WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following floor statement on Sept. 15, 2022: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) delivered remarks on the House Floor this afternoon in support of legislation from the House Oversight and Reform Committee including H.R. 302, the Preventing a Patronage System Act, H.R. 2988, the Whistleblower Protection Improvement Act, and H.R. 8326, the Ensuring a Fair and Accurate Census Act. Below are his remarks a more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Sept. 15, 2022: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today after unions and railroads reached a tentative agreement to avoid a work stoppage. "The tentative agreement announced to avert a work stoppage for the freight-rail industry is welcome news to the workers who deserve better conditions, to the freight businesses that want to keep serving th more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2022: Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) and Majority Leader's Task Force on Poverty and Opportunity Chairwoman Barbara Lee (CA-13) hosted a Poverty Task Force meeting with Children's Defense Fund (CDF) President and CEO Dr. Starsky Wilson to discuss issues related to child well-being and highlight promising new data showing a decline in childhood poverty. Democratic Member more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following floor remarks: * * * Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) delivered remarks on the House Floor today praising Fifth District tennis star Frances Tiafoe, the first American man since 2006 to make it to the Semifinals of the U.S. Open. Below is a transcript of his remarks and a link to the video: Click here (https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=460275399387846) for a link to the video. "Mr. Speaker, there's always time to more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2022: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Kweisi Mfume, Jamie B. Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced $822,780 in federal funding for AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) programs in Maryland which aim to alleviate poverty through partnerships with local organizations. AmeriCorps VISTA members work with local non-profits and groups to hone  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) today introduced the Women's Business Centers Improvement Act of 2022--legislation to reauthorize and improve the U.S. Small Business more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2022: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) announced today that their proposal to provide $636 million for the major infrastructure overhaul of the Coast Guard Yard in Curtis Bay, Md., was passed by the Senate Commerce Committee within the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022. The senators fought to include their proposal, which was initially laid out in their Service  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2022: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), along with U.S. Representatives Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) and Danny Davis (D-Ill.) introduced the Sickle Cell Disease Treatment Centers Act, legislation to improve access to care for Americans living with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD). Approximately 100,000 Americans are currently living with SCD, an inherited blood disorder th more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2022: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) announced that their proposal to provide $636 million for the major infrastructure overhaul of the Coast Guard Yard in Curtis Bay, Maryland was passed by the Senate Commerce Committee within the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022. The Senators fought to include their proposal, which was initially laid out in their Service t more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: In response to a February request by Congressman David Trone (MD-06), the United States Postal Service (USPS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) published an audit report examining service delays and disruptions in Western Maryland. The report confirmed Trone's concerns regarding postal delays, and it recommended that a study be conducted to confirm that moving processing operations would improve service. I more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.), along with Senators Mark R. Warner (D-Va.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), and Ben Cardin (D-Md.), to applaud House passage of the Preventing a Patronage System Act, legislation led by Senator Kaine to prevent any position in the federal civil service from being reclassified outside of merit system principles more PR