WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Rep. Anthony Brown, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman Anthony G. Brown (MD-04), Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), local leaders, car dealers and climate activists highlighted historic investments in electric vehicles and green infrastructure in upcoming legislation during a community event at the New Carrollton Branch Library. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Act invests $7.5 billion for EV charging infrastructure, prioritizing low- and moderate-income neighborhoods and building a national EV charging ne more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2021: Congressman Cohen Steve Cohen (TN-09), Co-Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, better known as the Helsinki Commission, today presided at a hearing on "Seeking Justice and Freedom in Belarus." Co-Chairman Ben Cardin, the Senator from Maryland, also presided during parts of the hearing. In his opening statement, Co-Chairman Cohen said the re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko, known by some as the las more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Kweisi Mfume, Dutch Ruppersberger, and John Sarbanes (all D-Md.) recently wrote to Attorney General Merrick Garland and U.S. Bureau of Prisons Director Michael Carvajal urging them to continue home confinement or compassionate release for individuals who were released to prevent the spread of COVID-19. "These individuals were transferred from correctional facilities to home confinement to s more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- 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, released the following statement in response to the executive order signed by President Joe Biden enhancing sanctions and supporting the people of Ethiopia to promote an end to the fighting, protect human rights, and help meet humanitarian needs. "I remain deeply concerned about the ongoing conflict in the Tigray region and violence in other areas, and the  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Kweisi Mfume, Dutch Ruppersberger, and John Sarbanes (all D-Md.) recently wrote to Attorney General Merrick Garland and U.S. Bureau of Prisons Director Michael Carvajal urging them to continue home confinement or compassionate release for individuals who were released to prevent the spread of COVID-19. "These individuals were transferred from correctional facilities to home confinement to  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2021: The Republican members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship today continued to block the nomination of Dilawar Syed to be Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). Not a single Republican committee member attended the business meeting Committee Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) convened this morning to consider the nom more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) along with Senators Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) have introduced bipartisan legislation to award Congressional Gold Medals to the 13 American servicemembers who lost their lives during the terrorist attacks in Kabul, Afghanistan on August 26th. "The Congressional Gold Medal was created to convey our highest appreciation for distinguished national service, and the 13 se more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) have joined their colleagues in filing bicameral amicus brief in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, urging the Supreme Court to uphold nearly 50 years of precedent in Roe v. Wade and protect the constitutional right to abortion care. After the Court refused to block the dangerous, cruel abortion ban in Texas from going into effect, Dobbs represents yet another case that  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2021: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), today introduced the Maritime Technological Advancement Act. The legislation would establish a grant program to develop, offer, or improve educational or career training programs for American workers in the maritime workforce. "From the dedicated public servants at the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimo more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) along with Senators Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) have introduced bipartisan legislation to award Congressional Gold Medals to the 13 American servicemembers who lost their lives during the terrorist attacks in Kabul, Afghanistan on August 26th. "These 13 servicemembers risked their own lives to save others in the face of terrorist attacks in Kabul. To honor that ultim more PR