WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment issued the following testimony by Sacoby Wilson, associate professor and director of the Center for Community Engagement, Environmental Justice and Health at the University of Maryland, involving a hybrid hearing on Dec. 8, 2021, entitled "Promoting Economic and Community Redevelopment and Environmental Justice in the Revitalization and Reuse of Contaminated Properties": * * * The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) defi more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) sent a letter to the Capitol Police Board, including its current Chair, Senate Sergeant-at-Arms & Doorkeeper Karen Gibson; House Sergeant-at-Arms William Walker; Architect of the Capitol J. Brett Blanton; and Ex-Officio Board Member Police Chief J. Thomas Manger to ask for a briefing on the status of reviewing regulations around carrying firearms into House office buildings. In light of recent th more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement tonight after the House voted to hold former Representative and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows in contempt of Congress: "It is essential that the House insist on its ability to conduct full and proper oversight, including by hearing testimony from officials and former officials in the executive branch. The bipartisan Select Committee on the January 6 At more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement tonight after the U.S. surpassed 800,000 lives lost to COVID-19: "We mourn the loss of 800,000 Americans who have perished at the hands of COVID-19. One in every 417 Americans has now died from this virus, including one in every 100 seniors and one in every sixty Americans over the age of seventy-five. We must not lose sight of the humanity in these numbers, of  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Dec. 15, 2021: Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) today joined U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia L. Fudge, Congressman Kweisi Mfume (D-Md.) and Mayor Brandon Scott at Civic Works' Center for Sustainable Careers in Baltimore, Maryland to highlight the Biden Administration's work to help communities lower home energy costs, reduce air pollution and generate clean energy more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen released the following statement regarding the Senate's passage of the Fiscal Year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), legislation to fund our national defense and security priorities. The legislation incorporates several bills authored by Senator Van Hollen and investments in key Maryland military installations as well as a pay raise for military and Department of Defense (DoD) civilian employees: "Ensuring t more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and a bipartisan group of senators including Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) wrote Tuesday to Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights Uzra Zeya, ahead of her expected appointment as Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues, advocating for a U.S. policy toward Tibet that protects the rights, autonomy, and dignity of the Tibetan people. The letter also calls for a policy that  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) urged the Judiciary Committee to swiftly process the nomination of Baltimore City Circuit Court Julie Rubin to fill the upcoming vacancy on the federal District Court for Maryland. Both senators provided introductory remarks for a hearing held today (https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/12/08/2021/nominations). "Judge Julie Rubin will bring tremendous experience to the courtroom after s more PR