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More than 40 lawmakers have penned a letter to Secretary of Defense James Mattis requesting both that mentions of climate change in military reports remain intact and that strategic defense plans acknowledge the effects of climate change on national security. Read more »

A Republican-sponsored House of Representatives resolution in support of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency was criticized as a “sham” and a “distraction” by Democratic House members from Maryland. Read more »

Members of Congress held a moment of silence on Wednesday to honor the five people fatally shot at the Capital Gazette newspaper office two weeks ago. Read more »

Congress paused for a moment of silence this afternoon to honor the victims of the June 28 shooting at the Capital Gazette’s Annapolis newsroom. U.S. Rep. Anthony G. Brown led the remembrance with other members of the Maryland House delegation, Colin Campbell of the Sun reports Read more »

Rep. Anthony Brown, D-Md., said in a press release that he will lead the rest of the Maryland House Delegation in the respectful observance on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives some time between 1:45 and 2 p.m. Read more »

Congress paused for a moment of silence this afternoon to honor the victims of the June 28 shooting at the Capital Gazette’s Annapolis newsroom. U.S. Rep. Anthony G. Brown led the remembrance with other members of the Maryland House delegation. Read more »

Joined by other members of Maryland’s congressional delegation, Rep. Anthony G. Brown (D-Md.) spoke briefly before the moment of silence about the victims: Gerald Fischman, Rob Hiaasen, John McNamara, Rebecca Smith and Wendi Winters. Read more »

A spokesman for Rep. Anthony Brown said federal authorities have told the Democratic congressmen that the whereabouts of parents for all children being held in Maryland are known. Read more »

The Department of Defense’s lack of an acknowledgment of June as Pride Month has caused a number of Democratic congressmen and women to draft a letter to Defense Secretary James Mattis demanding an explanation, according to a press release from the office of Congressman Anthony Brown of Maryland. Read more »

Rep. Anthony Brown of Maryland is leading seven other House Democrats expressing their "concern" that the Defense Department is "backing away" in its support for LGBT service members, including by failing to recognize June as Pride Month. Read more »