WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) have introduced legislation to grant a federal charter to the Veterans Association of Real Estate Professionals (VAREP), thereby designating it as a Veterans Service Organization (VSO). The purpose of such a charter is to promote homeownership among veterans and servicemembers by boosting awareness of Veterans Administration (VA)-specif more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen, Congressman Kweisi Mfume and Governor Wes Moore (all D-Md.), today announced $20,384,317 in U.S. Department of Transportation funding for rail infrastructure projects in Maryland to strengthen the Maryland Area Rail Commuter (MARC) network with a Penn-Camden lines connection and to replace diesel-electric locomotives with clean, battery-electric locomotives a more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Jamie Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced $530,000 in Department of Homeland Security grants in Montgomery County, MD to develop violence prevention programs focused on LGBTQ+ youth. The federal investment comes through the Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention (TVTP) Grant Program for Fiscal Year 2023. This funding will help  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement regarding his authorities as Chairman, to block foreign military financing to Egypt until the country takes meaningful steps to improve human rights conditions in the country. "The United States and Egypt share strategic interests that are long-standing, starting with Egypt's r more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Oct. 3, 2023: * * * Congressman David Trone (D-MD) released the following statement after voting in favor of a Motion to Vacate against Speaker Kevin McCarthy: "You cannot do business with someone who is untrustworthy and lacks integrity in their service to our country. "Over the last few years, Kevin McCarthy has shown his true colors. He's undermined our democracy, voting against the certification of the  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Oct. 3, 2023: * * * Today, Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) issued the following statement regarding the removal of Congressman Kevin McCarthy (CA-20) as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. "Today is a lesson to all of us as Americans of the very real threat that extreme MAGA Republicans pose to our democracy. Rep. Kevin McCarthy bowed down to extremists in his tenure as Speaker of the Un more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, DC -- Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement today after voting to vacate the Chair of the Speaker of the House Representatives: "Today is a sad day for the House of Representatives. As someone who has always had the utmost concern for preserving the integrity of this institution, I regret the circumstances in which the House found itself today. This day was, in p more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman John Sarbanes (MD-03) issued the following statement after voting to remove Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House: "The people of Maryland's Third Congressional District elected me to represent their best interests in Congress and their best interests are not served by Kevin McCarthy's leadership. Due to his failure to demand accountability for those who sought to  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Chair of the SFRC Western Hemisphere Subcommittee, issued the statement below following an in-person meeting with President-elect Bernardo Arevalo of Guatemala at the U.S. Capitol. "It was a pleasure to meet President-elect Bernardo Arevalo of Guat more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on Oct. 3, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement regarding his authorities as Chairman, to block foreign military financing to Egypt until the country takes meaningful steps to improve human rights conditions in the country. "The United States and Egypt share strategic int more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08) today released the following statement on the current crisis of GOP chaos and dysfunction in the House of Representatives. After Kevin McCarthy finally won the Speakership of the House of Representatives in January of this year after 15 separate ballots and a week-long national ordeal of Republican division and chaos, he led the GOP Caucus in changing House more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Oct. 2, 2023: Today, Congressmen David Trone and Jamie Raskin and Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (all D-Md.) announced $530,000 in Department of Homeland Security grants in Montgomery County, MD to develop violence prevention programs focused on protecting LGBTQ+ youth. The federal investment comes through the Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention (TVTP) Grant Program for Fiscal Year 2023. T more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) announced $736,425 in U.S. Department of Health and Human Services funding for cardiovascular diseases and cancer research programs at the University of Maryland Baltimore. The funding was made available through the National Institutes of Health grant programs. The federal funds will be used to research the underlyin more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman Kweisi Mfume and Governor Wes Moore (all D-Md.) announced $20,384,317 in U.S. Department of Transportation funding for rail infrastructure projects in Maryland to strengthen the Maryland Area Rail Commuter (MARC) network with a Penn-Camden lines connection and to replace diesel-electric locomotives with clean, battery-electric locomotives at t more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Jamie Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.) announced $530,000 in Department of Homeland Security grants in Montgomery County, MD to develop violence prevention programs focused on LGBTQ+ youth. The federal investment comes through the Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention (TVTP) Grant Program for Fiscal Year 2023. This funding will help th more PR