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Letters From Ben
Insult After Injury
Dear Fellow Marylanders: Over the past several months, countless small business owners across Maryland have been reaching out to my office, and to me directly, requesting help with their COVID Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program loans. After weeks, and sometimes months, of back-and-forth with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), more than 40,000 small business owners nationwide are still waiting on a determination from the SBA on the status of their loan applications. That is why, as Chair of the Senate Small Business Committee, I convened a hearing this week to hear directly from the SBA about the status of these outstanding applications, as well as...
Insult After Injury
Dear Fellow Marylanders: Over the past several months, countless small business owners across Maryland have been reaching out to my office, and to me directly, requesting help with their COVID Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program loans. After weeks, and...
Water Resources
Dear Fellow Marylanders: The Senate passed legislation with a 93-1 vote this week that will create and maintain jobs across Maryland and the nation. I bring this to your attention because our economy needs support across the board to keep unemployment low, but also...
National 9-8-8
Dear Fellow Marylanders, This week, I spent time in Montgomery County with U.S. Secretary for Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra, Congressman David Trone and Senator Chris Van Hollen talking about mental health and substance use disorders. It was an important...
Intergalactic Inspiration
Dear Fellow Marylanders, It’s been a big week for the Free State: We had Early Voting for the Gubernatorial Primary Elections. The Orioles are back to .500 for the first time in forever. And the amazing crew at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt...
