WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Rep. C.A. 'Dutch' Ruppersberger, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 28, 2023: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes and Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) today announced $1,534,280 in federal funding to make safety improvements to the Warner Street Highway-Rail crossing in Baltimore City. Funds will be used to both improve the flow of commuter and freight rail traffic through a busy area of Baltimor more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 29, 2023: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions v. the University of North Carolina. "This latest 6-3 decision from the Supreme Court is not surprising, but still disappointing. Colleges, universities and students at all levels benefit from a diverse stu more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 29, 2023: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today led 28 colleagues in releasing the following statement marking the 26th anniversary of Hong Kong's handover and the 3rd anniversary of the Hong Kong "National Security Law." Joining Risch and Menendez are Senators Mitch McConnell (R more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Rep. Glenn Ivey, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on June 29, 2023: * * * As Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote, "Our country has never been colorblind [g]iven the lengthy history of state-sanctioned race-based preferences in America." And yet, the Supreme Court today turned a blind eye to this history, striking down the consideration of race in college admissions as if generations of slavery, segregation, and Jim Crow did not exist or efforts to ameliorate th more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 28, 2023: U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume, Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Jamie Raskin, David Trone and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.)today announced $25 million for the Creating Equitable Connections on the Capital Trails Network project in Prince George's and Montgomery Counties and Washington D.C. The federal funding comes from t more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 28, 2023: U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume, Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger and John Sarbanes (all D-Md.) today announced $1,534,280 in federal funding to make safety improvements to the Warner Street Highway-Rail crossing in Baltimore City. Funds will be used to both improve the flow of commuter and freight rail traffic through a busy area of Baltimore  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 28, 2023: Today, U.S. Congressman John Sarbanes joined Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger and Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) to announce $1,534,280 in federal funding to improve safety in the flow of commuter and freight rail traffic through a busy area of Baltimore City that is also heavily used by workers, tourists and residents traveling on foot. The f more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 28, 2023: U.S. Congressman John Sarbanes (MD-03) joined Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, David Trone and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) today to announce $25 million for the Creating Equitable Connections on the Capital Trails Network project in Washington D.C., Prince George's County and Montgomery County. The fede more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on June 29, 2023: * * * Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and their Senate colleagues in releasing the following statement marking the 26th anniversary of Hong Kong's handover and the 3rd anniversary of the Hong Kong "National Security Law." Joining Senators Menendez and Risch, in addition to Senator Van Hollen, are Senators Mitch McC more PR