WASHINGTON, March 29 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on March 28, 2022: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement this evening after the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol voted to ask the House to cite Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino Jr. for criminal contempt of Congress. "This evening, the bipartisan Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on March 28, 2022: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement tonight after the House passed S. 3294, which would authorize the display of two busts of former Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the Capitol. "I was proud to join with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to celebrate Women's History Month by paying tri more PR

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on March 28, 2022: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today on President Biden's Fiscal Year 2023 discretionary budget proposal. "The President's Fiscal Year 2023 Budget aims to take advantage of opportunities created by the fastest-growing economy in decades to make fiscally responsible investments that sustain our recovery over the long term and more PR

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, and Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) announced that the Bear Creek Sediments site - adjacent to Sparrows Point - has been added to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Superfund National Priorities List. The list serves as the agency's basis for prioritizing cleanup funding and enforcement actions. The addition o more PR

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman John Sarbanes joined Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger and Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) in announcing that the Bear Creek Sediments site - adjacent to Sparrows Point - has been added to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Superfund National Priorities List. The list serves as the agency's basis for prioritizing cleanup funding and enforcement act more PR

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- 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), Congressman Anthony Brown (MD-04), Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, and Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks released the following statement after the President unveiled his budget for the Fiscal Year 2023, which includes language to ensure the FBI will have a new, consolidated suburban headquarters t more PR

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: In recognition of Women's History Month, Congressman David Trone (MD-06) hosted a "Trone Talk" with Congresswoman Madeleine Dean (PA-04), co-chair of the Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues, on pay inequality, employment disparities, and the struggle for gender equality in America. During the conversation, the two discussed efforts to close the gender pay gap and encourage more women to run for office.  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on March 28, 2022: Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md), Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Congressman Anthony Brown (D-Md.), Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, and Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks today released the following statement after the President unveiled his budget for the Fiscal Year 2023, which includes language to ensure the FBI will have a new, conso more PR

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a member of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committees, released the following statement regarding President Biden's fiscal year 2023 proposed budget: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a member of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committees, released the following statement regarding President Biden's fiscal year 2023 proposed budget: "Growing  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following joint statement: * * * Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer (Md.-05) and Anthony Brown (Md.-04), Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, and Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks released the following statement after the President unveiled his budget for the Fiscal Year 2023, which includes language to ensure the FBI will have a new, consolidated suburban headqua more PR

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, and Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) announced that the Bear Creek Sediments site - adjacent to Sparrows Point - has been added to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Superfund National Priorities List. The list serves as the agency's basis for prioritizing cleanup funding and enforcement actions. The additi more PR

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on March 28, 2022: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen, and Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (all D-Md.) today announced $1,277,001 in federal funding for the St. Mary's County Board of Education's Head Start programs to expand early learning, development, health services and family well-being. "Early childhood education is essential for children to develop the social and emotional skills needed to  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, led a bipartisan group of 68 senators Monday in a letter urging the Biden administration to "prioritize reversing the U.N. Human Rights Council's (UNHRC) discriminatory and unwarranted treatment of Israel by leading a multinational effort in the Council and in the U.N. to end the permanent Commission of Inquiry ( more PR

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (all D-Md.) announced $1,277,001 in federal funding for the St. Mary's County Board of Education's Head Start programs to expand early learning, development, health services and family well-being. "Learning gaps have only widened during the pandemic, and have particularly disadvantaged our youngest students. Investing in earl more PR

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) joined Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) in sending letters to major banks urging them to lower or fully eliminate their overdraft fees. The letters were sent to the Chief Executive Officers of Charles Schwab, JPMorgan Chase, PNC Financial Services Group, TD Group, Truist Financial Corporation, U.S. Bancorp, and Wells Fargo. "Fin more PR