WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after the Senate approved the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA), which he helped to write as Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee. "I am proud to have voted in supp more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) secured Senate passage of provisions from their Service to the Fleet Act in the Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act to support $636 million for a major infrastructure overhaul of the Coast Guard Yard in Curtis Bay, Maryland. Having passed the House last week, the annual defense bill now goes to President Biden to be signed into la more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following floor statement on Dec. 15, 2022: * * * This morning, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) spoke on the House Floor in support of H.R. 8393, the Puerto Rico Status Act. Below is a copy of his remarks as prepared for delivery. "Madam Speaker, I rise in support of the people of Puerto Rico and their island. Puerto Ricans and people of Puerto Rican descent have had an important place in the American f more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. C.A. 'Dutch' Ruppersberger, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger's legislation that would reimburse victims of food stamp theft - a crime that is on the rise in communities across the country - is gaining bipartisan support as it advances through the legislative process in both Congressional chambers. Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) has now joined as the first Republican cosponsor of the bill and plans for companio more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Children and Families issued the following written testimony by Sharon Hoover, a professor of child and adolescent psychiatry at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, involving a hearing on Nov. 30, 2022, entitled "Caring for Our Kids: Supporting Mental Health in the Transition from High School to College." Hoover is also the co-director of the National Center for School Mental Health and director o more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights issued the following statement by Andrew Sweeting, an economics professor at the University of Maryland College Park, involving a hearing on Nov. 29, 2022, entitled "Examining the Competitive Impact of the Proposed Kroger-Albertsons Transaction": * * * I am a Professor of Economics at the University of Maryland College Park, and my academic research has addressed a number of antitrust more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Dec. 16, 2022: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) today announced the upcoming introduction of the SNAP Theft Protection Act, federal legislation that would modernize the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to better protect beneficiaries from having their benefits stolen through identity theft and skimming scams. The legislation is  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) secured Senate passage of key language from their within the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act. The Senators' provision aims to spur greater research investment in Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and other Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) while strengthening our national defense research ecosystem. It creates  more PR