WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Rep. C.A. 'Dutch' Ruppersberger, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on April 7, 2022: Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger today voted to secure urgently-needed relief for small businesses including restaurants across Maryland. The Relief for Restaurants & Other Hard Hit Small Businesses Act will deliver $55 billion to replenish the Restaurant Revitalization Fund and establish a new program supporting other small businesses impacted most by the COVID-19 pandemi more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following floor statement on April 7, 2022: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) spoke on the House Floor this morning in support of H.R. 3807, the Relief for Restaurants and other Hard-Hit Small Businesses Act, which would replenish the Restaurant Revitalization Fund and establish a 'Hard-Hit Industries Award Program' to keep employees on the payroll at businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Bel more PR

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following remarks on April 6, 2022: * * * This afternoon, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) delivered remarks at the beginning of the Fourth Congressional Hackathon, an event he cohosted with Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (CA-23) to bring together digital innovators with Members and staff to discuss using new technologies and platforms to make Congress more open and transparent. Below are his remarks more PR

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on April 6, 2022: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement this evening after the House passed H.R. 7276, the Ukraine Invasion War Crimes Deterrence and Accountability Act. "Today, the House voted to condemn the atrocious actions carried out by Russian forces, under the direction of Vladimir Putin, in areas under their control in Ukraine. "The legislati more PR

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on April 6, 2022: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today after President Biden signed the bipartisan Postal Service Reform Act into law. "I join in applauding the President for signing the Postal Service Reform Act into law today, securing urgently needed reforms for the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). Our Postal Service plays an essential role in ou more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Rep. Anthony Brown, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressmen Anthony G. Brown (MD-04), Senator Cory A Booker (D-NJ), Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and ten other House members sent a letter to Department of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin detailing concerns with the Department's use of potentially biased artificial intelligence and other automated systems. The Members called for additional oversight to ensure the use of this technology does not exacerbat more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following floor remarks: * * * Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) spoke on the House Floor this morning in support of H.R. 3807, the Relief for Restaurants and other Hard-Hit Small Businesses Act, which would replenish the Restaurant Revitalization Fund and establish a 'Hard-Hit Industries Award Program' to keep employees on the payroll at businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. "Madam Speaker, last year, when Democrats  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on April 7, 2022: * * * Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement today after the Senate voted to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. "I join in congratulating Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on her bipartisan confirmation to serve as the next Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Not only is she eminently qualified and highly recommended, she makes history as t more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following remarks on April 7, 2022: * * * Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) spoke on the House Floor this afternoon urging support for H.Res 1037, which would hold former President Trump officials Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino Jr. in criminal contempt of Congress. "I thank the gentleman from Mississippi for yielding. I thank the gentlelady from Wyoming for her courage in standing for the truth. I disagree with many things th more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, issued the following statement: * * * Congressman Kweisi Mfume issued the following statement on the historic confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the United States Supreme Court. "Congratulations to Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on her confirmation to the United States Supreme Court. This moment is indeed historic, for at long last, the nation's highest court will include a Black woman as a sitting justice. "Judge Brown Jackson's more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on April 7, 2022: Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) and Senators Jack Reed (D-R.I.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) introduced legislation to expand opportunities for environmental education in schools across the country and ensure the next generation has the environmental literacy skills to secure and sustain their future. The legislation was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives with original co more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- 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 and Chair of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the Helsinki Commission, issued the following remarks Thursday after the Senate unanimously approved, by a 100-0 roll call vote, the permanent reauthorization of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights and Accountability Act (GloMag). Author more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on April 7, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today issued the following statement on the bipartisan confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to be the 116th justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. "As a senator, one of the most important responsibilities I have under the Constitution is whether to provide my consent to a president's nomination to the Supreme Court, the highest cour more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement on the Senate's vote to confirm President Biden's nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to be an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court: "With today's vote, both Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson and the United States Senate made history. I was proud to vote to make her 'Justice Jackson' and to participate in this historic more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) released the following statements after their Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act, a bill to authorize the President to enter into lend-lease agreements with Ukraine to provide military equipment to protect civilians, passed the Senate. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) were original cosponsors of the legislation.  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on April 7, 2022: U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today urged passage of their legislation to replenish the Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) and provide relief to small businesses in other industries that have experienced significant declines in revenue, including gyms, minor league sports, buses and ferries, a more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release on April 7, 2022: U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today urged passage of their legislation to replenish the Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) and provide relief to small businesses in other industries that have experienced significant declines more PR