WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: ANNAPOLIS, MD U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (Both D-Md.) joined Governor Wes Moore and Baltimore City Mayor Brandon Scott today commending the launch of double-stacked rail operations to and from the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore. Part of the Howard Street Tunnel Project, the significant milestone is critical to making Maryland more competitive, opening new opportunities for inte  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) on Friday led a bipartisan group of their Senate colleagues in asking the Biden Administration to address funding shortfalls for submarine programs as they consider funding levels for Fiscal Year 2025. In two separate letters to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Shalanda Young and Department of the Navy  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released the following public communication dated Oct. 22, 2024, from the Maine Department of Marine Resources Commissioner Patrick Keliher: * * * To: Chief Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Conservation Division Office of Protected Resources National Marine Fisheries Service 1315 East West Highway Silver Spring MD 20910 * * * To Whom it May Concern: The Maine Department of Marine Reso  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that the Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) has been awarded $132,676,036 for two projects in Penobscot and Kennebec County. This funding will assist in the rehabilitation or replacement of six bridges on Interstate-395 between Bangor and Brewer, and the replacement of six aging overpasses on Intersta  more