WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Jan. 13, 2022: House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) joined MSNBC's "Meet the Press Daily" this afternoon to discuss House passage of the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act and commitment to protecting voting rights. Below are excerpts from his interview and a link to the video: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=5230530773627259 "We need to keep trying to do the right thing until th more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Jan. 13, 2022: House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) spoke on the House Floor this morning in support of the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act. Below are excerpts from his remarks and a link to the video: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2036441019854235 "Mr. Speaker, on Monday we will mark what would have been Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s ninety-third birthday. When he was born in more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following floor statement on Jan. 13, 2022: * * * Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) spoke on the House Floor this morning in support of the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act. Below are excerpts from his remarks and a link to the video. "Mr. Speaker, on Monday we will mark what would have been Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s ninety-third birthday. When he was born in 1929, it had only been nine years - just nine years from the d more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Jan. 13, 2022: Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) issued the following statement on the House passage of voting rights legislation, the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act, today. "The Voting Rights Act of 1965 targeted racist, Jim Crow era voter suppression laws and put our country on a path towards election fairness. A 2013 Supreme Court decision weakened the Voting Rights Act and allowed years later supp more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Jan. 13, 2022: Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) joined Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) and Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) today in introducing the Federal Adjustment of Income Rates (FAIR) Act to provide a 4.1% raise to federal workers plus a 1.0% adjustment in locality pay for calendar year 2023. "Federal employees are hardworking, dedicated public servants," said Congressman Sarbanes. "Through more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Jan. 13, 2022: * * * Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) today released the following statement about Korean American Day. "Today, we honor the immeasurable contributions that Korean Americans make in Maryland and across the country. "119 years after the first generation of Korean immigrants arrived in the United States, they strengthen our communities, bolster our economy and shape the future of this n more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Jan. 13, 2022: * * * Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) today issued the following statement praising House passage of the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act (H.R. 5746) and urging the Senate to swiftly pass this historic legislation. "Today, the House voted to rescue the American people from the deluge of voter suppression, partisan gerrymandering and election subversion that is blocking their calls fo more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 13, 2022: U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Chair Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) sent a letter to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Rohit Chopra more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Following the first charges filed under the Helsinki Commission's Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act for a doping scheme at the Tokyo Olympics, Helsinki Chairman Sen. Ben Cardin (MD), Co-Chairman Rep. Steve Cohen (TN-09), Ranking Member Sen. Roger Wicker (MS), Ranking Member Rep. Joe Wilson (SC-02), and former Commissioner Rep. Michael Burgess (TX-26) issued the following statements: "Swift utilization of the R more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Senator Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Chair and Ranking Member respectively of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on State Department Management, introduced legislation Wednesday that would provide State Department staff - foreign service officers and civil servants alike - with the highest level of training at every stage of their careers. Expanding and encouraging p more PR