WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2023: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, today congratulated Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) on her new position as Ranking Member. "Senator Ernst knows the importance of supporting our small businesses and entrepreneurs," said Senator Cardin. "I look forward to working with her and continuing the tradition of bipartisanship in th more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2023: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Steven Daines (R-Mont.), both members of the Senate Finance Committee, today introduced legislation that will permanently extend the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC), which has created jobs and driven investment in economically distressed neighborhoods. The New Markets Tax Credit Extension Act will permanently authorize a federal tax credit for businesses  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2023: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), along with Congresswoman Nanette Diaz Barragan (Calif.-44) today announced the reintroduction of legislation that would significantly expand dental insurance coverage available to vulnerable children nationwide through the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), which currently provides health coverage to 9.6 million, thro more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, David Trone, and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) urged the Biden Administration to maximize the leasing space available for offshore wind energy in the Central Atlantic Ocean, and particularly off of Maryland's coast. In their letter to top officials of the Bureau  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2023: Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08) reintroduced the Ensuring Women's Right to Reproductive Freedom Act, with Congresswomen Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07), Marilyn Strickland (WA-10), and more than 150 original co-sponsors. The legislation, which passed the House in the last Congress, protects the constitutional right to travel across state lines, including for reproductive health care, as states acros more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2023: Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) today voted to stand by hardworking public servants amid House Republicans' attacks on federal telework programs. The SHOW UP Act (H.R. 139) would require federal agencies to reinstate pre-pandemic telework policies, significantly limiting the telework flexibilities that Congressman Sarbanes has championed for many years. Agencies would be required to su more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) this week highlighted the success of recent bipartisan legislation in addressing the related mental health, substance use disorder and overdose crises. Last year, Congress passed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which included robust funding for school- and community-based mental health services, and the Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act, which in more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2023: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, today congratulated Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) on her new position as Ranking Member. "Senator Ernst knows the importance of supporting our small businesses and entrepreneurs," said Senator Cardin. "I look forward  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2023: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) reintroduced their legislation to grant the District of Columbia full control over the D.C. National Guard and the Metropolitan Police Department. These measures have proven all the more necessary after the attack on the Capitol on January 6th, when Mayor Bowser's request for ad more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2023: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) alongside their Democratic Senate colleagues in introducing a resolution condemning the January 8 siege on Brazil's Congress, presidential palace, and Supreme Court by supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro. Against the backdrop of the insurrection's parallels to the January 6, 2021 s more PR