WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Appropriator Rep. David Trone Delivers Remarks at Press Conference Following Delegation Meeting on the Francis Scott Key Bridge Congressman David Trone (D-MD), a member of the House Appropriations Committee, delivered the following remarks at the press conference after a meeting with Maryland's federal delegation, Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Governor Wes Moore, and more off  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Report - Servicing Scandals: Student Loan Servicers' Failures During Return to Repayment Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released a new report: Servicing Scandals: Student Loan Servicers' Failures During Return to Repayment, which reveals a decades-long pattern of student loan servicer incompetence   more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel issued the following information for a hearing entitled "Department of Defense's Efforts to Ensure Servicemembers' Access to Safe, High-Quality Pharmaceuticals" at 3 p.m. on April 17, 2024, at G50 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Panel 1 * Honorable Lester Martinez-Lopez, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, Department of Defense * Dr. David J. Smith, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Readi  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on April 10, 2024: * * * Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement calling on the international community to apply pressure on Hamas to accept the current deal to ensure hostages can be returned home safely and stop hostilities in Gaza. "I urge the international community to use maximum leverag  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered opening remarks at the full Committee hearing on the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) FY2025 budget request. A copy of the Chair's remarks, as delivered, have been provided below. The hearing of the Senate Foreign   more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on April 10, 2024: * * * Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement following the killing of Bate Urgessa, a leader of the Oromo Liberation Front, in Meki in Oromia. "The killing of Bate Urgessa on Tuesday night was shocking and upsetting. I offer my deepest condolences to the family for their lo  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), and Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) and Chair and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, announced they introduced a resolution cel  more