The president and CEO of an organization that has advocated for parental rights in Nevada for nearly eight years has posted on social media in support of a June 27 rally of Maryland parents against controversial curriculum in Montgomery County Public Schools.
U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, David Trone and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) on June 28, 2023 announced $25 million for the Creating Equitable Connections on the Capital Trails Network project in Prince George’s and Montgomery Counties and Washington D.C.
U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny Hoyer, Jamie Raskin and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) on June 28, 2023 announced $39,863,156 in Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funding for the University of Maryland, College Park to replace 35 aging diesel transit buses with battery powered electric buses and add charging stations to their fleet.
U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie B. Raskin, David Trone, and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) on June 27, 2023 announced $267,738,400 in Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funding for the state of Maryland to expand access to affordable, reliable, high-speed broadband.
On June 26, 2023, Congressman David Trone joined U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie B. Raskin, and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) in announcing $267,738,400 in Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funding for the state of Maryland to expand access to affordable, reliable, high-speed broadband.
On June 23, 2023, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, David Trone, and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) announced $1,375,686 for the Maryland Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) to support local small- and medium-sized manufacturing businesses and create job opportunities in Maryland.
On June 26, 2023, U.S. Representatives David Trone (D-MD) and Nancy Mace (R-SC) reintroduced the Smarter Pretrial Detention for Drug Charges Act to eliminate the presumption of pretrial detention for most federal drug charges by allowing courts to make decisions on a case-by-case basis.
On June 23, 2023, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, and David Trone (all D-Md.) announced $20 million for the Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration’s (MDOT MTA) Mondawmin RAISE Transit Hub Project.
On June 13, the Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee (MCDCC) voted to recommend City Council Member Ryan Spiegel for appointment to the Maryland House of Delegates to complete the remaining term of former Delegate Kumar Barve, who left the legislature to join the Public Service Commission. Governor Moore accepted the recommendation and confirmed the appointment.
On June 23, 2023, Congressman David Trone joined Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) in announcing $1,375,686 for the Maryland Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) to support local small- and medium-sized manufacturing businesses and create job opportunities in Maryland.
On June 22, 2023, Representative Jamie Raskin (MD-08), along with Representatives Deborah Ross (NC-02), Linda Sánchez (CA-38), Sara Jacobs (CA-51), and Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12), introduced an amendment to the House Rules for the 118th Congress that would allow Members to proxy vote if they, their spouse, or their dependents are experiencing serious medical conditions, including a pregnancy-related condition.
On June 23, 2023, Congressman David Trone (D-MD), member of the House Committee on Appropriations, released a statement condemning Republicans’ funding cuts to rural communities and vulnerable Americans during the markup of the full Appropriation Committee’s markup of the Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee’s Fiscal Year 2024 funding bill:
Representatives Jamie Raskin (MD-08) and Kevin Kiley (CA-03) on June 21, 2023 introduced bipartisan and bicameral legislation to protect reporters and journalists against unnecessary government surveillance that makes it harder to hold the government accountable and harms reporters’ First Amendment rights.
On June 23, 2023, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), 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), Jamie Raskin (MD-08), David Trone (MD-06), and Glenn Ivey (MD-04) announced $1,375,686 for the Maryland Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) to support local small- and medium-sized manufacturing businesses and create job opportunities in Maryland.