WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Dec. 1, 2022: U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Mazie Hirono (D- Hawaii), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Ed Markey (D- Mass.), Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) today introduced the Small Business Development Centers Improvement Act of 2022--legislation to reauthorize and improve the U.S. Small Business Admi more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Dec. 1, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) issued the following statement after voting for legislation to codify a rail labor agreement. Senator Cardin also voted for a provision that would have provided seven days of sick leave for workers. "The Senate took necessary and swift action today to avert a rail strike, which would have had immediate, far-reaching, and harmful consequences for Americ more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Dec. 1, 2022: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a member of the Senate Finance Health Care Subcommittee, and Congressman David Trone (D-Md.-6), a member of the Joint Economic Committee, introduced bicameral legislation today, the Assessing Health Evaluations to Advance Decision-making (AHEAD) Act that would require the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to commission a study analyzing the feasi more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Dec. 1, 2022: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin, D-Md. and Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today introduced the Holding Accountable Russian Mercenaries (HARM) Act, bipartisan legislation that would require the Secretary of State to designate the Russian-based PMC Wagner Group as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO). A companion measure led by U.S. Representatives Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., Joe Wilson, R-S.C., Richard Hudson more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Dec. 1, 2022: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today congratulating the leaders of the New Democrat Coaliton for the 118th Congress. "I join in congratulating Rep. Annie Kuster on her election as the New Democrat Coalition's next Chair. Additionally, I applaud the rest of the New Democrats' incoming leadership team on their important roles, inc more PR

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, Dec. 2 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman Jamie Raskin, Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen, and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, David Trone, Anthony G. Brown, Kweisi Mfume, Dutch Ruppersberger, and John Sarbanes (all D-Md) wrote Maryland Secretary of Health Dennis Schrader urging the Maryland Department of Health to apply for a Certified Community Behavioral Health Center (CCBHC) planning grant from the Substance Abuse and Men more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release and letter: Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Ranking Member Mike Crapo, (R-Idaho), and 18 bipartisan members raised Constitutional concerns about the process to approve and implement the proposed Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF), as well as the need for the administration to increase consultation and transparency. In a letter to President  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Dec. 1, 2022: Congressman David Trone (D-MD), a member of the Joint Economic Committee, and Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), a member of the Senate Finance Health Care Subcommittee, introduced the Assessing Health Evaluations to Advance Decision-making (AHEAD) Act, which would require the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to commission a study to determine the potential of using Health Impact Assessmen more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) highlighted civil rights leaders' support for relocating the FBI headquarters to one of the two potential sites in Prince George's County, Maryland, on the grounds that these sites are in the best position to advance President Biden's stated equity goals, which he announced via Executive Order during his first week in office. During a hearing of the Senate more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Dec. 1, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement regarding his vote in favor of legislation to avert a national rail shutdown in addition to his vote to provide rail workers with seven days of paid sick leave. "Shutting down our nation's railways would have drastic consequences for our communities - jeopardizing supply chains that stock our grocery store shelves more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release and letter on Dec. 1, 2022: Yesterday, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Representatives Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.), and Anthony Brown (D-Md.) sent a letter urging the chairs and ranking members of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees to give the District of Columbia mayor control over the D.C. National Guard in the final version  more PR