WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Nov. 30, 2021: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) issued the following statement today after releasing the House legislative schedule for calendar year 2022. "As we celebrate the enactment of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and passage of the Build Back Better Act, I write to share with you the House schedule for the next two weeks and the calendar for the upcoming year. Please find the 2022 House Cale more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Dec. 1, 2021: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement this morning on the Supreme Court hearing oral arguments in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization case. "As the Supreme Court hears oral arguments today in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, a direct challenge to longstanding precedent in Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, women in Texas are still being denied their more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Dec. 1, 2021: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today after Congressman Peter DeFazio (OR-04), Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, announced that he will not seek re-election at the end of the 117th Congress. "I've had the honor of serving alongside Peter DeFazio for thirty-four years in the Congress of the United States, and throughout that time he has been an more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Dec. 1, 2021: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today in recognition of World AIDS Day. "Each year on this day, we remember those who lost their lives to HIV/AIDS and honor the courage of those living with the disease. It is in no small part because of patient advocacy that we have come so far in our understanding of HIV/AIDS and in combatting stigmas surrounding it. Today we celebrate the lega more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Dec. 1, 2021: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced $43,027,768 in federal funding for rural health care providers across Maryland who serve rural Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and Medicare beneficiaries for expenses related to COVID-19. "Increasing the access to hea more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Rep. Anthony Brown, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman Anthony G. Brown (MD-04) reintroduced the Fair Pay For All Act of 2021 which would guarantee equal pay for every American - regardless of who they are or who they love - by expanding the definition of sex to include "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" in the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. According to a 2019 report from the Center for LGBTQ Economic Advancement & Research, one in five LGBTQ households earned less than $25,000 a year, more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Rep. Anthony Brown, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Dec. 1, 2021: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced $43,027,768 in federal funding for rural health care providers across Maryland who serve rural Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and Medicare beneficiaries for expenses related to COVID-19. "Increasing the access to healt more PR

NEW CARROLLTON, Maryland, Dec. 2 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Dec. 1, 2021: Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) joined GSA Administrator Robin Carnahan, Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, County Executive Angela Alsobrooks, and New Carrollton Mayor Phelecia Nembhard for a tour and press availability at the IRS New Carrollton Headquarters to underscore how the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Build Back Better Act will create jobs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in communities nationwide.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Dec. 1, 2021: 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), Anthony Brown (MD-04), Jamie Raskin (MD-08), and David Trone (MD-06) today announced $43,027,768 in federal funding for rural health care providers across Maryland who serve rural Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and Medicare beneficiaries f more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Dec. 1, 2021: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced $43,027,768 in federal funding for rural health care providers across Maryland who serve rural Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and Medicare beneficiaries for expenses related to COVID-19. "Increasing the access to health more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Dec. 2 -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Nov. 30, 2021: Representative Kweisi Mfume participated in a small business roundtable at East Baltimore Historical Library. The conversation was hosted by Trident Builders founder and principal Brendan McCluskey and included Cheo Hurley of THG Companies LLC, Barnett Carroll of Aegis Mechanical Corporation, Andra Cain of Cain Contracting, Jeff Hargrave of Mahogany Inc., and Beverly Williams of Sue-Anns Office Supply, who are all members of the Go more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Dec. 1, 2021: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced $43,027,768 in federal funding for rural health care providers across Maryland who serve rural Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and Medicare beneficiaries for expenses related to COVID-19. "Increasing the access to health more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Rep. C.A. 'Dutch' Ruppersberger, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Dec. 1, 2021: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced $43,027,768 in federal funding for rural health care providers across Maryland who serve rural Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and Medicare beneficiaries for expenses related to COVID-19. "Increasing the ac more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Dec. 1, 2021: Congressman John Sarbanes joined Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.) in announcing $43,027,768 in federal funding for rural health care providers across Maryland who serve rural Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and Medicare beneficiaries for expenses related to COVID-19. "Increasing the a more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Dec. 1, 2021: Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) today underscored the importance of workplace flexibility in creating the strong, talented federal workforce of the future and continuing to serve the American people effectively and efficiently. In the Oversight and Reform Committee's Government Operations Subcommittee hearing, "The Future of Federal Work," Congressman Sarbanes discussed ways the federal government can attract and build the next genera more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Dec. 1, 2021: Congressmen David Trone, Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown and Jamie Raskin, and U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (all D-Md.) today announced $43,027,768 in federal funding for rural health care providers across Maryland who serve rural Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and Medicare beneficiaries for expenses related to COVID-19. "Increasing the access to health more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Dec. 1, 2021: * * * U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) released the following statement in commemoration of World AIDS Day 2021. "On December 1, we mark the 33rd anniversary of World AIDS Day, which gives us an opportunity to pause and reflect on the lives lost to HIV/AIDS, how far we have come in the fight against this virus, and what we need to do to ensure an AIDS-free future. "Since the first cases of AIDS were reported domestically in June 1981, more more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Dec. 1, 2021: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (D-N.Y.-09) introduced new bicameral legislation to protect consumers from online free trial scams and deceptive marketing tactics. The lawmakers' new bill - the Consumer Online Payment Transparency and Integrity Act, or Consumer OPT-IN Act - puts the onus on companies, instead of consumers, in renewing or extending contracts. Too often, companies use free trial of more PR