WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Dec. 28, 2022: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) today applauded President Joe Biden's final approval of legislation that would remove the bust of the author of the infamous Dred Scott decision from public display in the U.S. Capitol and add a bust of Thurgood Marshall, the first African American to serve on our nation's highest court. As noted in their bill, S. 5229. "While the re more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on Dec. 13, 2022, entitled "Confronting White Supremacy (Part VII): The Evolution of Anti-Democratic Extremist Groups and the Ongoing Threat to Democracy": * * * This will be our seventh and final of several years of hearings we've conducted on the problem of violent white supremacy, a traditional  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Dec. 28, 2022: * * * Congressman Steny Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement today after President Biden signed S. 5229 into law, which will remove the bust of Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney from the U.S. Capitol building and commission a bust of Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall: "I applaud President Biden for signing legislation into law to remove the bust of Chief Justice Roger B. Taney f more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Dec. 28, 2022: * * * "After several days of tests, I have been diagnosed with Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma, which is a serious but curable form of cancer. I am about to embark on a course of chemo-immunotherapy on an outpatient basis at Med Star Georgetown University Hospital and Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. Prognosis for most people in my situation is excellent after four months of treatment. " more PR