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2021-12-03

U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Maryland Newsletter for 2021-12-04 ( 9 items )

Maryland: Congressional

Rep. Hoyer: Maryland Delegation Members Announce Delivery of Over $140 Million in Federal Infrastructure Modernization Bill Funds to Md. (10)

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- 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), Anthony Brown (MD-04), Jamie Raskin (MD-08), and David Trone (MD-06) announced that Maryland has received $144,181,000 for Fiscal Year 2022 from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act they voted to enact to modernize the state's water infrastructure and deliver safe, clean more PR

Rep. Keller Pushes Back Against Proposed Low-Altitude Flight Exercises in Protected Pennsylvania Wilds, Demands Public Input Hearings (10)

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Rep. Fred Keller, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on Dec. 3, 2021: Congressmen Fred Keller (PA-12), Glenn "GT" Thompson (PA-15), and Dan Meuser (PA-09) sent a letter to The Maryland Air National Guard raising concerns about its efforts to establish the Duke Low Military Operations Area (Duke MOA), low-altitude flight training, over a large portion of the Commonwealth known as the Pennsylvania Wilds. This region is home to five state parks, large areas of forest and game lands, and the largest wild elk he more PR

Rep. Mfume, Maryland Delegation Members Announce Delivery of Over $140 Million in Federal Infrastructure Modernization Bill Funds to Md. (10)

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, 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

Rep. Ruppersberger: Maryland Delegation Members Announce Delivery of Over $140 Million in Federal Infrastructure Modernization Bill Funds to Md. (10)

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Rep. C.A. 'Dutch' Ruppersberger, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Dec. 3, 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 more PR

Rep. Trone, Sens. Cardin, Van Hollen Announce $1.2 Million in American Rescue Plan Funding for Hagerstown and Frederick Airports (10)

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Dec. 3, 2021: U.S. Congressman David Trone and U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (all D-Md.) announced $1,202,449 in new American Rescue Plan funding for the Hagerstown Regional Airport ($1,143,449) and the Frederick Municipal Airport ($59,000). The federal relief funds will be used to cover costs of operations, personnel, cleaning, sanitization, janitorial services, debt service payments, and to prevent the spread of pathogens at the airport a more PR

Reps. Brown, Beatty, Sens. Warner, Booker Urge Inclusion of a Strong Provision to Combat Extremism in the Military, in the FY 2022 NDAA (10)

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Rep. Anthony Brown, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman Anthony G. Brown (MD-04), Congressional Black Caucus Chair Joyce Beatty (OH-03) and Senators Mark Warner (D-VA) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) wrote the Chairs and Ranking Members of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees urging a strong provision that meets the threat of extremism in the military with the seriousness it warrants. The House of Representatives passed Congressman Brown's provision in FY22 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA more PR

Sens. Van Hollen, Brown Press Warrior Met to Negotiate a Fair Contract With Workers' Union (10)

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Dec. 3, 2021: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) wrote to Walter J. Scheller, Chief Executive Officer Warrior Met Coal, Inc. (Warrior Met), urging him to oversee good-faith negotiations for a fair contract with the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA). In 2016, when Walter Energy filed for bankruptcy, the UMWA agreed to save the company by sacrificing their wages and benefits packages. The new company, Warrior Met Coal, more PR

Sens. Van Hollen, Cardin, Rep. Trone Announce $1.2M in American Rescue Plan Funding for Hagerstown and Frederick Airports (10)

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Dec. 3, 2021: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and U.S. Congressman David Trone (all D-Md.) announced $1,202,449 in new American Rescue Plan funding for the Hagerstown Regional Airport ($1,143,449) and the Frederick Municipal Airport ($59,000). The federal relief funds will be used to cover costs of operations, personnel, cleaning, sanitization, janitorial services, debt service payments, and to prevent the spread of pathogens at the airp more PR

Sens. Van Hollen, Carper, Reps. Norton, Maloney, Brown Send Letter Calling for D.C. Mayor to Be Given Control Over D.C. National Guard in Final National Defense Authorization Act (10)

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Representative Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.), 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 2022 ( more PR