WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following letter on April 27, 2023: * * * Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08) today sent the following open letter on the completion of his chemo-immunotherapy treatments at Med Star Georgetown University Hospital and the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center for diffuse large B-cell Lymphoma. * * * Dear America: Having now finished chemotherapy and rung the bell with my nurses and doctors, having a midterm PET scan report showi more PR

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on April 27, 2023: Representatives David Trone (D-MD) and Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), co-chairs of the Bipartisan Second Chance Task Force, re-introduced two bills to streamline the sealing of eligible arrest records for individuals who have served their time and remained crime-free on both the state and federal levels. After decades of overcriminalization, between 70 million and 100 million Americans have more PR

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) joined Senator Chris Van Hollen, Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger (both D-Md.) and more than 20 of their Congressional colleagues in writing to U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in support of the University of Maryland-led Mid-Atlantic Semiconductor Collaborative (MASC) proposal to contribute to the Department of Defense's (DoD) Microelectronic Commons Init more PR

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on April 26, 2023: Congressman David Trone (D-MD) delivered remarks on the House floor during the debate on Speaker McCarthy's Limit, Save, Grow Act (a.k.a. Default on our Debt Act) to cut federal funding to Fiscal Year 2022 levels. The proposal makes a 22% cut across non-defense discretionary funding, which includes domestic law enforcement, national parks, environmental protection, the judicial system, com more PR

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Rep. C.A. 'Dutch' Ruppersberger, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on April 26, 2023: Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger today voted against legislation that would recklessly condition the U.S. government's full faith and credit on ideologically extreme concessions. H.R. 2811 passed the U.S. House of Representatives in a party-line vote but is expected to fail in the U.S. Senate and President Joe Biden has already issued a veto threat. The bill would suspe more PR

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on April 27, 2023: Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) released the following statement after voting against the Default on America Act, legislation which threatens a default on existing debt obligations and cuts programs that help families and communities across the country: "Defaulting on our debt would have a severe effect on the global economy," said Congressman Sarbanes. "Yet House Republicans are s more PR

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen and Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger (both D-Md.) led a bipartisan group of more than 20 of their Congressional colleagues in writing to U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in support of the University of Maryland-led Mid-Atlantic Semiconductor Collaborative (MASC) proposal to contribute to the Department of Defense's (DoD) Microelectronic Commons Initiative.  more PR