WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Violence Against Women Act on September 12, 1994: "As a proud co-sponsor of the original Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) in 1994, I join in celebrating its thirtieth anniversary today. I supported the effort to pass that historic legislation because I knew it was, and co  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08) and Congressman Don Beyer (VA-08) renewed their efforts to bring ranked choice voting to U.S. congressional elections, reintroducing their Ranked Choice Voting Act. Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) is introducing companion legislation in the Senate. The legislation would require ranked choice voting (RCV) in all congressional primary and general elections starting in 2028, allow  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Representatives Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and Don Beyer (D-VA) led a letter from 66 members of Congress calling on the Biden Administration to finalize strict rules for the Section 45V Tax Credit for Production of Clean Hydrogen that was passed as part of Democrats' historic Inflation Reduction Act. In a letter sent yesterday to Treasury Secretary J  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2024: This week, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, spoke with opposition leader Maria Corina Machado following the exile of Venezuelan presidential candidate, Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, the widely recognized winner of Venezuela's July 28 election. This marked Ms. Machado's first public conversation   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08) and Congressman Don Bacon (NE-02) introduced new bipartisan legislation, the Stabilization to Prevent (STOP) Suicide Act, to expand access to evidence-based stabilization care for individuals with serious thoughts of suicide. Stabilization services can help patients reduce or eliminate imminent suicide risk and manage dangerous impulses, keeping them safe while rel  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman John Sarbanes (MD-03) delivered remarks on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives today to spotlight the Freedom to Vote Act, the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and other key legislation to strengthen our democracy. H.R. 11, the Freedom to Vote Act, would improve access to the ballot box, combat the influence of big money on our politics, end partisan gerrymandering a  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered opening remarks at the full Committee hearing, "Anti-NGO Laws and Other Tools of Democratic Repression." In his remarks, Chair Cardin underscored the growing threat to democracy around the world through tools of democratic repression and anti  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on Sept. 12, 2024: * * * This week, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after meeting with Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter who was recently freed following nearly 16 months of wrongful detention in Russia. "Evan's safe return to the United States is a profound re  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) announced the introduction of legislation in the United States House of Representatives and Senate to designate the United States Post Office located at 340 South Loudon Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland, as the ''United States Representative Elijah E. Cummings Post Office Building." "Elijah's talent for building consensus, a  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and U.S. Representatives Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) and Judy Chu (D-Calif.) introduced legislation to require the biggest polluters to begin paying their fair share to confront the climate crisis. The Polluters Pay Climate Fund Act, requires the largest U.S.-based fossil fuel extractors and oil refiners and foreign-owned companies doing business in the U.S. to pa  more