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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Maryland Newsletter for Saturday September 28, 2024 ( 9 items )  

Congressman Mfume, Maryland Delegation Announces $15.6 Million to Support Victims of Crime
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman Kweisi Mfume, Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen, and Congressmen Steny Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Jamie Raskin, David Trone and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.)today announced $15,601,420 in U.S Department of Justice (DOJ) funding for the State of Maryland to provide financial assistance and support services to crime victims. The grants are provided through the DOJ Office of Justic  more

Congressman Mfume, Maryland Delegation Announces More Than $10 million for Chesapeake Bay Watershed Restoration, Preservation
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman Kweisi Mfume, Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Jamie Raskin, David Trone and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) today announced $10,698,764 in National Fish and Wildlife Foundation funding for 11 Maryland projects to protect and restore water quality, species and habitats in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. "Maryland's ecological an  more

Hoyer Statement on Meeting with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement today after meeting with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, at the U.S. Capitol: "Today, I joined a group of Democratic and Republican leaders in a meeting with President Zelenskyy to reaffirm our support for his country's cause freedom's cause, democracy's cause, the cause of international law. I was pleased that such a bro  more

Maryland Delegation Announces $15.6 Million to Support Victims of Crime
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- Rep. C.A. 'Dutch' Ruppersberger, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen, and Congressmen Steny Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, David Trone and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) today announced $15,601,420 in U.S Department of Justice (DOJ) funding for the State of Maryland to provide financial assistance and support services to crime victims. The grants are provided through the DOJ Office of Jus  more

Rep. Hoyer and Chair Cardin Introduce Legislation to Conserve and Protect the World's Most Vital Forests
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: This week, Congressman Steny Hoyer (MD-05) and U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee introduced the Combatting Global Deforestation Act in both the House of Representatives and Senate to help combat global deforestation and promote the conservation and restoration of the world's most valuable forest ecosystems. The legislation authorizes $3.5 billion over four y  more

Rep. Trone Introduces Legislation to Install Federally-Funded Electric Vehicle Chargers in Small Towns to Bolster Renewable Infrastructure and Spur Economic Growth
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Today, Congressman David Trone (D-MD), member of the Safe Climate Caucus, introduced the Revitalizing Economic Competitiveness of Highway Adjacent Areas with Reliable Green Energy for Electric Vehicles (RECHARGE-EV) Act to revise federal EV charger funding guidelines for small towns. Under the current National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program, funded by the Biden-Harris adminis  more

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair Cardin, Rep. Hoyer Introduce Legislation to Conserve & Protect World Most Vital Forests
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 27, 2024: This week, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Congressman Steny Hoyer (Md.-05) introduced the Combatting Global Deforestation Act in both the Senate and House of Representatives to help combat global deforestation and promote the conservation and restoration of the world's most valuabl  more

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair Cardin, Sens. Reed, Warner Urge Biden-Harris Administration to Continue to Act Against Extremist Violence in West Bank
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 27, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Senator Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Senator Mark Warner (D-Va.), Chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of the Treasury  more

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Cardin, Sen. Warren, Reps. Cherfilus-McCormick, Meeks Lead Nearly 60 Lawmakers in Urging Departments of Justice, State, Homeland Security, and Commerce to Stop Arms Trafficking to Haiti
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Representatives Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.), and Gregory W. Meeks (D-N.Y.), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, led a letter to the Departments of State (  more