WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security issued the following statement by criminal justice reform advocate Gwendolyn Levi involving a virtual hearing on Jan. 21, 2022, entitled "The First Step Act, The Pandemic, and Compassionate Release: What Are the Next Steps for the Federal Bureau of Prisons? * * * My name is Gwen Levi and I live in Baltimore, Maryland. In March 2020, when the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic hit, I was 16 years more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Jan. 27, 2022: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today in observance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day: "Seventy-seven years ago today, Allied forces liberated the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz and exposed to the eyes of the world the worst of humanity's capacity for evil. In Auschwitz and other Nazi factories of death, in squalid ghett more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Jan. 27, 2022: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today after the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported its estimate of fourth-quarter gross domestic product, showing that the United States economy grew at 5.7% last year: "This morning's economic growth report from the Bureau of Economic Analysis is further proof that our economy is recovering a more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Jan. 28, 2022: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today on President Biden's executive order to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour for employees of federal contractors, which goes into effect this Sunday: "American workers deserve a living wage, and I applaud the Biden-Harris Administration's decision to require that all businesses that cont more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement this evening on President Biden's visit to Pittsburgh earlier today: "I'm glad to see President Biden stop at Mill 19 at Carnegie Mellon University during his visit to Pittsburgh today. "I had the pleasure of joining Rep. Mike Doyle on a visit to Carnegie Mellon's robotics campus in 2018 as part of our Make It I more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Jan. 27, 2022: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today after Justice Stephen Breyer announced his decision to retire at the end of this Supreme Court term: "For twenty-eight years, Justice Stephen Breyer has been a stalwart of the law and of our American ideals as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. I join a grateful nation in thanking h more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Oceans and Wildlife issued the following testimony by Allison Colden, Maryland senior fisheries scientist of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, involving a remote legislative hearing on Jan. 20, 2022, on the authorization of Coastal Habitat Conservation Act (H.R. 4092) and Chesapeake Bay Science, Education, and Ecosystem Enhancement Act (H.R. 3540): * * * Thank you for inviting me to testify today on behalf of the Chesapeake more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Jan. 28, 2022: Congressman David Trone (MD-06) sent a letter, alongside over 70 other Members of Congress, to urge House and Senate Appropriations leadership to prioritize funding for programs that address the severe shortage of school-based mental health professionals. Last May, Trone introduced the Comprehensive Mental Health in Schools Pilot Program Act, which would fund pilot programs in primary and s more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Jan. 28, 2022: Congressman David Trone alongside Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (all D-Md.) announced $3,006,066 in federal funding for Washington County's Head Start Program. The award comes from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and will be used to provide additional resources and support to low-income families. "For over 40 years, Head Start of Washington County has served our  more PR