WASHINGTON, June 9 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following joint floor statement on June 8, 2022: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) joined Speaker Nancy Pelosi (CA-12), Rep. Jamaal Bowman (NY-16), Congressional Black Caucus Chair Joyce Beatty (OH-03), Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Chair Judy Chu (CA-27), Congressional Hispanic Caucus 2nd Vice Chair Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), House Democrats, and families of the victims of the mass s more PR

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following floor statement on June 8, 2022: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) spoke on the House Floor this afternoon in support of H.R. 2499, the Protecting Our Kids Act, legislation to address gun violence. Below is a transcript of his remarks. "I thank the gentleman for yielding. This is an emotional debate. It's an emotional debate because we lose on a daily basis family members, neighbors, friend more PR

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis issued the following testimony by Walmart associate Cynthia Murray involving a hybrid hearing on May 17, 2022, entitled "Underpaid, Overworked, and Underappreciated: How the Pandemic Economy Disproportionately Harmed Low-Wage Women Workers": * * * My name is Cynthia Murray, and I have been a Walmart associate for 21 years. I work at a store not far from where we're sitting today--just 20 miles away in Laurel, Marylan more PR

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following remarks on June 8, 2022: * * * Congressman Steny H. Hoyer joined Speaker Nancy Pelosi (CA-12), Rep. Jamaal Bowman (NY-16), Congressional Black Caucus Chair Joyce Beatty (OH-03), Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Chair Judy Chu (CA-27), Congressional Hispanic Caucus 2nd Vice Chair Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), House Democrats, and families of the victims of the mass shooting in Buffalo for a press conference on t more PR

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. Anthony Brown, D-Maryland, issued the following floor remarks: * * * Congressman Anthony G. Brown (MD-04) delivered the following remarks on the floor of the House of Representatives in support of his Raise the Age legislation, included in the Protecting Our Kids gun violence package. A transcript of Congressman Brown's remarks as prepared is below: "Thank you Madam Speaker. Again and again, we hear a common refrain when a mass shooting happens. A young man, typica more PR

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following floor remarks on June 7, 2022: * * * This evening, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) spoke on the House Floor of in support of his resolution to allow the Greater Washington Soap Box Derby to occur on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol. The annual event, which will take place on June 18, includes youth from across the Washington Metropolitan area, including many from the Fifth District. Congressman Hoyer has sponsored a more PR

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 8, 2022: Congressman Steny H. Hoyer and Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) announced $1,937,953 in federal funding to enhance shoreline restoration and coastal resiliency at the Piney Point Lighthouse Museum and Historic Park. This funding from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation's Emergency Coastal Resilience Fund (ECRF) will be directed to the St. Mary's County Department more PR

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman Jamaal Bowman, EdD (NY-16), passed a resolution condemning the Great Replacement Theory for the first time in history. The resolution passed 218-205 in the House. Rep. Bowman received widespread support from the Democratic caucus, including CBC Chairwoman Beatty, CHC Chairman Ruiz, CAPAC Chairwoman Chu, Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus Chairman Cicilline, CPC Chair Jayapal, Rep. Higgins, Rep. more PR

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 8, 2022: Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) today voted to pass a package of commonsense gun safety legislation that will address the epidemic of gun violence affecting every community across the country, including those in Maryland's Third Congressional District. "We must refuse to be powerless in face of gun violence. Americans understand the complexity of this issue - there is no single, immedi more PR

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Listening to the testimonies of survivors and victims' family members from recent mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas and Buffalo, New York, Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) today implored Congress to treat gun violence as the public health crisis it is. In a Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing entitled "The Urgent Need to Address the Gun Violence Epidemic," Congressman Sarbanes explained the relatio more PR

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman Trone joined the New Democrat Coalition in releasing a multi-pronged action plan to fight inflation, lower prices on essential goods and services, and provide relief to American workers, families, and businesses. While the American Rescue Plan kept our local businesses' lights on and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law reversed decades of underinvestment in our nation's infrastructure, global inflat more PR

FREDERICK, Maryland, June 9 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Earlier this week, Congressman David Trone visited Frederick and Montgomery Counties to speak with local workers and businesses, visit community centers, and meet with recipients of his requested Community Project Funding. On Monday, Trone kicked off his district tour by presenting $1.5 million in Community Project Funding to the Asian American Center of Frederick, where he spoke with leaders of the more PR

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) sent a letter to President Biden urging him to immediately issue an executive order directing the federal government to develop a national plan to defend Americans' fundamental reproductive rights, including their right to an abortion. The letter was also signed by Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.); R more PR