WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Angus King (I-Maine) and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), along with Representatives Michael Burgess (R-Texas) and Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) announced the reintroduction of the Preventive Health Savings Act (S. 114 / H.R. 766), which would direct the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to more accurately reflect the long term, cost-saving potential of preventive h more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) joined 26 of their Senate colleagues in reintroducing the Keep Americans Safe Act, renewing efforts to ban the importation, sale, manufacturing, transfer, or possession of gun magazines that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition. High capacity ammunition magazines allow shooters to fire a large number of bullets without stopping to reload. As a r more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Feb. 8, 2023: Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) released the following message in honor of Black History Month. See below for the video, transcript and additional resources to celebrate Black History Month. Transcript: Greetings everyone, this is Congressman Sarbanes. I just want to join you in celebrating Black History Month, an important opportunity for us to lift up the contributions of so many gr more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Feb. 8, 2023: Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) urged Congress to apply the lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic and make comprehensive, real-time data collection and dissemination a permanent part of the federal public health apparatus. In a joint hearing by the Energy and Commerce Committee's Health Subcommittee and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, "The Federal Response to COVID-19 more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Feb. 7, 2023: * * * Congressman David Trone (D-MD), co-chair of the U.S. Commission on Combating Synthetic Opioid Trafficking, released the following statement on President Biden's continued effort to combat the opioid epidemic, conveyed in his State of the Union address: "In 2016, I lost my 24-year-old nephew Ian to a fentanyl overdose. This fight is personal for me, as it is for over a million other famili more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Rep. Glenn Ivey, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Feb. 8, 2023: Congressman Glenn Ivey, MD-04, released the below statement regarding President Biden's State of the Union address to Congress: "Building bridges is more than a metaphor. It is a reality under President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law," said Rep. Glenn Ivey, MD-04. "In last year's State of the Union address, the President laid out a plan to help create American jobs, invest in American  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Feb. 7, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement regarding President Biden's State of the Union address. "Over the past two years, we have worked alongside President Biden to deliver historic progress to the American people - from making once-in-a-lifetime investments in our infrastructure, to finally taking action on the climate crisis, to addressing the rising more PR