WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Jan. 24, 2023: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and a member of the Senate Finance Committee, and Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.), today reintroduced The Restaurant Revitalization Tax Credit Act. Thislegislationcreates a special tax credit available to businesses that applied for the Small Business Administration (SBA) Restauran more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Jan. 24, 2023: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.), both members of the Senate Finance and Senate Foreign Relations committees, today re-introduced the Combatting Global Corruption Act, legislation that would raise the profile of efforts to fight international corruption by publicly naming countries where corruption is rampant and governments are not living up to commitments they h more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Jan. 24, 2023: * * * Congressman David Trone (D-MD) released the following statement after Governor Wes Moore announced the appointment of Paul Wiedefeld as Secretary of Maryland's Department of Transportation. "I couldn't think of a better, more qualified person to lead our state's Department of Transportation than Paul. As the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law continues to provide historic investments for our more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Jan. 24, 2023: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today introduced bipartisan legislation in the United States Senate, the Witness Security and Protection Grant Program Act of 2023, to better protect and support witnesses to serious crimes who are willing to come forward and testify in criminal trials. This legislation will provide funding to ensure adequate protections are in place to protect against the more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release and letter: Congressman David Trone (D-MD) sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging him to prioritize addressing the People's Republic of China's (PRC) role in illicit synthetic opioid trafficking during his upcoming meeting with Foreign Minister Qin Gang early next month. Rep. Trone sent the letter amid record-breaking fatalities from drug overdoses in the United States. During the most more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman David Trone and U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (all D-Md.) announced $150,000 in funding from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) and $150,000 provided by local governments for the Allegany College of Maryland Workforce Training Enhancement Project. Funding will be used to upgrade Allegany College of Maryland's community theater, which is primarily used to host workforc more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman David Trone (MD-06), alongside House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone and other Members of Congress, reintroduced the Buy Low and Sell High Act, legislation that creates an Economic Petroleum Reserve designed to help continue the current trend of falling gasoline prices and save money for American taxpayers by empowering the Department of Energy (DOE) to buy oil when pri more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) alongside a group of Senate Democrats in reintroducing legislation to make Washington, D.C. the 51st state. The bill would give Washington D.C. citizens full representation in Congress. The Washington, D.C. Admission Act (S.51) would ensure that the citizens and elected leaders of the District of Columbia have full authority over  more PR