WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Book bans nearly tripled across America between the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school years as state legislatures, city and county councils and school boards implement censorship laws advanced by right-wing special interests and central to Project 2025. Today, Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08) and Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) reintroduced a resolution condemning an escalating censorship crisis that has remove more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-07) and Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-WI-06) introduced H.R. 7184, the CBO Data Access Act, on February 1, 2024. Yesterday, the United States House of Representatives passed the Senate companion version of the identical bill, with broad bipartisan support. This legislation would benefit taxpayers by enhancing the efficiency of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) process beh more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement today after a bipartisan coalition in the House passed the Fix Our Forests Act: "Today, I joined a bipartisan group of House Members to pass the Fix Our Forests Act. This legislation will help prevent devastating megafires like those that have blazed through large swathes of the American West in recent years.These wildfires threaten  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on Sept. 25, 2024: * * * Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement regarding a recent deceptive attempt to engage in communication under false pretenses: "In recent days, a malign actor engaged in a deceptive attempt to have a conversation with me by posing as a known individual.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 25, 2024: Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), Chair and Ranking Member of the Europe and Regional Security Cooperation Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued  more PR