WASHINGTON, July 28 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) hosted a meeting for Members of Congress to hear from Administrator Robin Carnahan of the General Services Administration (GSA) about ongoing efforts to upgrade and modernize technology systems used across the federal government. They were joined by Raylene Yung, Executive Director of the Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) and Kurt DelBene, Chief more PR

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on July 27, 2022: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement tonight on the bipartisan classified briefing on Ukraine held earlier today. "I appreciate the Biden Administration providing Members with a classified briefing today on the war in Ukraine as well as its efforts to ensure that our strategy evolves with this changing conflict. In the months before more PR

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on July 27, 2022: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today strongly condemning reported Republican plans to eliminate key civil-service protections by reestablishing former President Trump's "Schedule F" executive order. "Increasing Republican discussions about eliminating civil-service protections are appalling and dangerous. These protections ens more PR

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on July 27, 2022: * * * Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement today strongly condemning reported Republican plans to eliminate key civil-service protections by reestablishing former President Trump's "Schedule F" executive order. "Increasing Republican discussions about eliminating civil-service protections are appalling and dangerous. These protections ensure that most who ser more PR

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on July 27, 2022: Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) today detailed how, despite broad support for gun safety reforms, the outsized influence of special interests has stymied progress on common sense gun legislation for decades. In a Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing entitled "Examining the Practices and Profits of Gun Manufacturers," Congressman Sarbanes called out the gun lobby for deploying a  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Rep. C.A. 'Dutch' Ruppersberger, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen John Sarbanes and Dutch Ruppersberger (all D-Md.) announced $900,000 in federal funding to improve access to Tipton Airport in Anne Arundel County. The funds will allow the airport to reconstruct and rehabilitate their access road and are administered through the Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration's Airpo more PR

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman John Sarbanes joined Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger (all D-Md.) to announce $900,000 in federal funding to improve access to Tipton Airport in Anne Arundel County. The funds will allow the airport to reconstruct and rehabilitate their access road and are administered through the Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration's Air more PR

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release on July 27, 2022: U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today convened a hearing to examine how the federal government can harness the power of entrepreneurship to help returning citizens and those impacted by the justice system reenter their communities and build successful lives for themse more PR

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on July 27, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) released the following statement on Senate passage of the "CHIPS + Science" bill. "The United States Senate today showed the nation that we can, once again, work in a bipartisan fashion to pass bills that make life better for all Americans. Passage of the chips and science bill will make America more competitive by bringing crucial manufacturing capac more PR

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on July 27, 2022, with Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee: * * * Helsinki Commission Chairman Senator Ben Cardin (Md.) and Co-Chairman Rep. Steve Cohen (Tenn.-09) today expressed deep concern about an effort by the international community's High Representative in Bosnia to impose changes on the country's electoral system barely two months prior to general elections in early October. They issued the following joi more PR

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on July 27, 2022: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) voted to support Senate passage of the bipartisan competition package to boost American leadership in innovation and technology, including key provisions the Senator worked to secure. The CHIPS and Science Act invests in American semiconductor manufacturing, research and development, and emerging technologies and will lower costs for Americans, crea more PR

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on July 27, 2022: * * * Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement applauding the Inflation Reduction Act, which includes key provisions from the Senator's HOPE for HOMES Act and his and Senator Markey's Clean Energy Accelerator (National Climate Bank) proposal. "We are facing the moment of truth in our battle to confront the climate crisis. We need to act - and we can't more PR

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following statement and letters on July 27, 2022: * * U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement after his meeting with Anton Abu Akleh, the brother of American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh who was recently shot and killed while reporting on an Israeli military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin. "Standing up for the freedom of the press and the rights of American citizens cannot be a prior more PR

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on July 27, 2022: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen John Sarbanes and Dutch Ruppersberger (all D-Md.) today announced $900,000 in federal funding to improve access to Tipton Airport in Anne Arundel County. The funds will allow the airport to reconstruct and rehabilitate their access road and are administered through the Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administra more PR

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen John Sarbanes and Dutch Ruppersberger (all D-Md.) announced $900,000 in federal funding to improve access to Tipton Airport in Anne Arundel County. The funds will allow the airport to reconstruct and rehabilitate their access road and are administered through the Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration's Airport Improve more PR

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release and letter on July 27, 2022: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) sent a letter to Senate Appropriations Energy and Water Subcommittee Chair, Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), requesting the committee support President Biden's use of the Defense Production Act to strengthen the U.S. solar panel supply chain by including funding to the maximum extent possible in the Fiscal Year (FY) more PR