Press Releases

Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), along with Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John P. Sarbanes, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin, and David Trone sent a letter to President Donald Trump urging him to swiftly approve a National Governors Association request from Governors Hogan of Maryland and Cuomo of New York to waive all cost-sharing requirements for assistance under the COVID-19 Emergency Declaration and Major Disaster Declarations.

The current crisis is first and foremost a public health emergency.

Maryland’s hospitals and health care providers are taking extraordinary steps to protect public health and save lives.

Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) along with Congressmen David Trone, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Andy Harris, M.D., Anthony Brown, and Jamie Raskin sent a bipartisan letter to the Chairman of the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) urging him to change a policy that would prohibit states like Maryland that have previously invested in broadband infrastructure from receiving any part of $16 billion in funding through the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF).

Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), along with Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin as well as Representatives Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Anthony Brown, Jamie Raskin, and David Trone sent a letter to Maryland Governor Larry Hogan urging him to release complete COVID-19 demographic data on race and ethnicity, broken down by zip code.

Community health centers have a critical role to play in Maryland’s response to the COVID-19 crisis.

We write to express our concern that the National Capital Region is not being prioritized appropriately for the scale of the COVID-19 impact on the region.

We write to urge you to provide funding from the $150 billion Coronavirus Relief Fund included in the CARES Act for state and local governments as quickly, and with as much flexibility, as possible.