WASHINGTON, May 27 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies issued the following joint testimony by Reps. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland and Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, involving a member day hearing on May 18, 2022, on Chesapeake Bay watershed restoration: * * * As the largest estuary in the United States, the Chesapeake Bay is both a national environmental treasure and a regional economic engine. Spanning Delaware, the District of Columbia, M more PR

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on May 26, 2022: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement this afternoon after Senate Republicans voted to block consideration of the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act. "For the past few years, MAGA Republicans have been ignoring or even condoning the rising threat from white supremacy, violent racism, virulent antisemitism, and other dangerous forms of d more PR

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on May 26, 2022: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie Raskin, and David Trone (all D-Md.) delivered $198,404,958 to spur economic growth and support small businesses in Maryland through the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) Program. This Treasury Department program was reauthorized a more PR

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Rep. C.A. 'Dutch' Ruppersberger, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie Raskin, and David Trone (all D-Md.) delivered $198,404,958 to spur economic growth and support small businesses in Maryland through the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) Program. This Treasury Department program was reauthorized and more PR

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, Congressman David Trone (MD-06) hosted a "Trone Talk" with Hannah Wesolowski, Chief Advocacy Officer for National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). During the conversation, the two discussed youth mental health, racial and ethnic disparities in behavioral health treatment, and the importance of ending the stigma surrounding treatment. According to NAMI, the a more PR

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen David Trone, Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, and Jamie Raskin (all D-Md.) delivered $198,404,958 to spur economic growth and support small businesses in Maryland through the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) Program. This Treasury Department program was reauthorized and expanded by th more PR

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Rep. Anthony Brown, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman Anthony G. Brown (MD-04) and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) renewed their push for action on their legislation to increase the age to purchase a semiautomatic rifle from 18 to 21 years old, following the recent mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas and Buffalo New York that left 19 children, two educators and ten Black supermarket customers dead. Under current federal law, you must be 21 to pu more PR

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on May 26, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today released the following statement in commemoration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month which runs during the month of May. "Asian Pacific American Heritage Month is an annual recognition that celebrates the impact of the Asian American and Pacific Islander community has made and continues to make in the United States. "The presence and influe more PR

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on May 26, 2022: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) today introduced the United States-Colombia Bicentennial Alliance Act of 2022, bipartisan legislation that lays out a comprehensive agenda for U.S.-Colombia relations focused on expanding engagemen more PR

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on May 26, 2022: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Finance Committee, joined Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and member Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) today releasing a discussion draft for telehealth policies as a part of the committee's ongoing work to improve mental health care across the nation, which has included a public call for comments and th more PR

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following joint statement: * * * U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on State Department and USAID Management, International Operations, and Bilateral International Development, issued the following joint statement following a POLITICO report on Department of State promotion panels. "We are deeply concerned about the Inspector Genera more PR

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) submitted their direct federal funding requests for Maryland community projects under the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee for fiscal year 2023. The Senators worked with local community leaders to identify these projects, which will bolster public safety, address gun violence, support STEM education and more PR

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on May 26, 2022: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), and Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) introduced a resolution designating May 28 as World Hunger Day. The resolution comes on the 90th anniversary of the Ukrainian Famine of 1932-1933, known as the Holodomor, and as the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues to cause widespread destruction and strangles Ukraine's abilit more PR