WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 15, 2023: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Finance Health Care Subcommittee, introduced legislation today with Representatives Nanette Diaz Barragan (D-Calif. 44) and Robin Kelly (D-Ill.-2) that would create a specific dental benefit under Medicare Part B and repeal the statutory exclusion of Medicare coverage of most dental care and dental prostheses. Their bill, the Medicare  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 14, 2023: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-Md.-8) today introduced a bill to require government agencies comply with Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests relating to private prisons, jails, or detention facilities that detain or incarcerate people for the federal government. The Private Prison Information Act of 2023 will be an important means for increasing tr more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 15, 2023: Today, Congressman David Trone (D-MD), member of the House Committee on Appropriations, released a statement condemning Republicans' funding cuts to rural communities and vulnerable Americans during the markup of the Committee's Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee's Fiscal Year 2024 funding bill: "It remains abundantly clear that extreme House Republicans are see more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 15, 2023: Today, Congressman David Trone (D-MD), member of the House Committee on Appropriations, released a statement condemning Republicans' funding cuts during the markup of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee's Fiscal Year 2024 funding bill: "It remains abundantly clear that extreme House Republicans are seeking retaliation for the bipartisan debt ceiling agreement by shortchanging America's  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin, Chris Van Hollen (both D-MD), Tim Kaine and Mark R. Warner (both D-Va.), wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post urging their colleagues to oppose changes to the current slot and perimeter rules at Reagan National Airport (DCA), which govern the number of flights that can safely operate out of DCA and the distance of those flights. There are efforts to change these rules in the Fe more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Rep. Glenn Ivey, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 15, 2023: Today Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and Congressman Glenn Ivey (D-MD), along with Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), introduced the Economic Inclusion Civil Rights Act, legislation to protect individuals from racial discrimination and foster economic inclusion. The Economic Inclusion Civil Rights Act restores and strengthens Section 1 more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 15, 2023: Today Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and Congressman Glenn Ivey (D-MD), along with Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), introduced the Economic Inclusion Civil Rights Act, legislation to protect individuals from racial discrimination and foster economic inclusion. The Economic Inclusion Civil Rights Act restores and strengthens Section more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 15, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) reintroduced a resolution expressing support for the designation of June 19, 2023 as "World Sickle Cell Awareness Day" to increase public awareness about sickle cell disease and the continued need for research, early detection, and effective treatments that lead to a cure. U.S. Representative more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) along with Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-Va.) issued the following statement regarding legislation to reauthorize Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) programs: "The three airports of the Washington metropolitan area have worked in tandem for decades to connect the nation's capital to destinations around the world while serving more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release and letter on June 15, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) in a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan urging the agency to strengthen its proposed rule to reduce methane emissions from oil and gas production and to implement key provisions of the Methane Emission Reduction Program without delay. The lawmakers wrote:  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release and a letter: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) in writing an open letter to wrongfully detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich. The letter condemns his unjust detention by the Russian government and shows him their support during his wrongful imprisonment. The lawmakers write, "We  more PR