute Democratic members of the Senate for crafting a bill -- the Freedom to Vote Act -- that can meet the threats coming against our democracy in this moment. "We must work every day and in every way to secure its passage in order to redeem the vote and th more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2021: Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.), along with a bipartisan group of 18 lawmakers, asked United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to respond to Turkey's illegal maneuvers in Varosha, Famagusta. "We urge you to firmly assert the United Nations' authority to administer and prevent the resettlement of Varosha, pursue the immediate and full implementation of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolutions on Varosha, and exam more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2021: Congressman John Sarbanes, along with U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger and Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.), announced $9,974,703 in federal funding to reimburse Baltimore County for emergency protective measures taken during the COVID-19 pandemic. "During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, frontline workers across our state mobilized to serve Marylanders and provide critical help to those  more PR

FREDERICK, Maryland, Sept. 15 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2021: FREDERICK, MD -- Today, U.S. Congressman David Trone (MD-06) and U.S. Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough visited the Platoon Veteran Services Center at Goodwill in Frederick, the VA Community-Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) in Gaithersburg, and met with individuals from the Veterans Institute for Procurement to listen and learn from veterans about the best way to honor their service. Each of the stops more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2021: Congressmen David Trone Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John P. Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Andy Harris, M.D., Anthony G. Brown, and Jamie B. Raskin (all Md.) and U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen today applauded President Joe Biden for granting their request to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for federal disaster assistance through the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) that will strengthen emergency prepa more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2021: As the nation celebrates the resilience and renewal of American small businesses during National Small Business Week, U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.), House Small Business Committee Chairwoman Nydia M. Velazquez (D-N.Y.), and House Small Business Committee Vice-Chair Kweisi Mfume (D-Md.) hosted a press call today urging swift passage of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jo more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2021: As the nation celebrates the resilience and renewal of American small businesses during National Small Business Week, U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.), House Small Business Committee Chairwoman Nydia M. Velazquez (D-N.Y.), and House Small Business Committee Vice-Chair Kweisi Mfume (D-Md.) hosted a press call today u more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2021: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, and Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) announced $9,974,703 in federal funding to reimburse Baltimore County for emergency protective measures taken during the COVID-19 pandemic. "During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, frontline workers across our state mobilized to serve Marylanders and provide critical help to those in need," said the lawma more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Sept. 14, 2021: * * * U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement regarding the Talbot County Council's vote to remove the Talbot Boys Confederate Statue from the County Courthouse grounds: "The judiciary has an obligation to deliver equal justice under the law. Yet, standing outside of the Talbot County Courthouse is a symbol that embodies the opposite: injustice and inequality. "The Talbot Boys Statue - which was erected more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2021: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), and John Kennedy (R-La.) introduced bipartisan legislation to provide relief for impacted taxpayers in states that have issued state-level disaster declarations. Currently, the IRS has the authority to postpone filing deadlines in the event of a presidentially-declared federal disaster, but this does not extend to state-level emergencies. "When disaster strikes more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2021: Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) sent a letter to President Joseph R. Biden today requesting that in response to the United States' withdrawal from Afghanistan, the administration reallocate unspent funds previously appropriated for the Department of Defense's Afghanistan war effort to meet the vast Afghan humanitarian and more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2021: United States Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), and Tina Smith (D-Minn.), sent a letter to Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona in support of a recent re-interpretation of Department policy that will significantly enhance oversight and accountability of the student loan  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2021: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, and Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) announced $9,974,703 in federal funding to reimburse Baltimore County for emergency protective measures taken during the COVID-19 pandemic. "During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, frontline workers across our state mobilized to serve Marylanders and provide critical help to those in need," said the lawm more PR