WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Dec. 4, 2023: * * * Today, members of Maryland's federal, state, and local governments including Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), Governor Wes Moore, Lieutenant Governor Aruna Miller, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger (MD-02), John Sarbanes (MD-03), Jamie Raskin (MD-08), David Trone (MD-06), and Glenn Ivey (MD-04) more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) and House Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-KY) sent letters to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray, U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Administrator Robin Carnahan, and former GSA official Nina Albert demanding information on the selection process of the GSA's rece more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Dec. 5, 2023: Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) joined Chris Jansing Reports on MSNBC to urge Congressional Republicans to act on sending immediate, unconditional aid to Ukraine and Israel. Below is a transcript of his interview and a link to the video: On the Critical Need for Congress to Send Aid to Ukraine and Israel "Well look, what I've learned is that Ukraine needs resources now. Not t more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, DC -- Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement tonight after voting for the House resolution condemning the drastic rise of antisemitism in America: "For eight weeks, Republicans have sought to turn our longstanding, bipartisan support for Israel into a partisan wedge issue at a time when Israelis are counting on us more than ever before as they respond to Hamas' dev more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, DC -- Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor this morning about the danger of Republicans' weaponization of the Holman Rule, which allows amendments that would reduce the salary of specific federal employees. During this year's appropriations process, Republicans utilized the Holman Rule 66 times in an attempt to slash the salaries of individual pu more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor this afternoon urging Speaker Mike Johnson to act on unconditional aid to Israel and Ukraine. Below is a transcript of his remarks and a link to the video: Click here for a link to the video. "Mr. Speaker, we are fiddling while freedom burns. We have five legislative days left to aid our allies Israel and Ukraine. Each  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Washington, DC - Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08) released the following statement on H. Res. 894. "Antisemitism is a toxic, dangerous and lethal force in human history. It has appeared and reappeared in different forms and guises, but always as an enemy of the Jewish people, traditionally as a threat to reason and Enlightenment, and in our times as a gateway to destruction of liberal democracy and universa more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced, on a bipartisan basis, several bills to lower costs and improve access to health care, including legislation introduced by Congressman John Sarbanes (MD-03) to increase data transparency in the Medicare Advantage marketplace so that seniors can better understand their benefits and choose the plans that are right for them.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- 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, delivered an opening statement at a full Committee hearing on "Transnational Repression: Authoritarians Targeting Dissenters Abroad," where he highlighted the chilling and far-reaching impacts of transnational repression on diaspora and exile communities, human rights defenders, more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on Dec. 6, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement after the State Department determined that members of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have committed war crimes in Sudan. He also called on the Biden Administration to name a high-level Special more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- 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, recently sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging him to remain focused on holding the Aliyev regime accountable for ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh and to continue the United States' support for Armenians who were forced to flee the region. As report more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- 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, recently sent a letter to the President of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon, urging him to cease acts of domestic and transnational repression against political opponents and religious minorities. The letter comes ahead of Chair Cardin hosting a full committee hearing on transnational more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement after U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) announced he will lift his irresponsible hold on more than 400 military promotions awaiting confirmation by the Senate. "Senator Tuberville's months-long publicity stunt has finally come to an end. It accomplished nothing but hurt our military families, weakened our armed forces' re more PR