WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Nov. 1, 2021: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today on the Supreme Court hearing oral arguments in the United States v. Texas and Whole Women's Health v. Jackson cases. "As we have seen since the Supreme Court allowed Texas law S.B. 8 to come into effect on September 1, the Constitutional rights of women across that state have been denied as their access to health care has been curtailed. We  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Nov. 1, 2021: * * * Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement today congratulating the new Chesapeake Bay Foundation President and CEO, Hilary Harp Falk. "I join in sending a warm congratulations to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's new President and CEO, Hilary Harp Falk. I commend Hilary on her outstanding work with the National Wildlife Federation (NWF), where she served not only as its Chief Program Officer, but also as the Re more PR

FREDERICK, Maryland, Nov. 2 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: On Friday, U.S. Congressman David Trone (MD-06) and U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Marty Walsh visited Montgomery College and the Frederick County Public Schools' Career and Technology Center. The duo also hosted a roundtable on recovery in the workplace with Ideal Option, a clinic providing outpatient medication-assisted treatment for substance use disorder. During the tour, Walsh and Trone spoke with students and teachers, local labor leaders, more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Rep. Anthony Brown, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman Anthony G. Brown (MD-04) and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) introduced legislation to require flight data and cockpit voice recorders in most helicopters, also known as "black boxes." Currently, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requires large commercial planes and some private aircraft to have such recorders. Loopholes in regulations allow some helicopters to operate without black boxes. Flight data recorders track aircraft alt more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 1, 2021: On the first day of National Veterans Small Business Week, U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.), U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman, and University of Maryland (UMD) President Darryll Pines today celebrated the grand opening of Maryland's first Veterans Business Outreach Center ( more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) reintroduced legislation to expand access to education for Americans in federal prisons. The Promoting Reentry through Education in Prisons Act (PREP) Act would create an office within the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) focused on correctional education and fund a new program to address the lack of educational opportunities currently offered. "When I visited Maryla more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) applauded the inclusion of their provisions to help American families reduce their energy costs and improve energy efficiency in their homes within the Build Back Better Framework. The legislation includes key provisions of Senator Van Hollen's HOPE for HOMES Act and Senator Heinrich's Zero-Emission Homes Act. "Addressing the climate emergency is not just an urgent challenge - it's also more PR