WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Dec. 2, 2021: U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today lauded critical reforms announced by the Biden administration to make federal contracting more equitable. The reforms include increasing the government-wide federal contracting goal for small disadvantaged businesses (SDBs) from 5 to 11 percent and releasing, for the first time, disaggregated data of federal contracting spend by race/ethnicity of bus more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 2, 2021: U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today lauded critical reforms announced by the Biden administration to make federal contracting more equitable. The reforms include increasing the government-wide federal contracting goal for small disadvantaged businesses (SDBs) from 5 to 11 percent and releasing, for the first time, di more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following floor statement on Dec. 2, 2021: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) spoke on the House Floor this afternoon on legislation to keep the government open through February 18. Below are excerpts of his remarks and a link to the video. "I heard my friend, Tom Cole, speaking earlier on the Rule, and he is my friend, he's a Member I respect. He's a member of the Appropriations Committee and the Rules Committee. He's a Member who respects this inst more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Dec. 2, 2021: House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) joined MSNBC's "Hallie Jackson Reports" this afternoon to discuss House Democrats' work to keep the government open as well as news of the day. Below are excerpts from his interview and a link to the video. On Senate Republicans Threatening a Government Shutdown "It's incomprehensible that on a totally unrelated issue, a Senator, or the Senate itself, would put at risk the operation more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Dec. 2, 2021: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, a senior member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and Chris Van Hollen, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie Raskin, and David Trone (all D-Md.) announced that Maryland has received $144,181,000 for Fiscal Year 2022 from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act they voted to e more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Dec. 2, 2021: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Ben Cardin, a senior member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie Raskin, and David Trone (all D-Md.) announced that Maryland has received $144,181,000 for Fiscal Year 2022 from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act they voted to more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Rep. Anthony Brown, D-Maryland, issued the following statement: * * * Congressman Anthony G. Brown (MD-04) released the following statement calling on the Senate to act in order to avert a federal government shutdown. "Even a short government shutdown hurts our country, especially as we continue to recover, get families back on their feet and fight continued variants of the COVID-19 virus. Dedicated federal public servants have gone above and beyond throughout the pandemic to ensure benefits continue going out on time,  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Dec. 2, 2021: * * * This morning, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer met virtually with the CEO of the Greater Washington Partnership, JB Holston, and members of the Greater Washington Partnership, to discuss the historic regional benefits of the bipartisan infrastructure law, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, for families across Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. He released the following statement regarding the meeting. "I thank JB Hol more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Dec. 2, 2021: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, a senior member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and Chris Van Hollen, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie Raskin, and David Trone (all D-Md.) announced that Maryland has received $144,181,000 for Fiscal Year 2022 from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act they voted to enac more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Dec. 2, 2021: Congress 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 that Maryland has received $144,181,000 for Fiscal Year 2022 from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that they voted to enact to modernize the state's water infrastructure and deliver safe, clean water to communities. This more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Rep. Anthony Brown, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Dec. 2, 2021: Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Senator Tom Carper (D-DE), Representative Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), and Representative Anthony Brown (D-MD) sent a letter urging the chairs and ranking members of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees to give the District of Columbia mayor control over the D.C. National Guard in the final version of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2 more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Dec. 2, 2021: * * * U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement regarding the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) released interim final rule implementing Senator Van Hollen's Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act. "It's our job to protect American investors from fraudulent businesses seeking to take advantage of them. "Requiring all publicly listed companies on our U.S. exchanges to be held to the same stan more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Dec. 2, 2021: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) today held a press conference to unveil the Masih Alinejad Harassment and Unlawful Targeting (HUNT) Act, bipartisan legislation aimed at holding the Iranian regime responsible for its ongoing efforts to silence dissidents by imposing new mandatory sanctions. During the press conference, the senators were joined by Iranian American journalist and human rights activist Masih Alinejad,  more PR