WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume, Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Jamie Raskin, David Trone and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) announced $10,000,000 in federal funding for the Maryland Department of Natural Resources to construct approximately 50 acres of reefs within existing oyster sanctuaries in Maryland's Chesapeake Bay. The resto  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) issued the following statement on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Joint Address to Congress: "Our Congress has always shown overwhelming bipartisan support for Israel and maintained a steadfast commitment to our ally's security and success in the fight against terrorism especially in the past 292 days since Hamas' brutal October 7 terrorist attack. "Americ  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) spoke on the House Floor strongly condemning the antisemitic protests that took place at Union Station following Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to Congress. Below is a transcript of his remarks: Image The full video of Congressman Hoyer's Floor Speech can be found HERE(link is external). "Mr. Speaker, the same day Israeli Prime Mi  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Today, US Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen John Sarbanes, Steny H Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, David Trone and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) announced $10,000,000 in federal funding for the Maryland Department of Natural Resources to construct approximately 50 acres of reefs within existing oyster sanctuaries in Maryland's Chesapeake Bay. The restored reefs w  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Funds come from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and Inflation Reduction Act Today, U.S. 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.) announced $10,000,000 in federal funding for the Maryland Department of Natural Resources to construct approximately 50 acres of r  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: This week, Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and 12 of their colleagues in urging Michael Herzog, Ambassador of Israel to the United States, and Motaz Zahran, Ambassador of Egypt to the United States, to help Palestinian children who are critically ill and injured leave Gaza safely to seek medical treatment, and increase access to life-saving medical treatments in Gaza   more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and four of their colleagues in introducing a bill to apply criminal penalties to rogue insurance brokers who are changing Americans' Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace plans without their knowledge or consent, and take other steps to strengthen consumer health insurance protections. The bill, title  more