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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Maryland Newsletter for Saturday April 13, 2024 ( 6 items )  

Cardin, Boozman Introduce Bill to Safeguard Habitat for Baltimore Oriole, Mallard Duck and Other Migratory Birds
WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-Ark.), the Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, introduced legislation to reauthorize the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act which enables to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to support conservation partners along migrato  more

Hoyer: America is the World's Hope. Let Us Not Fall Short.
WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor today urging Republican leadership to bring aid for our ally Ukraine to the Floor immediately. Below is a transcript of his remarks and a link to the video: Image Click here for a link to the video. "Mr. Speaker, just hours ago in this chamber the Prime Minister of Japan asked this Congress, 'Without U.S. s  more

Maryland Delegation Announces First $3.5 Million Installment of Federal Funds to Support Port of Baltimore Workers Impacted by Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse
WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Kweisi Mfume, Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Andy Harris, M.D., Jamie Raskin, David Trone and Glenn Ivey (all Md.) today announced $3.5 million in U.S. Department of Labor's emergency National Dislocated Worker Grant funds to create temporary clean up and recovery jobs for workers impacted by the tragic collapse of Balti  more

Rep. Mfume Announces Introduction of the Baltimore BRIDGE Relief Act
WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-07) addressed the U.S. House of Representatives, urging his colleagues to swiftly pass legislation he along with a cosponsorship of his colleagues from Maryland just introduced: the Baltimore BRIDGE Relief Act. The Baltimore BRIDGE Relief Act is bipartisan, bicameral legislation that would allow the federal government to fully fund the replacement of the Francis S  more

Team Maryland Introduces Legislation to Ensure 100 Percent Federal Support for Replacing the Francis Scott Key Bridge
WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) joined with U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger (MD-02), John Sarbanes (MD-03), Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Andy Harris (MD-01), Jamie Raskin (MD-08), David Trone (MD-06), and Glenn Ivey (MD-04) on Thursday to introduce bicameral, bipartisan legislation that would allow the federal government to fully fund the replac  more

Team Maryland Introduces Legislation to Ensure 100 Percent Federal Support for Replacing the Francis Scott Key Bridge
WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Rep. C.A. 'Dutch' Ruppersberger, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen, joined with Congressmen Kweisi Mfume, Andy Harris, Steny Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Jamie Raskin, David Trone and Glenn Ivey on Thursday to introduce bicameral, bipartisan legislation that would allow the federal government to fully fund the replacement of the Francis Scott Key Bridge and its approaches. Governor Wes Moore, who joined   more