WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman Steny Hoyer (MD-05), U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Congressmen Steny Hoyer, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, and Jamie Raskin (all D-MD) recently met with the Maryland Legislative Black Caucus Chair Delegate Jheanelle Wilkins, the Maryland Black Caucus Foundation and members of the Maryland Legislative Black Caucus at the U.S. Capitol to discuss federal priorities for   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Rep. C.A. 'Dutch' Ruppersberger, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Victims of food stamp theft will continue to be reimbursed under pending stop-gap funding legislation thanks to the tireless advocacy of Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, his office announced today. The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on a Continuing Resolution later this week that will keep the government funded and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benef  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 23, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after leading a bipartisan congressional delegation to the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly where he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. "Our bipartisan delegation had the honor to meet  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The U.S. Capitol Police issued the following news release: The United States Capitol Police's (USCP) new Rapid Response Team (RRT) stopped an armed and wanted felon, while the bicycle officers were proactively patrolling the area near the Senate Office Buildings. The armed felon also has extraditable warrants related to gun charges from Maryland and the District of Columbia. Just before 3:30 p.m., the RRT officers spotted a Jeep Grand Cherokee that was illegally parked   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) were joined by Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) in writing to Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Sandra Thompson urging the Agency to set a minimum energy efficiency standard for new homes built using loan  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Legislation closes 8-K trading gap, preventing executives from profiting before significant problems are disclosed to the SEC, public U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, and Congressman Brad Sherman (D-Calif.), a member of the House Financial Services Committee, have reintroduced the 8-K Trading Gap Act. This bicameral legislation  more