WASHINGTON, June 16 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 15, 2022: This evening, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) joined ABC News Live with Linsey Davis to discuss House Democrats' work to lower costs for working families, the January 6th Committee's public hearings, and ongoing conversations on legislation to address gun violence. Below are excerpts from his interview. On House Democrats' Commitment to Lowering Costs for American more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following joint remarks at news conference on the Lower Food and Fuel Costs Act: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) joined Rep. Abigail Spanberger (VA-07), Rep. Cindy Axne (IA-03), Rep. Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05), Rep. Susie Lee (NV-03), Rep. Chris Pappas (NH-01), and Dean Phillips (MN-03) for a press conference highlighting how the Lower Food and Fuel Costs Act will help to address costs at the groce more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on June 15, 2022: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today marking the tenth anniversary of the signing of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. "Ten years ago, after the Republican-controlled Congress refused to take any action to address our broken immigration system, President Obama used his executive authority to establish  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on June 15, 2022: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today after the House passed H.R. 2543, the Financial Services Racial Equity, Inclusion, and Economic Justice Act. "I was proud to support the Financial Services Committee's legislation today and thank Chairwoman Waters for her leadership. "As we address inflation and work to bring costs down fo more PR

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on June 14, 2022: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today after the House passed S. 4160, the Supreme Court Police Parity Act. "The House took an important action today to provide for the safety of the family members of Supreme Court justices. I would have wished to bring a bill to the Floor that made this same provision for the families of clerks more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on June 15, 2022: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement tonight after the Senate voted to confirm Alan Leventhal as Ambassador to Denmark. "I congratulate Ambassador Alan Leventhal on being confirmed by the Senate as our nation's next representative in Copenhagen. "As Co-Chair of the Congressional Friends of Denmark Caucus and as a proud Danish-Ameri more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Rep. C.A. 'Dutch' Ruppersberger, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 15, 2022: Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger today voted for bipartisan conservation legislation that will provide $13.5 million in new funding for Maryland to manage its most vulnerable wildlife species and protect our outdoor economy. In all, H.R. 2773, the Recovering America's Wildlife Act (RAWA), contains $1.3 billion in new annual funding nationwide - Congress' most significant i more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 15, 2022: The House Oversight and Reform Committee today passed legislation introduced by Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) and Subcommittee on Government Operations Chairman Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) to modernize federal telework programs and promote additional data collection on their benefits. The Telework Metrics and Cost Savings Act (H.R. 7951) would update the federal telework law - authored  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release and letter on June 15, 2022: As Metro announces the return to service of some 7000-Series cars, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (Both D-Md.) and Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (Both D-Va.) are calling on Metro Interim General Manager Andy Off to use his remaining time at the helm of the region's public transit agency to "productively to lay the groundwork for a lasting course correction that reac more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release and letter on June 15, 2022: As Metro announces the return to service of some 7000-Series cars, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (Both D-Md.) and Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (Both D-Va.) are calling on Metro Interim General Manager Andy Off to use his remaining time at the helm of the region's public transit agency to "productively to lay the groundwork for a lasting course correction that rea more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 15, 2022: Yesterday, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolution led by U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) to recognize May as Stroke Awareness Month. The resolution encourages continued coordination and cooperation between the federal government, researchers, families, and the public to improve prognoses by increasing more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee issued the following testimony by Michael Faulkender, finance professor at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, involving a hearing on June 8, 2022, entitled "The Small Business Workforce Challenge: Causes, Impacts and Solutions": * * * Thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today on the challenges America's small businesses are confronting as they look to meet their workfo more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) introduced a resolution commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the founding of the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA). AHEPA was founded on July 26, 1922, in Atlanta, Georgia, by eight Greek immigrants to help unify, organize, and protect individuals of all ethnic, racial, and religious backgrounds against the ter more PR