WASHINGTON, April 29 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on April 28, 2022: House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) and Majority Leader Task Force on Poverty and Opportunity Chairwoman Barbara Lee (CA-13) hosted a Poverty Task Force meeting with experts from the Brookings Institution on the role of universal pre-K and other early interventions in reducing long-term child poverty. Joined by other Democratic Members of the Poverty Task Force,  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following floor statement on April 28, 2022: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) spoke on the House Floor this afternoon in support of S. 3522, the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act. Below are his remarks as prepared for delivery and a link to the video. "Madam Speaker, in 1940, after the battle for France had ended and the battle of Britain was beginning, Winston Churchill stood before the Ho more PR

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) joined Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Ben Cardin (D-MD), and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger (MD-02), John Sarbanes (MD-03), Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Anthony G. Brown (MD-04), and Andy Harris (MD-01) on Tuesday to meet with White House Senior Advisor and Infrastructure Coordinator Mitch Landrieu to discuss how the Bipartisan Infrastructure law, passed by Congress, ca more PR

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following remarks: * * * Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) spoke on the House Floor this afternoon in support of S. 3522, the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act. Below are his remarks as prepared for delivery and a link to the video. "Madam Speaker, in 1940, after the battle for France had ended and the battle of Britain was beginning, Winston Churchill stood before the House of Commons and declared that the United Kin more PR

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Rep. C.A. 'Dutch' Ruppersberger, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen, and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Andy Harris and Anthony G. Brown met Tuesday with White House Senior Advisor and Infrastructure Coordinator Mitch Landrieu to discuss how the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, passed by Congress, can advance Maryland priorities and projects. In coordination wi more PR

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following statement: * * * Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) today released the following statement in observance of Yom HaShoah. "On this somber day, we honor the memory of the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust. We rededicate ourselves to combating hate, bigotry and antisemitism whenever and wherever it rears its ugly head. "We marvel and are amazed at the courage and determination of Holocaust survivors who  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on April 28, 2022: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) released the following statements after the House of Representatives passed their Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act, which would authorize the President to enter into lend-lease agreements with Ukraine to provide additional categories of military equipment to protect civi more PR

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on April 28, 2022: U.S. Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today convened a hearing on the Biden administration's Fiscal Year 2023 (FY2023) budget request for the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). SBA Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman testified before the committee to detail how the administration's $1.06 billion request--a $26 million increase--would hel more PR

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.) sent a bipartisan letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, urging the Administration to engage with Lebanon to ensure fairness and transparency in its upcoming parliamentary elections on May 15. In light of the ongoing political, economic, and health crises in Lebanon, the Senators stressed the importance of maintaining the schedul more PR

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: The New Democrat Coalition endorsed three of Congressman Trone's bipartisan bills aimed at addressing mental health and substance use disorders. In response, Rep. Trone, founder and co-chair of the Bipartisan Addiction and Mental Health Task Force and member of the New Democrat Coalition, released the following statement: "It's time for the United States to take control of our own destiny to tackle the men more PR