WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Anthony Brown, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2021: Congressman Anthony G. Brown (MD-04) today released the following statement in recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month: "Twenty people every minute experience intimate partner violence in the United States. This stark reality is unacceptable, and is a clear indicator that we can and must do more to help those who need protection under the law," said Congressman Brown. "When the system fails, and perpetrators of abuse are allowed more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2021: It has come to our attention that Muhammad Kamran, an Afghan national who served as an interpreter for nearly a decade for the U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, DAI under the U.S. Agency for International Development, and later the United Nations, has recently had a petition to come to the United States on Humanitarian Parole filed on behalf of himself and his family. As a result of his service to the United States, Mr. Kamran was targeted for assass more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Oct. 29 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2021: Yesterday, U.S. Congressman David Trone (MD-06) and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra visited Health Care for the Homeless to announce a new federal strategy to reduce overdoses. The strategy is designed to increase access to the full range of care and services for individuals who use substances that cause overdose and their families. The strategy also focuses on the multiple substances involved  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2021: Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) joined Congressman Chris Pappas (D-N.H.) and other members of the Hellenic Caucus in introducing a bipartisan resolution to designate October 28 as Oxi Day. On October 28, 1940, Greek Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas refused to surrender to Axis forces, answering "Oxi!" - or "No!" - to Italian dictator Benito Mussolini's 3 A.M. ultimatum that he allow Axis forces to freely enter Greece or face war. Prim more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, Chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, Chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, and a member of the Senate Finance Committee, released the following statement on President Joe Biden's Build Back Better Framework. "Maryland families are going to like what they see in the Build Back Better budget framework. Coupled with the bipartisan Infrastr more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Representative Don Beyer (D-Va.) applauded the inclusion of their millionaires surtax within the Build Back Better Framework. Senator Van Hollen and Representative Beyer initially introduced this concept in their Millionaires Surtax Act in November 2019 and reintroduced this legislation in June of this year. This provision had already received broad support, having been included in the House Ways & Means Commit more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.) in urging the U.S. Department of Interior to issue an emergency listing to restore temporary federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections to the gray wolf in the western United States. The letter comes on the heels of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service initiation of a comprehensive status review of the gray wolf in the western United States as well as more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and John Thune (R-S.D.) in requesting an update on the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) efforts to streamline prior authorization protocols across programs, including Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. The senators commended the Biden-Harris administration's commitment to ensuring timely access to health care and are encouraging the administration to take add more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) in urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) to conduct a more in-depth audit to properly examine the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's (APHIS) oversight of dog breeders regulated under the Animal Welfare Act (AWA). The request comes after the USDA OIG noted in a recent report that the COVID-19 p more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Representative Debbie Dingell (MI-12) applauded the inclusion of their Clean Energy and Sustainability Accelerator within the Build Back Better framework announced by President Joseph R. Biden. The Clean Energy and Sustainability Accelerator will leverage private money using an initial capitalization and create a new revolving financing structure for emissions-reducing  more PR