WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2021: Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger (MD-02), John Sarbanes (MD-03), Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Andy Harris, M.D. (MD-01), Anthony G. Brown (MD-04), Jamie Raskin (MD-08), and David Trone (MD-06) urged President Joe Biden to approve the State of Maryland's request for a presidential disaster declaration due to damage from the Sept. 1 tornadoes and flash  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2021: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, and Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) today announced $7,500,000 in federal funding for Morgan State University, in partnership with Adelphi Laboratory Center and Aberdeen Proving Ground research centers of the U.S. Army and John's Hopkins University, to establish the Center for Advanced Electro-Photonics with 2D materials, the first of its kind at any more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, chair of the House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2021: Rep. Jamie Raskin, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, held a hearing to examine the Biden Administration's unprecedented whole-of-government strategy to combat domestic violent extremism, as well as how federal law enforcement will balance these new investigative and enforcement priorities with the need to safeguard  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Sept. 29, 2021: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen, and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony Brown, Jamie Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced more than $18.2 million in COVID-19 relief funding to increase access to mental health services and substance use disorder treatment programs across the state. "The severe lack of affordable and accessible health care and crisis intervention more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: The full Maryland congressional delegation, including U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Andy Harris, M.D., Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin and David Trone, is urging President Joe Biden to approve the State of Maryland's request for a presidential disaster declaration due to damage from the Sept. 1 tornadoes and flash flooding from Tropical Depression Ida. Anne A more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Rep. C.A. 'Dutch' Ruppersberger, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2021: Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger today joined the U.S. House of Representatives in passing legislation that will extend vital government funding for federal agencies including education, health, housing and public safety programs through December 3. H.R. 5305, the Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act, passed in a bipartisan 254-175 vote and now heads to the President's desk to be signed int more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2021: During a Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing today, Congressman John (D-Md.) spoke about the impact of restrictive abortion laws in states across the country, and the need for Congress to take bold action to protect Americans' right to abortion. "I also want to thank the abortion care providers in Maryland that I had a chance to work with when I was an attorney in private practice, and I spent many years representing them," Cong more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2021: Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) joined U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, and Kweisi Mfume today announced $7,500,000 in federal funding for Morgan State University, in partnership with Adelphi Laboratory Center and Aberdeen Proving Ground research centers of the U.S. Army and John's Hopkins University, to establish the Center for Advanced Electro-Photonics with 2D materials, the first  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Sept. 29, 2021: Congressman David Trone (MD-06) applauded yesterday's passage of the Eliminating a Quantifiably Unjust Application of the Law (EQUAL) Act in the U.S. House of Representatives. This bipartisan legislation aims to eliminate the sentencing disparity between crack cocaine and powder cocaine offenses. "The EQUAL Act will finally eliminate the racist laws that treat crack cocaine and powder cocaine differently," said Congressman David Trone. "T more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Sept. 29, 2021: The Bipartisan Addiction and Mental Health Task Force, led by Representatives David Trone (D-MD), Annie Kuster (D-NH), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), and Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), unveiled the Task Force's 2021 Legislative Agenda. The comprehensive approach outlines ongoing bipartisan efforts in Congress to address the dual addiction and mental health public health crises that have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Task Force ho more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2021: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, and Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) today announced $7,500,000 in federal funding for Morgan State University, in partnership with Adelphi Laboratory Center and Aberdeen Proving Ground research centers of the U.S. Army and John's Hopkins University, to establish the Center for Advanced Electro-Photonics with 2D materials, the first of its kind at  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: The full Maryland congressional delegation, including U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Andy Harris, M.D., Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin and David Trone, is urging President Joe Biden to approve the State of Maryland's request for a presidential disaster declaration due to damage from the Sept. 1 tornadoes and flash flooding from Tropical Depression Ida. Ann more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2021: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, and Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) today announced $7,500,000 in federal funding for Morgan State University, in partnership with Adelphi Laboratory Center and Aberdeen Proving Ground research centers of the U.S. Army and John's Hopkins University, to establish the Center for Advanced Electro-Photonics with 2D materials, the first of its kind at more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: The full Maryland congressional delegation, including U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Andy Harris, M.D., Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin and David Trone, is urging President Joe Biden to approve the State of Maryland's request for a presidential disaster declaration due to damage from the Sept. 1 tornadoes and flash flooding from Tropical Depression Ida. An more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2021: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) today applauded the Senate's confirmation of Delegate Erek Barron to be the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland. Barron will be the first Black U.S. Attorney in Maryland's history. "We are proud that the Senate has quickly confirmed Erek Barron to be the new United States Attorney for the District of Maryland," the senators said. "We recommended Erek to President Biden b more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) ans Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was joined by Senators Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Ranking Member and Chairman of the SFRC Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, as well as and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) in introducing a Senate Resolution calling attention to the rise in illicit mining and trafficking of gold in Latin America. As the profits derived from ill more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and James Lankford (R-Okla.) led Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Angus King (I-Maine), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) in a letter urging President Biden to hold Turkey's President Erdogan accountable for his recent efforts to disenfranchise Turkey's Kurdish p more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2021: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and U.S. Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) in sending a letter to Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Martin Walsh and White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Jeffrey Zients, urging them to work with Congress, companies, and governments to ensure that employees are offered pay for any time off needed to get vaccinated and recover from any side-effe more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Sept. 30, 2021: * * * Congressman Kweisi Mfume sent a letter to Acting Director Tae Johnson of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement expressing concern over the safety and well-being of Ms. Paulette Binam, a resident of the Congressman's District and DREAMER of Cameroonian descent, who faces the possibility of deportation as early as tomorrow when she reports to ICE for a check-in. The letter also asked to stay any potential deportation of Ms. Binam pen more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chairman of the Senate Small Business Committee and a member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement on the passage of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2022 that funds the federal government through December 3. "Ending fiscal year after fiscal year with continuing resolutions, instead of doing our jobs and passing regular appropriations bills in a timely manner, is no way to run the country. more PR