WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Jan. 12, 2022: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) in introducing the Defending Ukraine Sovereignty Act of 2022, critical legislation to impose steep costs in the event of a renewed Kremlin invasion of Ukraine. As the Kremlin continues to engage in an unjustified military build-up along Ukraine's border, the proposal by Senate Democrats to deter a military escala more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Jan. 12, 2022: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today after the release of Consumer Price Index data for December 2021. "The COVID-19 pandemic set off a crisis that is affecting economies across the world in unpredictable ways, straining global supply chains and changing the way people work from the shop floor to the boardroom. Even while the  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Members of Maryland's congressional delegation gathered virtually Tuesday for their first official meeting with the newly appointed regional administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region III, Adam Ortiz. U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.) met with Ortiz to discuss Che more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Members of Maryland's congressional delegation gathered virtually Tuesday for their first official meeting with the newly appointed regional administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region III, Adam Ortiz. U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.) met with Ortiz to discuss Ch more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Jan. 12, 2022: * * * Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement today on the first day of the 444th session of the Maryland General Assembly. "I join in welcoming the Maryland General Assembly back to session today and look forward to the progress they will make in the next 90 days on behalf of Marylanders across the state. "This year lawmakers will take critical action on behal more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Members of Maryland's congressional delegation gathered virtually Tuesday for their first official meeting with the newly appointed regional administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region III, Adam Ortiz. Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and John Sarbanes (MD-03), Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Jamie Raskin (MD-08), and David Trone more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Members of Maryland's congressional delegation gathered virtually Tuesday for their first official meeting with the newly appointed regional administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region III, Adam Ortiz. U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.) met with Ortiz to discuss Chesap more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Members of Maryland's congressional delegation gathered virtually Tuesday for their first official meeting with the newly appointed regional administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region III, Adam Ortiz. U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.) met with Ortiz to discuss Chesap more PR

TIMONIUM, Maryland, Jan. 13 -- Rep. C.A. 'Dutch' Ruppersberger, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Jan. 12, 2022: Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger today announced that his office successfully recovered more than $1.86 million in tax dollars for the constituents of Maryland's Second District over the course of 2021, including disability benefits for veterans, Social Security for seniors, stimulus checks and tax refunds. In all, his team opened 2,946 cases on behalf of constitu more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Members of Maryland's congressional delegation gathered virtually Tuesday for their first official meeting with the newly appointed regional administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region III, Adam Ortiz. Congressman Sarbanes joined Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.) in meeting with Orti more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Jan. 12, 2022: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) today introduced the bipartisan Drug Shortages Shelf Life Extension Act, which would have the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) extend the shelf life of prescription drugs in scarce supply. According to the FDA, amending the expiration date of some prescription drugs may alleviate the shortages that the United States curr more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Jan. 12, 2022: As the rise of the Omicron variant continues to threaten the safety of our nation's health care workforce, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) sent a letter calling on the Biden administration to continue and make permanent the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) emergency COVID-19 protections for health care workers. The letter addr more PR