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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.

The COVID-19 vaccine is currently being distributed to Marylanders aged 75 and older, health care providers, law enforcement officials, education staff, those living in assisted living facilities, and individuals at congregate living facilities such as transitional housing and shelters

The executive order signed by President Biden today is a welcome step that will restore and strengthen our nation’s federal workforce.

I am honored to invite Maryland Democratic Party Chair Yvette Lewis, a dear friend and a constituent from the Fifth District, to join me as my guest for the 59th Inaugural Ceremonies at the Capitol on Wednesday.

I was glad to join with so many friends in the Fifth District today to celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.