WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Rep. Anthony Brown, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman Anthony G. Brown (MD-04) praised significant funding for both Maryland specific as well as national priorities in the bipartisan Omnibus Appropriations Agreement for the remainder of FY2022. The bipartisan agreement included support for Ukraine, the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act and investments in American families, infrastructure, jobs and quality of life. Additionally, i more PR

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Rep. Anthony Brown, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman Anthony G. Brown (MD-04) praised President Biden for signing the Violence Against Women Act reauthorization providing resources to victims of domestic abuse and sexual violence. "Domestic and intimate partner-related violence is an all too common occurrence in our communities. Too many members of our communities live in fear because of abuse. This stark reality is unacceptable, and is a clear more PR

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman Kweisi Mfume filed legislation to posthumously honor the immortal life of Henrietta Lacks with a Congressional Gold Medal. Ms. Lacks tragically died of cancer in 1951, at the age of thirty-one, after undergoing treatment at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. While being treated, the hospital collected samples of her cells. Lacks' cells, labeled "HeLa cells," were a medical revelation, reprod more PR

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Congressman Anthony Brown (MD-04) secured the inclusion of language to advance the process for a new, consolidated Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) headquarters in the Omnibus FY2022 funding package that the President signed into law today. The language focuses the site selection process to the three site more PR

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Rep. Anthony Brown, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Congressman Anthony Brown (MD-04) secured the inclusion of language to advance the process for a new, consolidated Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) headquarters in the Omnibus FY2022 funding package that the President signed into law today. The language focuses the site selection process to the three sites more PR

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following statement: * * * Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chair of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, issued the following statement regarding the withdrawal of Ms. Sarah Bloom Raskin, nominee to be Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision. "I thank Sarah Bloom Raskin for her commitment to public service, and for serving our nation with honor and distinction as Deputy Secretary of Treasury, Governor of the  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on March 15, 2022: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) met Tuesday with U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, currently a member of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Judge Jackson's hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee will be held next week. Senator Cardin chaired Judge Jackson's first confirmation hearing in 2009 when she was a nominee for the U.S. Sentencing Commis more PR

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on March 15, 2022: U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today lauded the U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA's) announcement that the deferment period on all COVID Economic Injury Disaster Loan has been extended to 30 months for all borrowers. The extension applies to loans issued in calendar years 2020, 2021, and 2022, some of which had an 18-month de more PR

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release on March 15, 2022: U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today lauded the U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA's) announcement that the deferment period on all COVID Economic Injury Disaster Loan has been extended to 30 months for all borrowers. The extension applies to loans issued in more PR

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined a bipartisan and bicameral group of over 100 colleagues in a letter to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that reiterates ongoing taxpayer concerns and urges the agency to address customer service and processing issues. Senator Cardin is a senior member of the Senate Finance Committee that oversees the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Sena more PR

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on March 15, 2022: Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman Steny H. Hoyer, Congressman Anthony Brown, today secured the inclusion of language to advance the process for a new, consolidated Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) headquarters in the Omnibus FY2022 funding package that the President signed into law today. The language focuses the site selection process to the three sites pre more PR

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (D-Md.) joined a bipartisan and bicameral group of over 100 colleagues in a letter to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that reiterates ongoing taxpayer concerns and urges the agency to address customer service and processing issues. Senator Cardin is a senior member of the Senate Finance Committee that oversees the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Sen more PR

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on March 15, 2022: Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer and Anthony Brown (all D-Md.) secured the inclusion of language to advance the process for a new, consolidated Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) headquarters in the Omnibus FY2022 funding package that the President signed into law today. The language focuses the site selection process to the three sites previ more PR

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) sent a letter to the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security requesting information on efforts to protect the United States from Russian cyber and disinformation threats. The letter references past Russian cyber operations - such the SolarWinds attack - as evidence of their history of engaging in malicious cyber activiti more PR