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ongressman Steny Hoyer (MD-05) joined Members of Maryland’s Congressional Delegation in urging President Joe Biden to award the Medal of Freedom posthumously to the five men and women who were killed on June 28, 2018 at the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, in what was the deadliest attack on journalists in the U.S. in our nation’s history.

Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), Committee on Oversight and Reform Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney, Committee on Armed Services Chairman Adam Smith, Committee on Appropriations Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro, Co-Chair of the Democratic Women’s Caucus Jackie Speier, Congressman Gerald E. Connolly, Congressman Don Beyer, and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton introduced The Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act, to grant all federal employees 12 weeks of paid leave relating to personal illness, illness of a family member, or military deployment.

In announcing his retirement today, my friend Will Baker leaves behind an unmatched legacy as a dedicated advocate for the Chesapeake Bay.

In the previous Congress, the Democratic House Majority passed the Raise the Wage Act in order to ensure that American workers can earn incomes that enable them to make ends meet.

This latest infusion of federal funding for Maryland will support state and local governments, hospitals, health care providers, first responders and other frontline workers that have carried the financial burden of purchasing equipment and supplies necessary as they work to care for coronavirus patients, administer the COVID-19 vaccine and bring the virus under control.

A robust vaccination strategy is critical to our efforts to defeat COVID-19 in Maryland.

This new infusion of federal funding will help WMATA and Montgomery County reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission on public transportation systems and get riders safely to their destinations.

This urgently needed relief will help provide students, educators and support professionals with more resources to improve learning and educational services, and help Maryland school districts cover the significant costs they have borne throughout this pandemic.