WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 8, 2023: The Senate today confirmed Dilawar Syed as Deputy Administrator for the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) by a vote of 54-42. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) issued the following statement: "Small businesses across the country will benefit from Mr. Syed's confirmation. The vacancy caused harm to small business owners throughout our n more PR

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release and a letter: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), and Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and Representatives Bobby Scott (D-Va.-03), John Sarbanes (D-Md.-03) and Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.-07) led fellow Chesapeake Bay-area lawmakers from both the Senate and House of Representatives in a recent letter urging U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to replenish the resilient farms initia more PR

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 8, 2023: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Mitt Romney (R-Utah), Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia, joined by Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Ark.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), and Tim Scott (R-S.C.), applauded today's unanimous committee passage of the Ending China's Developing Nation Status Act. This bipartisan legislation establishes U.S. policy to o more PR

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 8, 2023: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), both members of the Senate Banking Committee, sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland asking the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate the crypto exchanges Binance and Binance.US for potentially making a series of false statements to Congress. The Senators' request to the DOJ comes as the Securities and  more PR