WASHINGTON, July 27 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following remarks on July 26, 2022: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) delivered remarks at a Bipartisan Disabilities Caucus event honoring the 32nd anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act. Below is a transcript of his remarks. "Thank you very much, [Rep.] Jim Langevin. You're a real hero. You're a hero to me, you're a hero to your colleagues in the Congress of the United States, and you'r more PR

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release and letter on July 26, 2022: Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08), joined by 31 of his House colleagues, urged President Biden to encourage the federal government to offer a vegetarian entree at all federal facilities--from cafeterias in federal agencies and military bases to museums and national parks. Plant-based meals offer myriad health benefits, such as lowering the risks of diabetes, heart disease, stroke more PR

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) applauded the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) announcement awarding a $3.2 million grant to the city of Annapolis, Maryland, for the design and engineering of a new city dock employing flood prevention measures. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan. This project will provide the modern and climate-resilient infrastruc more PR

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on July 26, 2022: Congressman John Sarbanes joined Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (all D-Md.) to announce $4,000,000 in federal funding to support noise mitigation efforts for residents living near the Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. This funding will support the installation of noise mitigation measures for over 220 residences in Glen Burnie. Following the transi more PR

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on July 25, 2022: Friday, Congressman David Trone (MD-06), Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, and Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-MD) discussed medical research, abortion care, and suicide prevention in Frederick and Montgomery Counties. Trone - a cancer survivor - along with the Secretary and the Senators visited the National Cancer Institute (NCI) facility in Frederick, Ma more PR

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release and letter: Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) joined Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman Anthony Brown (all Md.) in announcing $1,114,539 in federal funding through the Department of Transportation to help the Chesapeake Shipbuilding Corporation in Salisbury, which specializes in cruise ship production, with increased demand for cruise travel as recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic co more PR

FREDERICK, Maryland, July 27 (TNSres) -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on July 26, 2022: Representatives David Trone (MD-06) and Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) announced today that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will award Tonix Pharmaceuticals $2.5 million through a federal National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) grant to expand their research into TNX-1300 as a lifesaving treatment for a cocaine overdose. Tonix's corporate headquarters reside in Cha more PR

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on July 26, 2022: U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today issued a statement after the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced that the federal government exceeded its overall small business federal contracting goal of 23 percent. Federal agencies awarded 27.2 percent of all contract dollars--$154.2 billion-- to small businesses during Fiscal Ye more PR

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release on July 26, 2022: U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today issued a statement after the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced that the federal government exceeded its overall small business federal contracting goal of 23 percent. Federal agencies awarded 27.2 percent of all c more PR

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on July 26, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) released the following statement in commemoration of the 32nd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). "Thirty-two years ago today, the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law by President George H.W. Bush, affirming the rights and protections of those with disabilities. As a member of the House of Representatives, I was p more PR

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin and the U.S. Department of Commerce announced that the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3.2 million grant to the city of Annapolis, Maryland, for the design and engineering of a new city dock employing flood prevention measures. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan. This project will provide the modern and climate-resilient infrast more PR

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on July 26, 2022: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman John Sarbanes (all D-Md.) Tuesday announced $4,000,000 in federal funding to support noise mitigation efforts for residents living near the Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. This funding will support the installation of noise mitigation measures for over 220 residences in Glen Burnie. Following the more PR

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3.2 million grant to the city of Annapolis, Maryland, for the design and engineering of a new city dock employing flood prevention measures. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan. This project will provide the modern and cli more PR

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release and letters on July 26, 2022: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) led a dozen of their colleagues Monday in complementary letters to the director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and the Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) urging changes in the availability of COVID-19 therapeutic treatments for prisoners and other detained individuals. The lette more PR

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Rep. Anthony Brown, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on July 26, 2022: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen John Sarbanes and Anthony Brown (all D-Md.) today announced $1,114,539 in federal funding through the Department of Transportation to help the Chesapeake Shipbuilding Corporation in Salisbury, which specializes in cruise ship production, with increased demand for cruise travel as recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic continues. F more PR

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release and letter on July 26, 2022: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen John Sarbanes and Anthony Brown (all D-Md.) today announced $1,114,539 in federal funding through the Department of Transportation to help the Chesapeake Shipbuilding Corporation in Salisbury, which specializes in cruise ship production, with increased demand for cruise travel as recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on July 26, 2022: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman John Sarbanes (all D-Md.) announced $4,000,000 in federal funding to support noise mitigation efforts for residents living near the Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. This funding will support the installation of noise mitigation measures for over 220 residences in Glen Burnie. Following the transi more PR

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release and letter on July 26, 2022: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen John Sarbanes and Anthony Brown (all D-Md.) announced $1,114,539 in federal funding through the Department of Transportation to help the Chesapeake Shipbuilding Corporation in Salisbury, which specializes in cruise ship production, with increased demand for cruise travel as recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic conti more PR