WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Maryland Congressional Delegation Announces $1.3 Million to Reduce the DNA Backlog at Local Police Departments and Crime Labs * Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks and U.S. Representatives Steny Hoyer, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, Glenn Ivey, Sarah Elfreth, April McClain Delaney, and Johnny Olszewski (all D-Md.) announced $1,322,514 in federal funding to help relieve backl  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Maryland Congressional Delegation Announces $1.3 Million to Reduce the DNA Backlog at Local Police Departments and Crime Labs * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks (both D-MD), and U.S. Representatives Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Jamie Raskin (MD-06), Glenn Ivey (MD-04), Sarah Elfreth (MD-03), April McClain Delaney (MD-06), and  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- The Congressional Progressive Caucus issued the following news release: * * * PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS MEMBERS URGE APPLE TO REVERSE IMPENDING CLOSURE OF UNIONIZED BALTIMORE-AREA STORE Forty members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) wrote to Apple Inc. raising concern about treatment of unionized workers at an Apple store in Towson, Maryland, which has "deeply troubling in its national implications for workers' rights and the ability of multi-trillion-dollar corpor  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on June 2, 2026: * * * Ranking Member Raskin Urges Law Enforcement Memorial Fund to Honor All Fallen January 6 Officers Raskin Demands Answers on Failure to Recognize Officers Who Died by Suicide the Days and Weeks After Defending the Capitol from Violent Insurrection - Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, sent a letter  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * A Rare and Growing Bipartisan Chorus Is Denouncing Trump's $1.8 Billion Plunder of Taxpayer Dollars to Give to Convicted Criminals and Political Foot Soldiers As Trump's Department of Justice (DOJ) backpedals from its $1.8 billion slush fund, a bipartisan chorus of Members of Congress have responded with outrage to Trump's attempt to plunder taxpayer d  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 (TNSletter) -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, with two co-signers issued the following letter to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton: * * * Here is the text of the letter: June 1, 2026 The Honorable Kenneth Paxton Attorney General Office of the Attorney General 300 W. 15th Street Austin, TX 78701 Dear Attorney General Paxton: For years, Texas residents--many of them seniors or people with disabilities--have reported to y  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 2, 2026: * * * Alsobrooks, Young Introduce Bill to Repeal Federal Excise Tax on Heavy Trucks As reported by Reuters, U.S. Senators Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.) introduced the Modern, Clean, and Safe Trucks Act to repeal the 12% federal excise tax on heavy trucks. The 12% excise tax on heavy trucks is the highest excise tax levied on any product in the country. By adding a  more