WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday on their resolution (S.J.Res. 4) to remove the arbitrary deadline for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment and to recognize that 38 states have ratified the amendment. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), chaired the hearing, which was the first in the Senate on the ERA since 1984. S.J.R more PR

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2023: Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) announced the introduction of a pair of bills to commemorate the life and legacy of African American Mess Attendant Doris 'Dorie' Miller. During the attack on Pearl Harbor, Mess Attendant Miller manned an anti-aircraft gun and downed enemy planes, despite the fact that the racially segregated steward's branch of the Navy was not trained to use anti-aircraft  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- The House Agriculture Committee issued the following written statement by Michael Twining, vice president of sales and marketing at Willard Agri-Service, on behalf of the Agricultural Retailers Association, involving a hearing on Feb. 28, 2023, entitled "Uncertainty, Inflation, Regulations: Challenges for American Agriculture": * * * My name is Mike Twining and I serve as Vice President of Sales & Marketing for Willard Agri-Service, a family-owned ag retailer based in Fr more PR

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: As airlines continue to fail consumers, with refund complaints still 11,000 percent above pre-pandemic levels, Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08), along with Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Representative Steve Cohen today reintroduced their Cash Refunds for Flight Cancellations Act, legislation to provide consumers an enforceable right to a full cash refund when airli more PR

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2023: Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), Chair of the Regional Leadership Council (RLC) joined the rest of the RLC in a meeting with Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young and Director of White House Office of Legislative Affairs Louisa Terrell. The conversation focused on how the council can best work with Directors Young and Terrell, OMB, and the rest of the Biden-Harris Adm more PR

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Chairman Tom McClintock (R-CA) launched an investigation into reports that an unaccompanied alien child and MS-13 gang member murdered a 20-year-old Maryland woman in July 2022. In letters to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas a more PR

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. C.A. 'Dutch' Ruppersberger, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2023: Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger today applauded federal approval of Maryland's plan to replace stolen food stamp benefits - making it the first state in the nation to begin reimbursing victims under the omnibus spending bill passed by Congress late last year. The move will help thousands of Marylanders victimized amid a massive uptick in food stamp theft and fraud across more PR