WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on May 11, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Special Representative on Anti-Semitism, Racism, and Intolerance for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Parliamentary Assembly, released the following statement on Title 42, which ends at midnight when the COVID-19 public health emergency expires. "Our nation's im more PR

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on May 11, 2023: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) today praised the Judiciary Committee's bipartisan approval of Judge Brendan Hurson to serve as U.S. District Court Judge for the District of Maryland. "On behalf of our Maryland constituents, we are pleased that the Senate Judiciary Committee voted today to send the nomination of Judge Brendan Hurson to the full Senate for consi more PR

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on May 10, 2023: On Monday, Congressman David Trone (D-MD) traveled to Frederick County to visit an automotive shop dedicated to providing workforce and professional development training as well as a youth community center he's working to secure funding for as part of his FY24 Community Project Funding requests. Trone's first stop was to Dynamic Automotive, where he toured the automotive repair shop and spoke more PR

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. C.A. 'Dutch' Ruppersberger, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on May 11, 2023: Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger today voted against a draconian immigration reform bill that would end our asylum system, victimize unaccompanied children at the border and add $6 billion to the federal deficit. H.R. 2 passed the House of Representatives in a party line vote but is expected to fail in the U.S Senate. President Joe Biden has threatened to veto the bill. "There' more PR

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on May 11, 2023: Congressman Sarbanes (D-Md.) today warned of the potential damage to the Chesapeake Bay under the House Republican budget proposal, which proposes drastic funding cuts to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Fiscal Year 2024. EPA's Chesapeake Bay Program is a unique regional partnership that coordinates the complex, cross-state effort to restore the Bay by 2025. While EPA ha more PR

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on May 11, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement marking one year since the shooting death of American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. "Today we mark the solemn one-year anniversary of the shooting death of American citizen and journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed while reporting on an Israeli Defense Forces operation in the West Bank. "At the time of he more PR

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on May 11, 2023: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) praised the Judiciary Committee's bipartisan approval of Judge Brendan Hurson to serve as U.S. District Court Judge for the District of Maryland. "On behalf of our Maryland constituents, we are pleased that the Senate Judiciary Committee voted today to send the nomination of Judge Brendan Hurson to the full Senate for considerat more PR

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: ahead of Mother's Day weekend, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) was joined by four mothers from across the country: Amanda Zurawski from Texas, Karen George from Maryland, Cynthia Davis from Washington, D.C., and Patricia Oliver from Florida at a press conference to condemn the devastating impacts that extreme MAGA policies have on women and families. They shared their personal stories as they  more PR