WASHINGTON, June 24 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following floor statement on June 23, 2022: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) spoke on the House Floor this afternoon in support of H.R. 4176, the LGBTQI+ Data Inclusion Act. Below is a copy of his remarks as prepared for delivery. "The story of the LGBTQ community in the United States has largely been defined by its struggle to gain visibility and recognition from the government, private and public more PR

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following floor statement on June 22, 2022: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) spoke on the House Floor this afternoon in support of H.R. 7666, the Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of 2022. Below are his remarks as prepared for delivery. "Madam Speaker, I want to thank my friend Chairman Pallone and Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers for their hard work compiling this bipartisan more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following remarks on June 23, 2022, at news conference on the Make It In America agenda: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) held a press conference on the Make It In America agenda, which Leader Hoyer has led since 2010. Leader Hoyer was joined by other House Democratic Members to announce new policy recommendations for Supply Chain Resilience, and touch on the progress made on Make It In America's Ed more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following opening remarks: * * * Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) and Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14) joined Protect Our Care for a press call to discuss the urgent need for Congress to prevent the American Rescue Plan's enhanced premium tax credits from expiring. Below is a transcript of his opening remarks: "Thank you very much for allowing me to join you and members of Protect Our Care and the gr more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on June 23, 2022: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today on the 50th anniversary of the gender equity law Title IX. "Fifty years ago, Title IX began a revolution in our country for the full inclusion of women and girls in education. By requiring that all federally funded educational institutions guarantee gender equality, Title IX opened the door more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on June 23, 2022: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today on the Supreme Court's decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen. "It is egregious that in the weeks after multiple horrific mass shootings in the United States, the Supreme Court has chosen to make it easier for Americans to carry a gun. Today's Supreme Court ruli more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 23, 2022: House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD), joined by several House Democratic colleagues, unveiled a major update to the Make It In America (MIIA) plan for jobs and opportunity. First launched by Hoyer in 2010, the plan has brought together bipartisan policies and legislation aimed at promoting economic growth, the creation of jobs that won't be outsourced, and building a co more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 23, 2022: Health Subcommittee Vice Chair Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) released the following statement today after the House passed a bipartisan package that would take much-needed action to address the mental health and substance use disorder crises facing our country. The Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act (H.R. 7666) would support mental health care and substance use dis more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Anthony Brown, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on June 23, 2022: * * * Congressman Anthony G. Brown (MD-04) released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court's decision overturning concealed-carry firearm restrictions in New York. "A vast majority of Americans - including responsible and law-abiding gun owners - support commonsense gun safety measures. But this decision from six conservative Supreme Court justices just made our communiti more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following floor remarks on June 22, 2022: * * * Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) spoke on the House Floor this afternoon in support of H.R. 7666, the Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of 2022. Below are his remarks as prepared for delivery and a link to the video. "Madam Speaker, I want to thank my friend Chairman Pallone and Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers for their hard work compiling this bipartisa more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following remarks on June 23, 2022: * * * Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) held a press conference on the Make It In America agenda, which Congressman Hoyer has led since 2010. Congressman Hoyer was joined by other House Democratic Members to announce new policy recommendations for Supply Chain Resilience, and touch on the progress made on Make It In America's Education, Entrepreneurship, and Infrastructure policy recommendat more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 23, 2022: Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) and Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger (MD-02), John Sarbanes (MD-03), Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Anthony G. Brown (MD-04), Jamie B. Raskin (MD-08), and David Trone (MD-06) yesterday announced $41,636,405 in federal funding for Head Start programs across the state to expand early learning, development,  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. C.A. 'Dutch' Ruppersberger, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 23, 2022: Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger helped secure $1.3 million for the Baltimore City Police Department (BPD) to purchase additional license plate scanners in legislation that is advancing in the U.S. House of Representatives. The funding was included in the Commerce, Justice and Science and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations bill for fiscal year 2023, which was passed by  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. C.A. 'Dutch' Ruppersberger, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 23, 2022: Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger helped secure $2 million for a new artificial intelligence (AI) research center at Morgan State University in Baltimore under legislation that advanced last night in the U.S. House of Representatives. The funding was included in the Commerce, Justice and Science and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations bill for fiscal year 2023, which was  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. C.A. 'Dutch' Ruppersberger, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 23, 2022: The U.S. House of Representatives' Appropriations Committee today advanced a defense funding bill that includes a 4.6 percent pay raise for troops as well as more than $240 million to boost programs and projects that contribute to Maryland's defense-focused economy championed by Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger. The $761.1 billion Defense Appropriations bill for fiscal yea more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. C.A. 'Dutch' Ruppersberger, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 23, 2022: The House Appropriations Committee today passed legislation funding veterans programs and improvements at military facilities, including $7.6 million for a new test fabrication facility at Aberdeen Proving Ground championed by Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger. In all, the $314 billion Military Construction-Veterans Affairs funding bill for fiscal year 2023 provides $601 mi more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. C.A. 'Dutch' Ruppersberger, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 23, 2022: With the support of Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, the U.S. House of Representatives' Appropriations Committee today advanced a funding bill that will help strengthen our public health infrastructure and stabilize the baby formula market. The $195 billion Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies spending bill for fiscal year 202 more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. C.A. 'Dutch' Ruppersberger, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 23, 2022: With the support of Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, the U.S. House of Representatives' Appropriations Committee today advanced a funding bill that will strengthen the security of the U.S. Capitol Complex and better support the U.S. Capitol Police in the wake of the January 6, 2021 attack. The $5.7 billion Legislative Branch spending bill for fiscal year 2023 - which prov more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 23, 2022: Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) issued the following statement today regarding the Supreme Court's decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen, which overturned New York's concealed carry law and has direct implications for Maryland: "Today, at a critical moment in the fight against gun violence, the Supreme Court overruled the majority of Americans who suppor more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) voted to pass bipartisan legislation establishing the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), a new initiative to accelerate transformative breakthroughs in detecting and treating cancer and other deadly diseases. The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Health Act (H.R. 5585) authorizes a new independent agency focused on spurring biomedical innovations an more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release on June 23, 2022: U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today introduced legislation to provide grants to hard-hit small businesses that can demonstrate substantial losses in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The bill will establish the Hard-Hit Small Business Relief Fund, which wo more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today introduced legislation to provide grants to hard-hit small businesses that can demonstrate substantial losses in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The bill will establish the Hard-Hit Small Business Relief Fund, which would transfer the remaining funds from the U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA's)  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 23, 2022: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), today introduced new legislation toreauthorize the Peace Corps for the first time in over two decades with Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Todd Young (R-Ind.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), and Rob Portman (R-Ohio). Authorizing the appropriation of over $410,000,000 per year, the bipartisan Peace Corps Reauthorization Act of 2022 proposes  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on June 23, 2022: * * * U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) and Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-Va.) today released the following statement regarding Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's (WMATA) announcement that the Silver Line expansion project, which will provide service to Loudoun County, is fully constructed and now ready for final operational readiness testing:  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on June 23, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement regarding the Supreme Court's decision in NYSRPA v. Bruen. "As Americans cry out for common-sense gun safety and the Congress takes modest but meaningful steps to reduce gun violence, today's decision by the far-right packed Supreme Court is a slap in the face. "In misreading the Constitution, the Court is dete more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and 23 of his Senate colleagues called upon President Biden to ensure the direct involvement of the United States in the investigation of the shooting death of American citizen and journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. In their letter to the President - who is planning to visit Israel and the West Bank in mid-July - the lawmakers stress the importance of an independent, tho more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 23, 2022: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) today urged U.S. Senate Commerce Committee leaders to include their Service to Fleet Act - legislation the Senators introduced last week to fully fund major infrastructure modernization efforts at the Coast Guard Yard in Curtis Bay, Maryland - in the forthcoming Coast Guard Reauthorization Act. In a letter to Senate Commerce Com more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following joint statement on June 23, 2022: * * * Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) and Representatives Jamie Raskin (MD-08) and Anthony Gonzalez (OH-16), co-leads of the Children and Media Research Advancement Act, released the following statement today after the bill's passage in the House of Representatives. "Every year, technology and social media platforms are playing a larger role in our children's more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) urged U.S. Senate Commerce Committee leaders to include their Service to Fleet Act - legislation the Senators introduced last week to fully fund major infrastructure modernization efforts at the Coast Guard Yard in Curtis Bay, Maryland - in the forthcoming Coast Guard Reauthorization Act. In a letter to Senate Commerce Committee Chai more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following joint statement with Sens. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, Mark R. Warner, D-Virginia, and Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, on June 23, 2022: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.) in reintroducing the Fair Housing Improvement Act of 2022 to protect veterans and low-income families from housing discrimination. Current law allows landlords to deny housing to individuals based on source of income, and man more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and Representatives Don Beyer (D-Va.) and Kim Schrier (D-Wash.) announced the introduction of the Improving Diagnosis in Medicine Act, legislation to reduce diagnostic errors in our healthcare system. Their legislation seeks to address the alarming rates of diagnostic error in our country and mitigate the devastating impacts these errors  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following joint statement with Sens. Mark R. Warner, D-Virginia, Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, and Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, on June 23, 2022: * * * U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) and Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-MD) released the following statement regarding Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's (WMATA) announcement that the Silver Line expansion project, which will provide service to Lou more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following joint statement with Sens. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, and Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, on June 23, 2022: * * * U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) and Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-MD) released the following statement regarding Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's (WMATA) announcement that the Silver Line expansion project, which will provide service to Loudoun C more PR