WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Oct. 5, 2021: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today following Dr. Francis Collins' announcement that he will step down as Director of the National Institutes of Health. "Dr. Francis Collins is one of our country's greatest public servants, having spent his career working to improve the health of all Americans and promoting cutting-edge research that extends our understanding of the human body more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Oct. 4, 2021: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today on President Biden's remarks on the urgent need for Republicans to work with Democrats to address the debt limit. "As President Biden made clear this morning, a potential default on our nation's debt would be an entirely preventable economic crisis. House Democrats have twice already voted to suspend the debt limit, and Senate Democrats are  more PR

GAITHERSBURG, Maryland, Oct. 1 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: In honor of National Manufacturing Day, Congressman David Trone (MD-06) and U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman visited Adaptive Phage Therapeutics in Gaithersburg on Friday. This small business focuses on testing therapies to treat multi-drug resistant infections. "On National Manufacturing Day, we recognize the hard-working folks who keep our economy running smoothly," said Rep. David Trone. "As a fo more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Oct. 4, 2021: This afternoon, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen joined by U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, and Representatives Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin, and David Trone (all D-Md.) sent a letter to the Maryland State Superintendent of Schools Mohammed Choudhury urging the state to expedite distribution of American Rescue Plan funds to child care providers. Of the $502 million in federal relief more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Oct. 4, 2021: This afternoon, Congressman Jamie Raskin, along with U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Senator Ben Cardin, and Representatives Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown and David Trone (all D-Md.) sent a letter to the Maryland State Superintendent of Schools Mohammed Choudhury urging the state to expedite distribution of American Rescue Plan funds to child care providers. Of the $502 million in feder more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Rep. C.A. 'Dutch' Ruppersberger, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Oct. 5, 2021: This afternoon, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen joined by U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, and Representatives Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin, and David Trone (all D-Md.) sent a letter to the Maryland State Superintendent of Schools Mohammed Choudhury urging the state to expedite distribution of American Rescue Plan funds to child care providers. Of the $502 million in  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Oct. 5, 2021: Democracy Reform Task Force Chair Rep. John Sarbanes (D-Md.) today applauded the Senate introduction of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, a bill that would restore the full strength of the Voting Rights Act. "I am pleased the Senate has introduced the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act today and urge its swift passage," said Congressman Sarbanes. "The Supreme Court's rollback of voting protections in Shelby County v.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Oct. 5, 2021: During a Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing today, Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) spoke about Hurricane Ida's impact on Maryland communities and the urgent need for federal action to respond to disasters caused by climate change. "As you know, Hurricane Ida obviously did huge damage in many parts of the country, but that included Maryland as well," Congressman Sarbanes said. "On September 1, it came through the state of Maryla more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Oct. 4, 2021: Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) along with Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Congressman Anthony Brown (MD-04), announced $9,899,758 in American Rescue Plan funding for Bowie State University to improve COVID-19 data collection and boost participation of underrepresented communities in the public health workforce through the Public Health Information and Technology (PHIT) Workforce program. This funding comes fr more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following statement: * * * Following the release of the Pandora Papers, Helsinki Commission Chairman Sen. Ben Cardin (MD), author of the Sergei Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act and the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, issued the following statement: "The Pandora Papers are a wake-up call for anyone who cares about the future of democracy. The sheer scale of questionable financial flows entering the United States from abroad is astonishing and warrant more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer and Anthony G. Brown (all D-Md.) today announced $9,899,758 in American Rescue Plan funding for Bowie State University to improve COVID-19 data collection and boost participation of underrepresented communities in the public health workforce through the Public Health Information and Technology (PHIT) Workforce program. This funding comes from the Department of Health and Human  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Congressman Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.-5), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Tuesday introduced legislation that authorizes new humanitarian assistance and civil society support for Burma. Their legislation, the "Burma Unified through Rigorous Military Accountability Act of 2021" (BURMA Act of 2021), also calls on the Administration to do more at the more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee issued the following testimony by Energetics Technology Center CEO Bob Kavetsky for a Sept. 22, 2021, hearing entitled "A Review of the Small Business Innovation Research- Small Business Technology Transfer Program": * * * My name is Bob Kavetsky and I am the CEO of the Energetics Technology Center (ETC). ETC is a 501(c)(3) that is headquartered in Maryland. It has been my great pleasure to head ETC for the past 15 years. I am an engineer by training, and prior to  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- Rep. Anthony Brown, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Oct. 4, 2021: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer and Anthony G. Brown (all D-Md.) today announced $9,899,758 in American Rescue Plan funding for Bowie State University to improve COVID-19 data collection and boost participation of underrepresented communities in the public health workforce through the Public Health Information and Technology (PHIT) Workforce program. This funding comes from the Department of Hea more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, drew attention to the Ortega regime's harassment and jailing of more than 150 opposition leaders, including presidential candidates, and its ongoing authoritarian crackdown in advance of the country's November 2021 presidential election. In a bipartisan letter addressed to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the senators call for increased more PR