Press Releases

WMATA is critical to growing our local economy, keeping our nation safety and secure, ensuring our government can function, and making the District more accessible to all who visit it. However, in order to continue meeting the needs of our region, the Federal government must do its part to support WMATA, and I will continue working to ensure the system has the resources needed to provide safe and reliable service.

The annual Fifth District Congressional Art Competition is a wonderful opportunity to highlight the exceptional talent of Fifth District students. Each and every participant submitted outstanding artwork, and Im pleased to see the dedication and creativity that went into each piece.

For nearly forty years, GBMS has provided Fifth District residents with access to affordable, quality health care, and I was pleased to join the staff and administration at Greater Baden Medical Services for a tour of their facilities and briefing to learn more about the services they provide.

The Vet Center here in Clinton has been an important asset to veterans in the Fifth District, and I commend its staff for their dedication to helping veteranstransition back to civilian life.

While I am encouraged that our economy is continuing to add private sector jobs for the twenty-ninth consecutive month, with 172,000 private sector jobs created in July, more must be done to move our jobs recovery forward. Thats why I have been urging Congress to extend middle class tax cuts for Americasfamilies and small businesses and pursue the Make It In America jobs plan. Unfortunately, House Republicans have once again walked away from the Americanpeople when they left town for the summer with a long list of critical work left undone, including failing to provide economic certainty to families andbusinesses by providing tax relief for middle class Americans.

All of you are here at a pivotal moment for small businesses in Maryland and in our country. We have an opportunity to rebuild our economy in a way that helps entrepreneurs launch new ventures and helps small businesses grow, creating the new jobs our communities need. Much of the effort to do so can take place on the state and local level and already has. But Congress will have to take a leading role in supporting that economic growth.

I want to thank President Loh for visiting NAS Patuxent River today so that he could see firsthand the talent and world-class capabilities of Pax River. The future of Pax River depends on a highly-skilled workforce, and Im pleased President Loh and NAVAIR leadership could come together today to discuss growing opportunities for partnering on education and research efforts and how we can ensure our students have the education and training so they can find work and we can meet the needs of our local defense community."

Thanks to this SAFER grant awarded to the Prince Georges County Fire Department, our community will have 18 additional firefighters on the job, responding to emergencies and keeping our residents safe.