BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 18 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following news release: * * * 2025 Quality Conference Highlights * The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) hosted the 2025 Quality Conference, July 1-2, convening healthcare leaders, clinicians, researchers, and patient advocates from across the country. This year's theme--"Make American Healthy: Improving Health Outcomes Through Prevention, Quali more PR

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, July 19 -- The Association of Cancer Care Centers (formerly the Association of Community Cancer Centers) issued the following news release: * * * ACCC URGES CMS TO PROTECT PATIENT ACCESS UNDER NEW DRUG PRICE NEGOTIATION PROGRAM WASHINGTON - The Association of Cancer Care Centers (ACCC) is urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to protect patient access to life-saving cancer drugs under the new Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program (DPNP). The organiz more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Alsobrooks Announces Uterine Fibroid Intervention and Gynecological Health Treatment (U-FIGHT) Act Today, Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) joined Congresswomen Shontel Brown (Ohio-11) and Yvette D. Clarke (N.Y.-09) in announcing her support of the Uterine Fibroid Intervention and Gynecological Health Treatment (U-FIGHT) Act and her intention to introduce a Senate companion bill. This legislati more PR

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Alsobrooks, Cramer Introduce Agricultural Risk Review Act U.S. Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) and Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), and John Fetterman (D-PA) introduced bipartisan legislation to strengthen food and national security. A companion bill passed the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee and the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously. Th more PR

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, July 18 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland issued the following news: * * * Around the Air Force: Resolute Force Pacific, Resolute Space 2025, Autonomous Collaborative Platforms * FORT GEORGE G. MEADE. Maryland - In this week's look around the Air Force, U.S. Pacific Air Forces conducts its largest contingency-response exercise with Resolute Force Pacific, Guardians around the world prepare to demonstrate Space Force capabilities wi more PR

WASHINGTON, July 18 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Welcomes Federal Court Decision Allowing Suit Challenging Md. School District's Censorship of Pro-Palestine Speech to Move Forward * The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a federal court's decision to allow a lawsuit challenging Maryland's Montgomery County Public  more PR

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, July 18 [Category: Union] -- National Nurses United issued the following news release: * * * California Nurses Association statement on ICE activities at Glendale Memorial Hospital * California Nurses Association has learned through credible reports that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) representatives presented a warrant at Glendale Memorial Hospital and took a patient into custody by removing the patient from the facility through a side door apparently aga more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Mfume, Senator Alsobrooks Introduce Jordan McNair Student Athlete Heat Fatality Prevention Act * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) introduced the Jordan McNair Student Athlete Heat Fatality Prevention Act in the United States House of Representatives. Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) simultaneously introduced the companion legislation in the United States S more PR

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Rep. April McClain Delaney, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman April McClain Delaney Condemns Efforts to Cut Education in Rural America and Undermine National Security * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Congresswoman April McClain Delaney (D-MD) released a statement after voting against the White House and House Majority's efforts to claw back nearly $10 billion of Congressionally-approved funding that supports public broadcasting and foreign  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Rep. April McClain Delaney, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman April McClain Delaney Denounces Efforts to Shortchange Our Service Members, Undermine Our National Security in Defense Funding Legislation * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Congresswoman April McClain Delaney (D-MD) released a statement denouncing the House Majority's FY26 Defense Appropriations bill: "Today, I voted against the Defense Appropriations bill because it fails to me more PR

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, July 19 -- HIAS, a refugee protection organization, issued the following news release: * * * HIAS Denounces Passage of Rescissions Package Slashing Foreign Aid HIAS strongly condemns the passage of the administration's rescissions package through both houses of Congress, which eliminates $8 billion in previously approved foreign assistance funding. This decision is a devastating blow to U.S. leadership on the global stage and a betrayal of our nation's long-standing c more PR

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Hoyer, Dingell, Disability Rights Leaders Host Film Screening and Panel Discussion to Honor the 35th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act * WASHINGTON, DC -- In honor of the 35th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act becoming law, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) joined Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06), the American Association of People with Disabilities, and dis more PR

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on July 18, 2025: * * * ICYMI: Senator Alsobrooks Announces Uterine Fibroid Bill In case you missed it this week, Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) announced the Uterine Fibroid Intervention and Gynecological Health Treatment (U-FIGHT) Act, alongside Congresswoman Shontel Brown (Ohio-11). Senator Alsobrooks met with Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong'o to discuss how they can work together to get the more PR

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Maryland, July 19 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base Andrews (316th Wing) issued the following news: * * * What's the BEEF? By Senior Airman Daniel Walderbach, 316th Wing Public Affairs Los Angeles, 1984. Atlanta, 1996. Salt Lake City, 2002. Joint Base Andrews, 2025. What do all these locations have in common? They've all hosted the Olympic Games--or in the case of Andrews, something close. On July 3, 2025, Joint Base Andrews hosted its inaugural Prime BEEF Olympics, a ski more PR

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, July 18 [Category: Union] -- National Nurses United issued the following news release: * * * Long Beach Medical Center nurses vote no confidence in management * Registered nurses at Long Beach Medical Center and Miller Children's and Women's Hospital in Long Beach, Calif. decided unanimously to pass a vote of no confidence in the hospital's administration, announced California Nurses Association/National Nurses United (CNA/NNU). The nurses, who voted on Thursday, Jul more PR

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Lumeris, Maryland Heights, Missouri, submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services responding to the agency's request for information on the health technology ecosystem. The organization, a leader in value-based care solutions, underscored the importance of placing patients at the center of care and leveraging technology to improve health outcomes. Lumeris operates Medicare Advantage plans a more ST

CAMDEN, New Jersey, July 18 [Category: BizWater] -- American Water, a water and wastewater company, posted the following news release: * * * Maryland American Water President Laura Runkle Joins American Water Leadership to Meet with Congressional Leaders in Washington D.C. * BEL AIR, MD - July 17, 2025 - Maryland American Water President Laura Runkle joined a cohort of American Water state presidents and senior executives to meet with Members of Congress in Washington, D.C. this week. The gr more PR

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Van Hollen, Sanders, Welch Denounce Threats to West Bank Communities * Washington, D.C. - Following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to the United States last week, Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, Maryland's U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen, and Vermont's U.S. Senators Bernie Sanders and Peter Welch issued the following statement in response to the Israeli Higher Planning Council's more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 19 -- The Oceantic Network, formerly the Business Network for Offshore Wind, issued the following statement on July 17, 2025: * * * Oceantic Statement: New DOI Review Procedures Unfairly Target Wind Development * BALTIMORE - The Department of the Interior released a directive following the signing of Executive Order 14315 (Ending Market Distorting Subsidies for Unreliable, Foreign-Controlled Energy Sources) today, which requires "all decisions, actions, consultation more PR

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Rep. Johnny Olszewski, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Olszewski Votes Against Cuts to Foreign Aid, Public Broadcasting * (Washington, DC) - Maryland Congressman Johnny Olszewski issued the following statement after voting against a $9 billion rescissions package that repeals funding for public broadcasting and foreign aid: "Tonight, House Republicans voted to abdicate the power of the purse to President Trump, canceling critical funding that was more PR

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on July 18, 2025: * * * Ranking Members Raskin, Thompson, Garcia, and Meeks Renew Demands For Documents Regarding the Trump Administration's Deal to Imprison Hundreds of Immigrants in El Salvador Recent Court Filings Show Trump Administration Blatantly Misled Judges, Congress, and the American People about its Removal of Immigrants to Foreign Torture  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Alsobrooks: Republicans are at it again. Making things worse for the American people. Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) released the following statement after voting 'NO' on Republicans' Recessions Bill. "Republicans have jammed yet another bill through the Senate to make things worse for the American people. "This time, it was defunding public radio and gutting jobs at USAID. Last time, it  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure issued the following information for a hearing entitled "The Road Ahead: Proposals to Improve America's Transportation Infrastructure" at 3 p.m. on July 23, 2025, at 562 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Panel 1 * Chad M. Orn, Deputy Director of Planning, North Dakota Department of Transportation * Marisa Jones, Managing Director, Policy and Partnerships, Safe Routes Partnership * S more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Alsobrooks Grills Nominee for Assistant Secretary for Health Today, Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) grilled Trump's nominee for Assistant Secretary for Health, Dr. Brian Christine. Senator Alsobrooks questioned Dr. Christine on previous comments he made on a podcast about his preference for returning to "traditional gender roles" and women doing what they are "supposed" to do - "raisi more PR

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on July 18, 2025: * * * Senator Alsobrooks' GENIUS Act Becomes Law Today, the GENIUS Act, of which Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) was an original cosponsor and key negotiator, became law. The GENIUS Act passed the Senate by a vote of 68-30 and the House by a vote of 308-122. "Today is a historic day. For the first time, the U.S. has a regulatory framework for digital assets. The GENIUS Act creates more PR

WASHINGTON, July 18 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters posted the following news release: * * * States leaders join Governors' calling for reform from PJM leadership * Washington, DC: Yesterday Governors from Delaware, Kentucky, Illinois, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, and Tennessee wrote to PJM regulators "as a bipartisan group of Governors elected by the many millions of citizens of our respective states, to tell you that fundamental chang more PR

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Van Hollen Statement on Committee Passage of Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Fiscal Year 2026 Appropriations Bill * U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS), released the following statement regarding the CJS Subcommittee's Fiscal Year 2026 funding legislation: "The bill  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Van Hollen Statement on Partisan Reversal by Appropriations Committee Republicans on FBI Headquarters * Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS), released the following statement on the Appropriations Committee's partisan reversal on the FBI headquarters. On Tuesday, Senator Va more PR

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Van Hollen, Durbin Call on AG Bondi to Immediately Release Epstein Files Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS), and Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, called on Attorney General Pam Bondi to immediately release the E more PR