WASHINGTON, March 2 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on March 1, 2022: This afternoon, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) joined MSNBC's "Meet the Press Daily" to discuss tonight's State of the Union Address and House Democrats' agenda. See below for excerpts. On President Biden's State of the Union Address "Well, what I do want to hear [from President Biden] is a call for unity and focus and a unity of purpose. We are now confronting  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on March 1, 2022: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement this evening on President Biden's State of the Union Address. "In his State of the Union address this evening, President Biden laid out his vision for Building a Better America that leads the fight for democracy around the world while ensuring that our democracy delivers opportunity at home. He o more PR

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement: * * * Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) 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 commitment to this legislation is deepl more PR

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement: * * * Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) 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 deserve the freedom to make their own de more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement: * * * Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement today on President Biden's historic nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court. "Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is eminently qualified and an outstanding choice to serve on our nation's highest court, and I offer my strong support for her historic nomination. A former law clerk to Justice Breyer, not only has sh more PR

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on March 1, 2022: * * * Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08) today released the following statement after testing positive for COVID-19 on Monday, February 28. "Yesterday I took a COVID-19 test for Members planning to attend the State of the Union Address and tested positive. Having been fully vaccinated, and having received a booster shot, my flu-like symptoms have been pretty mild so far. Following the advice o more PR

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on March 1, 2022: Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) today announced that Karim Peoples of Civic Works Inc., a nonprofit in Baltimore, Maryland, will join him as a virtual guest for the State of the Union Address. Karim Peoples is a Construction Safety Instructor at Civic Works Inc.'s Center for Sustainable Careers, a job training and placement program readying members of the Baltimore community to step  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on March 1, 2022: U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today announced that his virtual guests for President Joe Biden's first State of the Union Address will be Spencer Jones, owner of Chick & Ruth's Delly in Annapolis; Omar Muhammad, Director of the Entrepreneurial Development Assistance Center (EDAC) at Morgan State University; and Lisa Smith, Executive Di more PR

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on March 1, 2022: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, Chair of the Senate EPW Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth, Chair of the Senate EPW Fisheries, Water and Wildlife Subcommittee, today were joined by multiple colleagues in urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) to restore science-based safeguards to protect A more PR