WASHINGTON, April 25 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on April 24, 2022: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today in recognition of Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day. "Today, we remember the 1.5 million people killed during the Armenian Genocide. The twentieth century's first genocide, the systematic campaign of ethnic cleansing against Armenians became a model for evil in the decades that followed.  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on April 24, 2022: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today on the passing of former Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah. "I was saddened to learn of former Senator Hatch's passing. He was a man of principle and patriotism, someone of great intellect and affability. He was a person of great faith as well, and he poured his faith into his pursuit of both o more PR

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes and Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) today announced $6,425,646 in federal funding to reimburse the City of Baltimore for costs related to non-group, temporary housing during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Funding comes from the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as authori more PR

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on April 24, 2022: * * * Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) today released the following statement in observance of the 107th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. "Today, we commemorate the 107th anniversary of the beginning of the Armenian Genocide. We mourn the 1.5 million innocent Armenians who were deported and massacred by Ottoman-era Turkish authorities. We honor those who perished and those who su more PR

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on April 25, 2022: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) were joined by Mayor Brandon Scott and community leaders at the historic Pennsylvania Avenue Market to highlight a new federal investment of $2 million they worked to secure for the Market. These funds will go directly to revitalizing the market and will help provide access to healthy foods for area more PR