WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Senator Ben Cardin, Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, shared the following remarks about the Continuing Resolution that now has been approved by both houses of Congress to keep the government functioning. "A shutdown of the federal government, even a partial shutdown, would be irresponsible and wasteful, and needlessly hurt American workers and taxpayers. But it is absurd that we were pus more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland) introduced bipartisan sanctions legislation following concerns about military action by Turkey or Turkish-backed groups in northern Syria. The Senators released the following statement upon introduction: "Today, we introduced the Countering Turkish Aggression Act of 2024 while stressing that the United States s more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service issued the following recall alert: Dec. 20, 2024 Impero Foods & Meats, Inc., a Baltimore, Md. establishment, is recalling approximately 7,485 pounds of raw pork sausage products that were produced without the benefit of federal inspection, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The raw Italian pork sausage items were produced from October 3, 20 more PR

GAITHERSBURG, Maryland, Dec. 22 -- The Maryland Tech Council issued the following news on Dec. 20, 2024: * * * Maryland Tech Council Commends Orders that Support 'Heart of Maryland's Innovation Economy' * * * The Maryland Tech Council, the largest technology and life sciences trade association in the state, commends Governor Wes Moore for issuing an executive order Thursday designed to boost the state's life sciences, technology, aerospace and defense industries, and emerging sectors of our  more PR

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Dec. 21 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2024: Governor Wes Moore today announced the appointment of Philip Thomas Cronan to the Talbot County Circuit Court and Claude de Vastey Jones to the Howard County District Court. "I want to thank Philip Thomas Cronan and Claude de Vastey Jones and for raising their hands to serve in Talbot and Howard counties," said Gov. Moore. "With many years of experience and strong community ties to t more PR

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Dec. 21 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2024: Governor Wes Moore today signed an executive order to strengthen Maryland's business climate and catalyze more economic growth in the state. The governor signed the order during a visit to the Frederick Hotel and Conference Center project site in Frederick--a public-private development project that is expected to generate $1.5 billion in new private sector spending over the next 25 ye more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Dec. 21 -- The Maryland Department of Labor issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2024: * * * Maryland's employment growth continues to outpace the nation's in 2024 * * * Maryland's total employment grew by 7,100 jobs in November, including 5,400 in the private sector, according to preliminary employment estimates released today by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Thus far in 2024, Maryland has added an estimated 40,900 jobs, inclu more PR

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland, Dec. 21 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: Based on engineering analysis, on December 20, 2024 NAVAIR issued a fleet bulletin directing the inspection of V-22 Osprey to verify the flight hours on each Proprotor Gearbox (PRGB) prior to an aircraft's next flight. Aircraft with PRGBs that currently meets or exceeds a predetermined flight-hour threshold will resume flights in accordance with controls instituted in the March 2024 inter more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, urging greater transparency in how the Department of State implements visa restrictions mandated under Section 7031(c) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations more PR