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2022-08-03

U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Maryland Newsletter for 2022-08-04 ( 7 items )

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Maryland Delegation Members Applaud Final Passage of Veterans' Health Care Bill With Funding for 2 Maryland Veterans Clinics (10)

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2022: Congressman John Sarbanes joined Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, Kweisi Mfume, and Anthony G. Brown (all D-Md.) in announcing the final Senate passage of legislation to open two veterans clinics in Baltimore and Prince George's County. The bipartisan Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehens more PR

Rep. Brown: Maryland Delegation Members Applaud Final Passage of Veterans' Health Care Bill With Funding for Two Maryland Veterans Clinics (10)

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Rep. Anthony Brown, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, and Anthony G. Brown (all D-Md.) announced the final Senate passage of legislation to open two veterans clinics in Baltimore and Prince George's County. The bipartisan Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act (PACT Act) which pass more PR

Rep. Raskin: Amid Sky-High Rate of Flight Cancellations, Sen. Markey Leads Bicameral Colleagues in Introducing Cash Refunds for Flight Cancellations Act to Protect Air Travelers' Rights (10)

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2022: Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), along with Representatives Steve Cohen (TN-09), Jesus G. "Chuy" Garcia (IL-04), and Jamie Raskin (MD-08), today introduced the Cash Refunds for Flight Cancellations Act, which would provide consumers an enforceable right to a full cash refund for flight and ticket canc more PR

Sen. Cardin, U.S. Dept. of Commerce Announce $22.9M to Support the Offshore Wind Industry in Md. Through American Rescue Plan Good Jobs Challenge (10)

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2022: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, today announced that the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $22.9 million American Rescue Plan Good Jobs Challenge grant to the Maryland Department of Labor, Baltimore, Maryland, to implement a new apprenticeship model to support the region's growing offshore wind industry. This more PR

Sen. Cardin: Ratification of Sweden and Finland as NATO Partners Is Important for U.S. National Security (10)

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2022: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) spoke from the floor of the Senate this afternoon in advance of today's 93-1 vote on the accession of the Republic of Finland and Kingdom of Sweden to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Senator Cardin called for the expeditious ratification of Treaty Document 117-3, confirming U.S. support for Finland and Sweden's inclusion in the treaty, and hig more PR

Sen. Van Hollen, U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $22.9M to Support the Offshore Wind Industry in Md. Through American Rescue Plan Good Jobs Challenge (10)

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2022: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo in anndouncing that the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $22.9 million American Rescue Plan Good Jobs Challenge grant to the Maryland Department of Labor, Baltimore, Maryland, to implement a new apprenticeship model to support the region's growing offshore wind industry. T more PR

Sens. Van Hollen, Brown, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Fight Discrimination From Financial Institutions (10)

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, has joined Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Chairman of the Committee, in introducing the Fair Access to Financial Services Act, a bill to prohibit banks and other financial institutions from discrimination in providing goods or services on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, se more PR