WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Oct. 20, 2021: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today after Senate Republicans voted to block Floor consideration of the Freedom to Vote Act. "Senate Republicans' filibuster against the Freedom to Vote Act today is a shameful rejection of Americans' fundamental right to vote as well as further evidence of the threat the filibuster poses to our democracy. This compromise bill would establish s more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Oct. 20, 2021: * * * Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement today after Senate Republicans voted to block Floor consideration of the Freedom to Vote Act. "Senate Republicans' filibuster against the Freedom to Vote Act today is a shameful rejection of Americans' fundamental right to vote as well as further evidence of the threat the filibuster poses to our democracy. This compromise bill would establish stronger federal prote more PR

ELLICOTT CITY, Maryland, Oct. 18 -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin and Congressman Kweisi Mfume were joined by Howard County State's Attorney Richard Gibson, Jr., to discuss the importance of better protecting witnesses in criminal cases from intimidation and violence. Senator Cardin and Congressman Mfume recently have introduced legislation, the Witness Security and Protection Grant Program Act, which would establish and strengthen witness protection programs through competitive gran more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Oct. 20, 2021: Subcommittee on Health Vice Chair John Sarbanes (D-Md.) called for social media companies to consider the impact on children in their design and the launch of any new tools. During the Energy and Commerce Committee's Health Subcommittee hearing, "Enhancing Public Health: Legislation to Protect Children and Families," Sarbanes focused on the need for social media companies to demonstrate the precautions they are taking to safeguard the more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Oct. 20, 2021: Democracy Reform Task Force Chair John Sarbanes (D-Md.) issued the following statement after Senate Republicans blocked consideration of the Freedom to Vote Act (S. 2747): "Today, Senate Republicans voted to block debate on the Freedom to Vote Act, critical legislation that would protect the voice and the vote of every American," said Congressman Sarbanes. "It is nothing short of tragic that at this moment of great peril for our demo more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Oct. 20, 2021: Congressman David Trone and Senator Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to increase funding for automated record expungement processes to help justice-impacted individuals find employment opportunities. Congressman Trone was joined by Reps. Rodney Davis (R-IL), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Madeleine Dean (D-P more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Oct. 19, 2021: Congressmen David Trone, Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Andy Harris, M.D., Anthony G. Brown, and Jamie B. Raskin , along with U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, Chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship, and Senator Chris Van Hollen today applauded the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) for approving the State of Maryland's request for a physical disaster declaration due to damage from more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Dick Durbin, (D-Ill.), and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), asked the Federal Communications Commission to take action in response to national security risks posed by foreign companies that manage and service U.S. wireless phone networks. Although the U.S. government has responded forcefully to risks from Chinese hardware manufacturers, including Huawei and ZTE, it has no more PR