WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following opening statement on June 21, 2023: * * * Today, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs delivered the following opening statement at today's nomination The Honorable Philip Nathan Jefferson, of North Carolina, to be Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; The Honorable Lisa DeNell Cook, of Michigan, to be a Member of the Bo more PR

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 21, 2023: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) introduced legislation today, the Jordan McNair Student-Athlete Heat Fatality Prevention Act, which would require collegiate athletic programs to create heat emergency action plans and to practice those plans to protect student-athletes from life-threatening heat-related illnesses. Heat is the leading climate-related cause of deaths, and rising temperature more PR

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 21, 2023: Today, Congressman David Trone (D-MD), member of the House Committee on Appropriations' Homeland Security Subcommittee and co-chair of the U.S. Commission on Combating Synthetic Opioid Trafficking, released a statement condemning Republicans' devastating funding cuts to national security during the markup of the Subcommittee's Fiscal Year 2024 funding bill: "It remains abundantly clear that more PR

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 21, 2023: Today, U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) introduced the Jordan McNair Student Athlete Heat Fatality Prevention Act in the United States House of Representatives. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) introduced the companion legislation in the United States Senate. This legislation can serve as a lifeline for student athletes and requires college athletic programs to create, implement, and rehearse more PR

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 21, 2023: Representatives Jamie Raskin (MD-08) and Kevin Kiley (CA-03) today introduced bipartisan and bicameral legislation to protect reporters and journalists against unnecessary government surveillance that makes it harder to hold the government accountable and harms reporters' First Amendment rights. The bill passed the House unanimously in the 117th Congress. The representatives introduced the more PR