WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Nov. 17, 2021: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes and Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) today announced an award of $22 million in federal funding to the Maryland Department of Transportation for the East-West Priority Corridor Project. Funding comes through the Rebuilding American Infrastructure for Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) program. In July, members of the delegation sent a letter to Secre more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following floor statement on Nov. 17, 2021: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) spoke on the House Floor today in support of a resolution to censure Rep. Paul Gosar and remove him from the House Committee on Oversight and Reform and the House Committee on Natural Resources. Below are excerpts from his remarks and a link to the video. "I think all of us, would wish that we were not here, Madam Speaker, on a subject of this gravity, on a subject so pre more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Last week, a bipartisan coalition in the House passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, a crucial piece of President Biden and Congressional Democrats' Build Back Better Agenda that will repair and expand our nation's infrastructure, create good-paying jobs, tackle the climate crisis, and grow economic opportunity for American businesses, workers, and families in Maryland's Fifth District and across the state. Here's a look at coverage from Mar more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger (MD-02), John Sarbanes (MD-03), Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Andy Harris, M.D. (MD-01), Anthony Brown (MD-04), Jamie Raskin (MD-08), and David Trone (MD-06) announced $1,648,958 in federal funding for the Maryland Department of Health's Prescription Drug Monitoring Program. "We must do everything we can to end the opioid epidemic once more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen David Trone, Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie Raskin, and Andy Harris, M.D. (all Md.) announced $1,648,958 in federal funding for the Maryland Department of Health's Prescription Drug Monitoring Program. "We must do everything we can to end the opioid epidemic once and for all," said the lawmakers. "By tracking opioid-related data, the Pr more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. C.A. 'Dutch' Ruppersberger, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Nov. 17, 2021: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes and Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) today announced an award of $22 million in federal funding to the Maryland Department of Transportation for the East-West Priority Corridor Project. Funding comes through the Rebuilding American Infrastructure for Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) program. In July, members of the delegation sent a lett more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. C.A. 'Dutch' Ruppersberger, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen David Trone, Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie Raskin, and Andy Harris, M.D. (all Md.) announced $1,648,958 in federal funding for the Maryland Department of Health's Prescription Drug Monitoring Program. "We must do everything we can to end the opioid epidemic once and for all," said the lawmakers. "By tracking opioid-relate more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Nov. 17, 2021: Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) applauded the Office of Personnel Management's guidance advancing telework and remote work programs for federal employees. The 2021 Guide to Telework and Remote Work in the Federal Government extends and enhances alternative work arrangements beyond the COVID-19 pandemic in order to continue attracting a strong civil service workforce and producing the best results for the American people. "The benefi more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Nov. 17, 2021: Congressman John Sarbanes today joined Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger and Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) in announcing an award of $22 million in federal funding to the Maryland Department of Transportation for the East-West Priority Corridor Project. Funding comes through the Rebuilding American Infrastructure for Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) program. In July, members of the delegation sent more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Last week, U.S. Congressman David Trone (MD-06) led the Commission on Combating Synthetic Opioid Trafficking on a trip to Mexico and the southern border to help curb the flow of synthetic opioids into the United States. He was joined by the Director of National Drug Control Policy Dr. Rahul Gupta and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Chief of Operations Chris Evans. According to CDC data released this morning, the United States experienced over 100,000 more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 17, 2021: For the fifth time, every Republican member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship failed to attend a scheduled business meeting to consider the nomination of Dilawar Syed to be Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). The members' refusal to attend the meeting once again denied the committee the quorum necessary more PR