WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Today, Chesapeake Bay Watershed Task Force Co-Chairs Reps. John Sarbanes (D-Md.), Bobby Scott (D-Va.) and Rob Wittman (R-Va.) introduced a slate of bipartisan bills to reauthorize funding for conservation and clean-up efforts throughout the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. "The Chesapeake Bay is an unrivaled natural resource that spurs recreational and economic opportunities for millions of residents across t more PR

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman David Trone (D-MD), Member of the Pro-Choice Caucus, earned 100% on Reproductive Freedom for All's (formerly NARAL Pro-Choice America) 2023 Congressional Scorecard. Since coming to Congress in 2019, Congressman Trone has earned 100% on the scorecard every single year. Congressman Trone has continued to defend abortion rights in Congress, last month joining the Democratic Women's Caucus  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: - This week, Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly NARAL Pro-Choice America) awarded Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) a score of 100% on its 2023 Congressional Record on Reproductive Freedom. The annual scorecard tracks how House Members voted on key legislation related to women's reproductive rights during the first session of the 118th Congress."I continue to be a defender of women's reproductive fre more PR

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (D, NC-12), Founder and Co-Chair of the bipartisan HBCU Caucus, celebrated a federal investment of nearly five million dollars into the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, an HBCU (Historically Black College or University), as part of the federal institutional grants for the New Infrastructure, Technology, and Education for HBCU Excellence (IGNITE) Act she led and more PR

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on March 5, 2024: Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), and Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Chair of the SFRC Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, issued the following statement underscoring the need for the Peruvian Congress to respect judicial independence. "We are deeply disappointed and concerned by the Pe more PR

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman David Trone (D-MD), co-founder and co-chair of the Second Chance Task Force, announced that he secured key priorities for criminal justice reform in the six-bill FY24 government funding package that will be considered by the U.S. House of Representatives this week. This includes provisions of his bill, the Due Process Continuity of Care Act, which aims to protect Medicaid coverage for pret more PR