Press Releases

Today, I met with organizations representing farmers in Maryland and across the country to discuss the need to take action on a long-term reauthorization of the Farm Bill.

Today, the GSA issued a Request for Interest for the new location of the FBI headquarters, which lays out certain requirements for the project and will help identify sites available in our region. With a significant portion of the federal workforce living in Maryland and ample land available near Metro stations, its clear Prince Georges County is the right choice for the new headquarters.

Federal and postal employees and their families share our commitment to serving the American people in the most efficient, cost-effective manner, and, just like other taxpayers, they too are struggling during these tough times. Many face an uncertain employment future under almost any deficit reduction scenario. And to date, no other group has been asked to financially contribute the way they have. Our dedicated civil servants understand the principle of shared sacrifice and justifiably expect others will actually share in it.

I join in saluting the men and women who have served our nation in uniform.

Today, I met with local defense contractors to continue working together to resolve the implementation of new directives that could impact our defense community.

In order to boost our economic competitiveness and help put more Marylanders back to work, we must continue building a highly-skilled workforce.

I was pleased to join business leaders from the Prince Georges County Chamber of Commerce to discuss how we can continue to grow our local economy and create jobs here in the Fifth District.

Today's report marks the thirty-second consecutive month our economy has added private sector jobs a strong sign that our recovery is continuing and that the economic policies of the Obama Administration are helping move America forward.