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Yesterday, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), and Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger (MD-02), John Sarbanes (MD-03), Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Anthony G. Brown (MD-04), Jamie Raskin (MD-08), David Trone (MD-06), and Andy Harris (MD-01) announced $1,249,912 in federal funding to help prevent youth drug and substance use in communities across Maryland. This Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program continuation grant is administered by the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC).

Last month, the conservative-majority Supreme Court overruled the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision -- turning back the clock for women’s freedom to make their own reproductive health care decisions nationwide, and putting millions of Americans at risk. This ruling is deeply out of step with the American people as polling continues to show that a bipartisan majority of Americans oppose the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), and Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) urged the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) to pause its plans to demolish the existing Governor Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge until an independent review is conducted to determine the feasibility and cost of repurposing it for recreational use.

Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement today following the announcement that Ann Pesiri Swanson will retire on November 21, 2022, as Executive Director of the Chesapeake Bay Commission:

This morning, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) delivered remarks at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center during an event on the release of the first full-color images and spectroscopic data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Congressman Hoyer has worked hard to ensure that the JWST project was supported by Congress, and that the engineers and scientists who worked tirelessly on the project could achieve their goals. Below is a transcript of his remarks:  

Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Ben Cardin (D-MD), and Congressmen  Dutch Ruppersberger (MD-02), John Sarbanes (MD-03), Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Anthony G. Brown (MD-04), Jamie B. Raskin (MD-08), and David Trone (MD-06) released the following statement on Governor Hogan’s suspension of Maryland’s ‘good and substantial reason’ standard for permits to carry a concealed firearm.