WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following floor statement on Sept. 24, 2021: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) spoke on the House Floor this morning in support of H.R. 3755, the Women's Health Protection Act, which codifies the constitutional protections of Roe v. Wade, enshrining access to reproductive health care into law for women across America. Below are his remarks as prepared for delivery and a link to the video: "Madam Speaker, millions of women across our country - and  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) was joined by Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-13), House Majority Whip James Clyburn (SC-06), Congressional Black Caucus Chairwoman Joyce Beatty (OH-03), Congresswoman Karen Bass (CA-37), Congressman G.K. Butterfield (NC-01), Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson (MS-02), Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger (MD-02), Congressman John Sarbanes (MD-03), Congressman Anthony Brown (MD-04), Congressman more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Rep. C.A. 'Dutch' Ruppersberger, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Sept. 24, 2021: Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, a Defense Appropriator, tonight voted in favor of legislation authorizing $768 billion in national defense-related activities, including a 2.7 percent pay raise for troops, an expansion of parental leave for caregivers in military families and historic changes to better combat sexual assault in the military. The bill significantly improves military health care, counters extremism within more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Sept. 24, 2021: Representative David Trone (MD-06) voted to defend women's constitutional right to reproductive health care by helping to pass the Women's Health Protection Act. Amid a dangerous assault on women's basic health freedoms - from state houses across the country to the U.S. Supreme Court - this landmark legislation enshrines into law the vital protections of Roe v. Wade and secures the right to reproductive care for all women across America.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Sept. 24, 2021: Late yesterday, Congressman David Trone's (MD-06) Fighting Emerging Narcotics Through Additional Nations to Yield Lasting (FENTANYL) Results Act passed the U.S. House of Representatives and now heads to the Senate for consideration. The FENTANYL Results Act would increase global cooperation in the fight against synthetic drug trafficking. The bipartisan bill would authorize two programs through the State Department that would build fore more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: The co-chairs of the Bipartisan Addiction and Mental Health Task Force, Representatives David Trone (D-MD), Annie Kuster (D-NH), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), and Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), hosted a Member discussion with Acting Director of National Drug Control Policy, Regina LaBelle. During the discussion, the Members heard from Acting Director LaBelle about actions the Biden-Harris administration has taken to address addiction and the overdose epidemic,  more PR