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April 08, 2021Maryland Congressional Delegation Announces More Than $23.6 Million in COVID-19 Relief to Support State Airports
U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie Raskin, and David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced $23.6 million in federal COVID-19 economic relief funding for airports across the state. "As we work to safely reopen the economy, this new federal funding will provide our local airports with critical resources to maintain operations and prepare for an increase in commercial travel," the lawm… Continue Reading
April 08, 2021
Maryland Congressional Delegation Announces More Than $68 Million from American Rescue Plan to Help Marylanders Access Safe and Affordable Housing Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Andy Harris, M.D., Anthony G. Brown, Jamie Raskin, and David Trone (all Md.) today announced more than $68 million in American Rescue Plan funding to help families keep roofs over their heads and to prevent homelessness throughout Maryland amid the COVID-19 pandemic. "The severe economic impacts of the COVID-19 public health emergency have increased homelessness and ho… Continue Reading
April 08, 2021
Cardin, Van Hollen, Harris Announce $1 Million Grant to Salisbury Airport
U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman Andy Harris, M.D., (all Md.) today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded a sizable $1,023,818 federal grant to the Salisbury - Ocean City - Wicomico Regional Airport. Funding for this grant came from the Coronavirus Relief and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, which passed in December of 2020. According to DOT, these dollars will be used for economic relief for costs related to operations, personne… Continue Reading
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March 24, 2020Democratic senator asks Pompeo to stop saying 'Wuhan virus'
Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is calling on Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and other State Department officials to stop using the term "Wuhan virus" or "Chinese virus" to refer to COVID-19. "I am obliged to point out that referring to this global pandemic by anything other than its appropriate, medical names is unhelpful at best, and at worst risks inflaming stereotypes, fear, and xenophobia in the face of a health crisis," Cardin wrote in a Tuesda… Continue Reading
December 27, 2019
Why Small Business Saturday is important to Maryland
Small-business owners support every facet of our communities, from our schools and Little League teams to our houses of worship and community organizations - reinvesting their profits back into the community at much higher rates than large companies. According to a 2018 study, an estimated two out of every three dollars spent with a small business stays in the community, and every dollar spent with a small business generates 50 cents in additional local business activity.… Continue Reading
November 19, 2019
Communities need alternatives to driving
As Congress looks to define how best to invest in our nation's infrastructure, we should start by acknowledging two undeniable realities: Investing in all types of infrastructure is critical for ensuring economic growth today and prosperity for generations of Americans in the future. Secondly, transportation is one of the leading contributors to the growing air pollution from vehicles and engines and runoff from roads, highways and bridges to surface water that present formidable threats to our health, well-being and security.… Continue Reading
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March 24, 2021Extending the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)
March 24, 2021
Equal Rights Amendment & Women's History Month
March 23, 2021
Senator Cardin Questions USAID Administrator Nominee Samantha Power at SFRC Confirmation Hearing
March 12, 2021