WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Nov. 2, 2021: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today on the passing of former Representative Dennis Moore of Kansas, who served in the House for six terms. "I was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of my friend and former colleague Dennis Moore, who faithfully and skillfully served the people of Kansas throughout his many years in public service. Before representing Kansas's Third Distric more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Rep. Anthony Brown, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Nov. 1, 2021: The Male members of the Congressional Black Caucus released the following statement announcing a partnership with the American Cancer Society for a month-long campaign to raise awareness for Prostate Cancer in Black men. Black men are 1.8 times more likely to be diagnosed with--and 2.2 times more likely to die from--Prostate Cancer than white men. Black men are also slightly more likely than white men to be diagnosed with advanced disease. more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Nov. 2, 2021: Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) today joined Senator Chris Van Hollen and Congressman Anthony Brown (both D-Md.) in introducing new bicameral legislation to secure the U.S. Service Academy nominations of states and congressional districts that lack representation in Congress due to the death, resignation, or removal from office of a sitting member of Congress. After the passing of Maryland Congressman Elijah Cummings in 2019, the deleg more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) joined Congressman Chris Pappas (D-N.H.) and Hellenic Caucus Co-Chairs Representatives Bilirakis (R-Fla.) and Maloney (D-N.Y.) in a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken opposing US plans to sell Turkey F-16s and demanding information from the State Department following recent reports of a request from Turkey to purchase 40 F-16 fighter jets and dozens of modernization kits for its existing warplanes from the Unit more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman David Trone (MD-06) strongly supports new bicameral legislation to secure the U.S. Service Academy nominations of states and congressional districts that lack representation in Congress due to the death, resignation, or removal from office of a sitting member of Congress. After the passing of Maryland Congressman Elijah Cummings in 2019, the delegation was dismayed to learn that the Congressional District's allotted service academy openings  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Rep. C.A. 'Dutch' Ruppersberger, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen and Congressman Anthony Brown (both D-Md.) have introduced new bicameral legislation to secure the U.S. Service Academy nominations of states and congressional districts that lack representation in Congress due to the death, resignation, or removal from office of a sitting member of Congress. After the passing of Maryland Congressman Elijah Cummings in 2019, the delegation was dismayed to learn that the Congressio more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: 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 (VBOC), which was established through a 5-year SBA grant awarded to UMD. The VBOC will  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Nov. 2, 2021: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) applauded the inclusion of over $40 billion in affordable housing initiatives within the Build Back Better Framework, including $24 billion to support rental assistance and $300 million for wraparound services to help make it more affordable for families with young children to move to areas of greater opportunity, in line with his bipartisan Family Stability and Opportunity Vouchers Act. The bill als more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Nov. 2, 2021: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Congresswoman Karen Bass (D-Calif.) led a bicameral letter with over 50 of their colleagues to President Joe Biden and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas urging the Administration to provide critical protections to Cameroonians in the midst of the current humanitarian crisis facing the nation. Senator Van Hollen is the Chair of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen and Congressman Anthony Brown (both D-Md.) have introduced new bicameral legislation to secure the U.S. Service Academy nominations of states and congressional districts that lack representation in Congress due to the death, resignation, or removal from office of a sitting member of Congress. After the passing of Maryland Congressman Elijah Cummings in 2019, the delegation was dismayed to learn that the Congressional Distri more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Rep. Anthony Brown, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen and Congressman Anthony Brown (both D-Md.) have introduced new bicameral legislation to secure the U.S. Service Academy nominations of states and congressional districts that lack representation in Congress due to the death, resignation, or removal from office of a sitting member of Congress. After the passing of Maryland Congressman Elijah Cummings in 2019, the delegation was dismayed to learn that the Congressional District' more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) in calling on Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas to "direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), including its component agency Border Patrol, to issue a policy prohibiting the detention of people who are pregnant, postpartum, and/or nursing." The letter was also signed by U.S. Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to extend the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) for five years, while implementing a series of sweeping reforms to address the waste, abuse and mismanagement plaguing the system. Over five million Americans depend upon the NFIP. Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.) sponsored the bill in the House of Representative more PR