WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) are urging the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) to increase access to dental surgical facilities for Medicare recipients, especially those with disabilities. The senators were joined by Senators Debbie Stabenow, Bill Cassidy, Steve Daines, Lisa Murkowski, Mike Braun and J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) in writing to CMS Administrator C more PR

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on April 19, 2023: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today were joined by Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), and Todd Young (R-Ind.), in reintroducing the Peace Corps Reauthorization Act, bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the Peace Corps for the first time in o more PR

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) Tuesday presented U.S. Magistrate Judge Brendan Hurson to the Senate Judiciary Committee for his hearing to be a District Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. The senators had recommended Hurson to President Joe Biden to fill a current vacancy. "I strongly support this nomination. Judge Hurson brings remarkable experie more PR

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on April 19, 2023: House and Senate civil rights leaders reintroduced the Do No Harm Act, to address the increasing use of religious freedom to undermine civil rights protections. The bill restores the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) to its original purpose, which is to protect religious exercise while ensuring religious freedom is not used to erode civil rights protections. The legislation is spo more PR

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- The Senate Budget Committee issued the following information for a hearing entitled "Under the Weather: Diagnosing the Health Costs of Climate Change" at 10 a.m. on April 26, 2023, at 608 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Witnesses * The Honorable Stephanie Smith, Esq., Member of the House of Delegates, District 45, Baltimore City, Maryland * Dr. Katelyn Moretti, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Brown Emergency Medicine * Dr. Michael Greenstone, Milton Friedma more PR

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Congresswoman Susie Lee (D-Nev.) introduced their Keep Our Promise to America's Children and Teachers (PACT) Act, legislation to put Congress on a fiscally responsible path to fully fund Title I and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) on a mandatory basis. Van Hollen has introduced the Keep our PACT Act every term he has served in Congress. V more PR

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on April 19, 2023: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Representative Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) applauded the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) release of an implementation framework for the $27 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. This new program, authored by lawmakers within the Inflation Reduction Act, is modeled on their national climate bank legislation. The  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin (D-Maryland), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, sent a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, urging the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to initiate suspension and debarment proceedings against meatpacking company JBS USA (JBS), the U.S. subsidiary of J&F Investime more PR