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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Maryland Newsletter for 2023-05-17 ( 6 items )  
Cardin Co-Sponsors New Legislation to Provide U.S. Service Members Access to Protected Leave for Abortion & Reproductive Health Care Services (10)
WASHINGTON, May 17 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on May 16, 2023, and letter: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) joined Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, in unveiling new legislation today - the Protecting Service Members and Military Families' Access to Health Care Act - that would codify the Department of Defense's (DOD) February 16, 2023 policy to ensure service members and their families can access  more PR

Cardin Praises Senate Confirmation of Marylander Brad Garcia to Serve on U.S. Court of Appeals for D.C. Circuit (10)
WASHINGTON, May 17 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on May 16, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) released the following statement following Senate confirmation Monday night of Marylander Brad Garcia for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. "I am pleased that the Senate voted to confirm Brad Garcia as a United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit. The D.C. Circuit is often called the nation's second highest  more PR

Cardin, Van Hollen, Mfume Host SBA Administrator Guzman in Baltimore City for a Tour of Black-Owned Small Businesses With the Downtown Partnership of Baltimore (10)
WASHINGTON, May 17 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Congressman Kweisi Mfume (D-Md.) and U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman yesterday joined the Downtown Partnership of Baltimore for a walking tour of Black-owned small businesses. The event included visits to local shops supported by the Downtown BOOST (Black-Owned and Operated Storefront Tenancy) Progr more PR

Rep. Raskin Announces Sponsorship of Nigerian Prisoner of Conscience Mubarak Bala (10)
WASHINGTON, May 17 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on May 16, 2023: Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08) today announced his sponsorship of Nigerian political prisoner Mubarak Bala through the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission's (Lantos Commission) Defending Freedoms Project. Bala, President of the Humanist Association of Nigeria and a self-identified atheist, has been imprisoned in Nigeria since April 28, 2020, when he was arrested over a Facebook post stating  more PR

Rep. Raskin Implores Traffic Safety Agency to Prioritize Pedestrian Safety in Vehicle Ratings (10)
WASHINGTON, May 17 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release and letter: Representatives Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC), Steve Cohen (TN-09) and Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) led 27 colleagues in urging the U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to prioritize pedestrian protection and visibility from the driver's seat in federal vehicle safety ratings. The United States is a global  more PR

Van Hollen, Rubio, Phillips, Moore Introduce New Bipartisan, Bicameral Bill to Boost Employee Ownership of Businesses (10)
WASHINGTON, May 17 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and U.S. Representatives Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) and Blake Moore (R-Utah) introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to make it easier for private companies to transfer ownership of the business to their employees. Right now, over 40 percent of U.S. corporate stock is owned by foreign investors, and foreign corporate ownership is set to inc more PR