WASHINGTON, March 11 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on March 10, 2022: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today after the House passed an omnibus appropriations package with Community Project Funding last night. "I'm glad to see the return of Community Project Funding in the Fiscal Year 2022 appropriations omnibus. Members of Congress know their districts' needs better than anyone in the executive  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on March 9, 2022: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement this evening after the House passed the omnibus appropriations package including funding for Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system. "I was proud to support robust funding to replenish and enhance Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system in the omnibus passed by the House tonight. Iron Dome  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on March 9, 2022: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement tonight after the House passed H.R. 6968, which would ban the importation of Russian oil, coal, and gas. "Tonight, the House took action to support our brothers and sisters in democracy, the Ukrainian people. The American people are ready to make sacrifices if it means helping fight back against more PR

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. C.A. 'Dutch' Ruppersberger, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: The U.S. House of Representatives tonight passed a bipartisan $1.5 trillion, 12-bill government funding package for the rest of the 2022 fiscal year, including more than $9.7 million for specific projects within Maryland's Second District and beyond requested by Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger. The bill also provides $13.6 billion in emergency funds to help Ukraine protect its country a more PR

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Anthony Brown, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on March 10, 2022: * * * Congressman Anthony G. Brown (MD-04), a member of the House Armed Services Committee and 30-year Army veteran, released the following statement on the passage of $13.6 billion in additional humanitarian, military and economic assistance for Ukrainian citizens and further sanctions against Russia for its premeditated war. "The conflict in Ukraine is a war between democratic values an more PR

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement this evening after voting to pass the bipartisan Omnibus appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2022. This package includes funding for all ten Community Project Funding requests submitted by Congressman Hoyer. When assembling the 2022 Fiscal Year Omnibus, the House Committee on Appropriations asked Members to submit up to ten projects for  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on March 10, 2022: Last night, Congressman David Trone (MD-06) voted to pass a government funding package to bolster local economies, help working families with the cost of living, and create American jobs. "Last night, the House passed crucial funding for the country and delivered millions of much-needed dollars directly to Maryland communities. One of Congress' most basic, yet vital, responsibilities is t more PR

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following joint statement on March 9, 2022, with House Democratic Caucus Chair Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) and House Democratic Caucus Chair Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08), released the following statement this morning on the inclusion of a 21% increase in Member Representational Allowance (MRA) funding in the Fiscal Year 2022 Omnibus legislation. Leader Hoyer and Chai more PR

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on March 10, 2022: House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) and Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (CA-23) today announced details of the upcoming Fourth Congressional Hackathon that will take place on Wednesday, April 6, 2022, from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. in the CVC Auditorium of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, DC. The event will bring together a bipartisan group of Members of Co more PR

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following statement on the status of bipartisan legislation to replenish the Restaurant Revitalization Fund: * * * "I am gravely disappointed that the omnibus spending package that will be considered this week will not include additional assistance for small business and that we are missing our best opportunity to date to extend a final relief installment t more PR

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-KS), Ben Lujan (D-N.M.), Tim Scott (R-SC), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) introduced The Centers for Public Health Preparedness and Response Reauthorization Act to require evidence-based practices to improve communication in public health preparedness and response. This legislation has been included in the HELP Committee more PR