WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2022: This afternoon, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) joined "Balance of Power with David Westin" on Bloomberg TV to discuss House Democrats' record of success this Congress on behalf of the American people and ongoing conversations about funding the government. Below are excerpts from his interview. On House Democrats' Work Record of Success on Behalf of the American more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, chair of the House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2022: On Wednesday, September 14, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. ET, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, will hold a hybrid hearing to examine how the fossil fuel industry is weaponizing the law to stifle First Amendment protected speech and stymie efforts to combat cl more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- Rep. Anthony Brown, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Jamie B. Raskin, Anthony Brown, and David Trone (all D-Md.) announced $1,178,400 in federal funding for firefighters and first responders in Prince George's and Montgomery Counties. The funding will directly bolster fire departments, State Fire Training Academies, and nonaffiliated emergency medical services organizations to enha more PR

BOWIE, Maryland, Sept. 9 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) met with SemaConnect Chief Executive Officer Mahi Reddy, Chief Operating Officer Mark Pastrone, and other senior executives at SemaConnect to discuss the future of electric vehicle manufacturing and highlight House Democrats' Make It In America Agenda. SemaConnect, an electric vehicle charging station manufacturer in Bowie, Maryland owned by Blink Charging Company,  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative John Sarbanes (D-Md.) joined U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Assistant Administrator for Water Radhika Fox, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen, EPA Region 3 Regional Administrator Adam Ortiz, and other regional and community leaders to highlight water quality improvements in the Chesapeake Bay as part of the EPA's 50th Anniversary of the Clean Water Ac more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following letter on Sept. 12, 2022: * * * To: The Honorable Miguel Cardona, Secretary, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20202 Re: Docket ID ED-2021-OCR-0166 Dear Secretary Cardona: I write to express my views on the U.S. Department of Education's (Department's) proposed rule on Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Prog more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release and a Sept. 12, 2022, letter: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) led several of his democratic colleagues in a letter to President Biden urging the Administration to provide student debt relief to parent borrowers. Following the President's historic actions to address student debt, the Senators press the Administration to also expand this relief to parent borrowers who are often left behind as we wor more PR