WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) released the following statement on the announcement that Congressman John Sarbanes (MD.-03) would not seek re-election in 2024. Prior to serving in the Senate, Cardin represented Maryland's 3rd congressional district for 20 years. Video of Senator Cardin's remarks can be viewed here. "Marylanders, I was sorry to hear that John Sarbanes has decided that he is not going t more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) led 6 of their Senate colleagues in a letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) urging support for funding so that states can more comprehensively address oral health care. "Oral health is an integral component of overall health and well-being, affecting our ability to e more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Oct. 26, 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 after the passage of the Appropriation Committee's Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee's Fiscal Year 2024 funding bill: "It remains abundantly clear that extreme House R more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2023: Today, Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) issued the following statement regarding the election of Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) as the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. "For three weeks, radical MAGA Republicans embarrassingly placed this Congress in a complete standstill and put the division they bring to themselves and this country on full display. Democrats are more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 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 $74,410,147 in U.S. Department of Health and Human Services funding for Maryland's Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). The federal dollars, made possible in part by th more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman John Sarbanesjoined 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.) to announce $74,410,147 in U.S. Department of Health and Human Services funding for Maryland's Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). The federal dollars, made possible in part by the lawmakers' more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, David Trone and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) today announced $74,410,147 in U.S. Department of Health and Human Services funding for Maryland's Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). The federal dollars, made possible in part by the lawmakers' efforts to pa more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, David Trone and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) announced $74,410,147 in U.S. Department of Health and Human Services funding for Maryland's Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). The federal dollars, made possible in part by the lawmakers' efforts to pass th more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) praised the unanimous approval by the Senate this week of their amendment to provide targeted resources to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service (APHIS), to help the State of Maryland control the population of invasive blue catfish in the Chesapeake Bay. The measure was adopted as an amendment to a p more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) praised the unanimous approval by the Senate this week of their amendment to provide targeted resources to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service (APHIS), to help the State of Maryland control the population of invasive blue catfish in the Chesapeake Bay. The measure was adopted as an amendment to a  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., will convene a committee hearing on Thursday, November 2, 2023 to consider the Social Security Commissioner nomination. The hearing will take place at 10:00 a.m. in Room 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The following nominee is scheduled to testify: The Honorable Martin O'Malley, of Maryland Who: Senate Fi more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on Oct. 26, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on the passing of Herbert 'Bertie' Bowman, one of the longest-ever serving staffers on Capitol Hill. "To remember the life of Bertie Bowman is to remember his integrity and his steadfast dedication to public service. "Th more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Today, the bipartisan resolution condemning antisemitism led by U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Jacky Rosen (D-N.V.) and James Lankford (R-Okla.) passed the Senate unanimously. The Senators' resolution condemned cases of antisemitism at institutions of higher education and encouraged college and university leaders to speak out against antisemitism. "There is no plac more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy, and U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) introduced the bipartisan Young African Leaders Initiative Act to make permanent the State Department's Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI). U.S. Representatives Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-Calif.) and Young Kim (R-Calif.) int more PR