WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on May 2, 2023: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and U.S. Representatives Jared Huffman (D-Calif.-2) and Jennifer Gonzalez-Colon (R-P.R.), have introduced their bipartisan, bicameral legislation, the Coastal Habitat Conservation Act of 2023 (S. 1381/H.R. 2950), to authorize the U.S. Fish and Wildlife (FWS) Coastal Program. The Coastal Program is a voluntary, partnership-based, ha more PR

GAITHERSBURG, Maryland, May 3 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on May 2, 2023: This week, Congressman David Trone, Senator Cardin, and Senator Van Hollen (all D-Md.) visited Montgomery County to present Community Project Funding they secured through the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 federal funding package. On Monday, the lawmakers visited Gaithersburg to meet with members of the Pleasant View Historical Association to present $943,000 in federal funding, which will r more PR

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on May 2, 2023: Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08) and Congressman Jared Huffman (CA-02) introduced a resolution to establish May 4th as a "National Day of Reason" in the United States to recognize and celebrate science, common sense and logic as essential preconditions for progress in our government and society at large. "At a time when authoritarians, demagogues and hucksters around the world are promoting co more PR

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on May 2, 2023: Representatives David Trone (D-MD), Michael Turner (R-OH), Paul Tonko (D-NY), and John Rutherford (R-FL) reintroduced the bipartisan, bicameral Due Process Continuity of Care Act. The bill would amend the Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy (MIEP), which denies Medicaid coverage to incarcerated individuals, to allow coverage for all pretrial detainees. Last year, part of the Due Process Continuity  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) has sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, pressing for the release of a new report compiled by the U.S. Security Coordinator for Israel and the Palestinian Authority on the shooting death of the American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. "I write today to follow up on my earlier requests that the Department of State make available immediately for more PR