WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Members of Maryland's congressional delegation, including U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Andy Harris, M.D. and Glenn Ivey met in the U.S. Capitol Tuesday with Maryland Secretary of Health Dr. Laura Herrera Scott. The primary topic of the hourlong discussion was the future of the Maryland Model. A new, voluntar more PR

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Members of Maryland's congressional delegation, including Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger (MD-02), John Sarbanes (MD-03), Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Andy Harris (MD-01), Jamie Raskin (MD-08), David Trone (MD-06), and Glenn Ivey (MD-04) met in the U.S. Capitol Tuesday with Maryland Secretary of Health Dr. Laura more PR

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. Glenn Ivey, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on March 13, 2024: Members of Maryland's congressional delegation, including U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Andy Harris, M.D. and Glenn Ivey met in the U.S. Capitol Tuesday with Maryland Secretary of Health Dr. Laura Herrera Scott. The primary topic of the hour-long discussion was the future of the Maryland Model. A more PR

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today questioned witnesses during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing entitled "The Right Side of History: Protecting Voting Rights in America." Durbin first questioned Sophia Lin Lakin, Director of the ACLU's Voting Rights Project, about voter ID requirements, and how these laws disproportionally impa more PR

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) delivered the following remarks today at a press event hosted by Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), Rep. Greg Landsman (OH-01), and the National Association of Letter Carriers to kick off the bipartisan Protect Our Letter Carriers Act. The legislation aims to combat the nationwide surge of robberies and assaults targeting letter carriers. Below is a transcript of his remar more PR

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Congressman Trone: "All that [President Biden] has done in the Infrastructure bill, the CHIPs and Science bill, the Inflation Reduction bill; he has had an unbelievably consequential presidency" BETHESDA, MD - Yesterday Congressman David Trone appeared on Fox 5's "On the Hill" where he addressed the need for Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform, deliver aid to American allies, a more PR

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: 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 $13,035,809 in federal funding for the Maryland Department of Natural Resources to support wildlife conservation, sportfish restoration and outdoor recreation in Maryland. "Supporting outdoor recrea more PR

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: 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.) today announced $13,035,809 in federal funding for the Maryland Department of Natural Resources to support wildlife conservation, sportfish restoration and outdoor recreation in Maryland. "Supporting outdoor re more PR

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. C.A. 'Dutch' Ruppersberger, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: 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 $13,035,809 in federal funding for the Maryland Department of Natural Resources to support wildlife conservation, sportfish restoration and outdoor recreation in Maryland. "Suppor more PR

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. Glenn Ivey, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: 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 $13,035,809 in federal funding for the Maryland Department of Natural Resources to support wildlife conservation, sportfish restoration and outdoor recreation in Maryland. "Supporting outdoor rec more PR

WASHINGTON, March 14 (TNSres) -- Rep. C.A. 'Dutch' Ruppersberger, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on March 13, 2024: Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, the former Ranking Member of the House Intelligence Committee, today supported legislation requiring TikTok owner, ByteDance, to sell the social media platform to an American company. The bill, which passed the U.S. House of Representatives in a bipartisan 352-65 vote, responds to long-held concerns over the communist Chinese go more PR

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman John Sarbanes (MD-03) released the following statement after voting for H.R. 7521, bipartisan legislation that would address the national security risks posed by applications - including TikTok - that are owned or otherwise controlled by foreign adversaries. "First, to be absolutely clear, the bipartisan bill I voted for today does not ban TikTok or any other application. It would s more PR

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on March 13, 2024: * * * Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement following the news that Alexei Navalny's Chief of Staff, Leonid Volkov, was attacked in Lithuania. "Less than a week after we hosted Leonid Volkov in Washington, he was brutally attacked by armed thugs near his home. Volkov's br more PR

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee issued the following information for a business meeting at 9:30 a.m. on March 20, 2024: Agenda Nominees * Ms. Margaret L. Taylor, of Maryland, to be Legal Adviser of the Department of State * Mr. Robert William Forden, of California, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Cambodia * Mr. Erik J more PR

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) in sending a letter to the Biden administration regarding the mounting humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia. As the country confronts an ongoing humanitarian crisis exacerbated by armed conflict and climate ch more PR

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Amid the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and five Democratic colleagues in the Senate on Monday sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to enforce federal law by requiring Netanyahu's government to stop restricting humanitarian aid access to Gaza or forfeit U.S. military aid to Israel.  more PR