WASHINGTON, March 1 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Feb. 28, 2022: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement ahead of tonight's vote on the Emmett Till Antilynching Act: "This evening, the House will vote to make lynching a federal hate crime, just as we did with last Congress with a strong showing of bipartisanship. I want to thank my friend Rep. Bobby Rush for leading this charge over the years. His  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today after Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22), announced that he will not seek re-election at the end of the 117th Congress: "For the past twelve years, South Floridians have been extremely fortunate to have Ted Deutch fighting for them in Washington. Not only is he an outstanding Member of Congress and leader withi more PR

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Feb. 28, 2022: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement tonight after Senate Republicans voted to block consideration of the Women's Health Protection Act: "Senate Republicans' vote to block consideration of the Women's Health Protection Act today is a shameful rejection of a woman's right to access the full range of reproductive health care. Women d more PR

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman David Trone sent a letter to United States Postal Service (USPS) Inspector General Tammy Whitcomb urging for swift action to address postal delays in Western Maryland. The postal issues in the region have only worsened as a result of the closing of the Cumberland Processing Center in 2012. Now, all mail from Allegany and Garrett County is processed in Baltimore, nearly 150 miles away from We more PR

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Anthony Brown, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman Anthony G. Brown (MD-04) and Congressman Don Bacon (NE-02) introduced the "Headstones for Honor Act," H.R. 6830 to recognize individuals who performed military service while enslaved or otherwise legally prohibited from serving on basis of their race, gender, sex, or ethnicity. The legislation would allow the final remains of these individuals to be memorialized with a headstone or marker from  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Congressmen Andy Levin (Mich.-09) and Jamaal Bowman (N.Y.-16) sent a letter urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to include project funding for the testing and remediation of dangerous polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in schools and childcare facilities in its budget request for Fiscal Year 2023. According to the EPA, "PCBs more PR

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Ahead of the World Bank's Board of Governor's meeting this week, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) on Monday urged the Biden administration to push the World Bank to address the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. In a letter to Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo, Van Hollen, Murphy, and Booker highlighted the importance of repur more PR