WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Jan. 22, 2024: * * * Congressman David Trone (D-MD), a member of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, released the following statement on Roe v. Wade's 51st Anniversary. "Today in America, 21 states have abortion bans in effect and over 27 million women of reproductive age now live in states with abortion bans. That is the reality set in motion when the Supreme Court's conservative majority overturned Roe v more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: 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 $4,360,176 in federal funding for the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) to repair and replace 25 electric vehicle (EV) chargers in six counties across the state. "The bipartisan infrastruc more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release: The following are excerpts of remarks by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) at today's hearing on the harmful effects of offshore wind industrialization on our environment, marine life, and economy. The hearing, chaired by Rep. Andy Harris, MD (R-MD) and attended by Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ), was held in Ocean City, Maryland and adds to expert testimony provided at last year's critical hearing in Wildwood more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) with Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.), and Representatives Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), introduced the Tax Excessive CEO Pay Act to take on corporate greed by raising taxes on companies that pay their top executives at least 50 times more than the pay of a typical worker. Americans across more PR