PHILADELPHIA, Maryland, May 27 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on May 26, 2023: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $1,791,543 going to Maryland from President Biden's Investing in America Agenda to expedite the assessment and cleanup of brownfield sites in Maryland while advancing environmental justice. EPA selected one community in Maryland to receive one grant totaling more than $1.7 million in competitive EPA Brownfields funding t more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, May 27 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on May 25, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Co-Chair of the U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission), a member of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, and Special Representative on Antisemitism, Racism and Intolerance for the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, praised the Biden-Harris administration for its first-ever U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisem more PR

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. Robert Casey Jr., D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and John Fetterman (D-PA) sent a letter to the Maryland Air National Guard and the Air National Guard Readiness Center to request a full Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) regarding the Air Force and National Guard Bureau's proposal to lower the altitude floor at which pilots can fly in the Duke Military Operating Area (MOA) to as low as 100 feet Above Grou more PR

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets issued the following written testimony by Maryland Securities Commissioner Melanie Senter Lubin, on behalf of the North American Securities Administrators Association, involving a hearing on April 19, 2023, entitled "A Roadmap for Growth: Reforms to Encourage Capital Formation and Investment Opportunities for All Americans": * * * NASAA Organized in 1919, the North American Securities Administrators Association  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets issued the following written testimony by Maryland Securities Commissioner Melanie Senter Lubin, on behalf of the North American Securities Administrators Association, involving a hearing on April 19, 2023, entitled "A Roadmap for Growth: Reforms to Encourage Capital Formation and Investment Opportunities for All Americans": (Continued from Part 1 of 3) * * * The proposals under discussion are (1) H.R. ___, the more PR

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets issued the following written testimony by Maryland Securities Commissioner Melanie Senter Lubin, on behalf of the North American Securities Administrators Association, involving a hearing on April 19, 2023, entitled "A Roadmap for Growth: Reforms to Encourage Capital Formation and Investment Opportunities for All Americans": (Continued from Part 2 of 3) * * * To put this proposal in context, securities industry more PR

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- Rep. Glenn Ivey, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on May 25, 2023: U.S. advocates working with and hailing from African countries carried out a week of action for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and other forms of protection for African immigrants. As leaders and members of Congress underscored in today's press conference, too many African immigrants in the U.S. would face dangerous conditions in vulnerable African countries, making TPS designations particula more PR

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on May 26, 2023: Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) today issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court's decision in Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency, which severely weakens the landmark Clean Water Act and exposes wetlands across the country to pollution without penalty. The Supreme Court's decision drastically curtails the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's authority to  more PR