WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, John Sarbanes, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie Raskin, and David Trone (all D-Md.) announced $500,000 in federal funds for the University of Maryland Support, Advocacy, Freedom, and Empowerment Center for Human Trafficking Survivors (SAFE Center). Funds come from the Department of Justice (DOJ) Housing Assist... Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), and Congressmen C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (MD-02), John P. Sarbanes (MD-03), Anthony G. Brown (MD-04), Jamie Raskin (MD-08), David Trone (MD-06), and Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny... Read more »
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer and Anthony G. Brown (all D-Md.) today announced $603,847.88 in federal funds to support firefighters in Prince George’s County, Md. “As we continue to combat COVID-19, we must provide our firefighters and first responders with the resources they need to keep Marylanders safe,” the lawmakers said. “Team Maryl... Read more »
“We ask that you immediately revise the new policy on flag display, explicitly ban the Confederate Battle Flag, and ensure that service members can express support for diversity and inclusion through the display of sovereign Native Nations and LGBTQ Pride flags.” Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Anthony Brown (MD-04), the only Maryland member serving on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, wrote Governor Larry Hogan requesting clarification on continued delays to the long awaited Purple Line project, less than 25 days before an August 22nd deadline to resolve current contract disputes. Inaction by the state may jeopardize the project. Th... Read more »
Washington (July 28, 2020) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) today announced the Fly Together Act, legislation that directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to require airlines allow children to sit together with their family members on flights at no additional charge. Under current law, parents who want t... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Members of Congress representing the Delmarva region led a bicameral and bipartisan letter to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) highlighting the severe impacts COVID-19 is having on the seafood industry and requesting that USDA consider establishing a short-term purchasing program for shellfish products. The letter was signed by U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coon... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Anthony G. Brown (MD-04) released the following statement on Senate Republicans inclusion of a rider regarding the FBI headquarters in coronavirus relief legislation at the request of the White House: “As the United States faces rising infections, more than 140,000 deaths and millions out of work, the White House and Senate Republicans are trying to sneak a giveaway ... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Washington Post published an op-ed by Brian Greer, a principal with Klein/Johnson Group and former staffer for the House Armed Services Committee and Sen. Charles E Schumer (D-N.Y.), on the lack of diversity on Congressional oversight committees for the military. Greer notes that House Armed Services Committee Vice Chair Anthony G. Brown (MD-04) is the only Black lawmaker si... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Armed Services Committee Vice Chair, 30-year Army veteran and FY20 NDAA conferee Congressman Anthony G. Brown (MD-04) released the following statement in response to President Trump’s assertion that Senate Armed Services Chair Jim Inhofe promised provisions to redesignate military bases honoring Confederate leaders would not be included in the final FY21 National Defense A... Read more »
