WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., issued the following news release on May 3, 2022: Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today expressed disappointment that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recently proposed to the Asset and Infrastructure Review (AIR) Commission that the VA-operated Southeast Washington Community-Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) be closed and its services be moved to the VA Medical Center in D.C. or to the CBOC in Prince George's County,  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on May 3, 2022: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today on the appointment of Congressman Antonio Delgado (NY-19) as Lieutenant Governor of New York. "In his two terms in the House, Congressman Antonio Delgado has set a high bar for service to community and constituents. Embodying the ethos of 'leading with love' every day, Congressman Delgado prior more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on May 4, 2022: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement tonight on Israel's Independence Day, Yom Ha'Atzmaut. "Tonight, I join in celebrating Yom Ha'Atzmaut and the return of the Jewish people's sovereignty and self-determination in the land of their ancestors. Seventy-four years ago, the modern State of Israel was born during a time of tragedy and strugg more PR

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on May 3, 2022: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today on reports of a draft Supreme Court opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization that would overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. "If the Supreme Court's Republican-appointed justices indeed strike down Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, it would be the most more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Rep. Anthony Brown, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressmen Anthony G. Brown introduced the Diversity and Inclusion in the Defense Industrial Base Act to promote transparency in diversity and inclusion efforts within the Defense Industrial Base. As greater efforts are being made to center equity and justice in the federal government in the Biden Administration, there is a need for transparency in one of the federal government's largest contractor pools.  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman John Sarbanes today joined Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.) in announcing $737,527 to support natural resource stewardship efforts and conserve imperiled wildlife and their habitats. This U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service federal funding through the State Wildli more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court's draft opinion to overturn Roe v. Wade. Senator Cardin is an original cosponsor of the Women's Health Protection Act (S. 1975) that would codify the right to choose in federal law. "If the draft opinion striking down Roe v. Wade stands, it will put the health, wellbeing and constitutional rights of women more PR

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following joint statement: * * * On April 28, the OSCE announced that Russia had definitively forced the closure of the Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, following its veto of the mission's mandated activities as of April 1. In light of this announcement, Helsinki Commission Chairman Sen. Ben Cardin (Md.), Co-Chairman Rep. Steve Cohen (Tenn.-09), Ranking Member Sen. Roger Wicker (Miss.), and Ranking Member Rep. Joe Wi more PR

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, 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, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin, and David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced $737,527 to support natural resource stewardship efforts and conserve imperiled wildlife and their habitats. This U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service federal funding through the State Wildlife Grant (SWG) Pr more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on May 3, 2022: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Jim Moran (R-Kan.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) today introduced a Senate Resolution to commemorate World Press Freedom Day and to recognize growing threats to press freedom and free expression worldwide. T more PR