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Congressman John Sarbanes today joined Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Jamie B. Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.) in announcing $3,582,069 in federal funding to reimburse the Montgomery County Education Department for pandemic-related expenses incurred by the Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) system. Funding comes from the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as authorized through Section 403 of the Robert T. Stafford Act.

Today, Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) and Senators Jack Reed (D-R.I.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) introduced legislation to expand opportunities for environmental education in schools across the country and ensure the next generation has the environmental literacy skills to secure and sustain their future.

The legislation was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives with original cosponsors Representatives David Cicilline (D-R.I.), Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), Jim Langevin (D-R.I.), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.) and Albio Sires (D-N.J.).

Today, Congressman John Sarbanes joined Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie Raskin, and David Trone (all D-Md.) in announcing 

Today, U.S. Representatives John Sarbanes (D-Md.), John Joyce (R-Pa.), Lauren Underwood (D-Ill.) and Carlos Gimenez (R-Fla.) introduced legislation to improve mental health outcomes for children and adolescents across the country by reauthorizing critical mental health and substance use programs through 2027.

Today, Congressman John Sarbanes joined Senator Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Anthony Brown and Jamie Raskin (all D-Md.) joined Congressman Don Beyer (D-Va.) in writing to President Biden urging that he strongly consider the reduction of airplane noise and the improvement of communication with local communities as he makes his nomination of a new Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The letter was also signed by U.S. Representatives Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), Jennifer Wexton (D-Va.), and Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.).

Today, Congressman John Sarbanes, Congressmen Anthony G. Brown, Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie B. Raskin and David Trone (all D-MD) called on the National Guard Inspector General to investigate bias in the Maryland National Guard. 

According to Maryland Army National Guard Data from 2017 to 2021, Black Officer Candidate School candidates were almost twice as likely to be dismissed as white candidates. During the same time period, female candidates were dismissed 70% more often than their male counterparts.

Today, Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) voted to pass a federal funding package that will invest in a better future for families and communities in Maryland and across the country. The Fiscal Year 2022 omnibus spending package rises to the challenges of this moment by creating good-paying jobs, helping families with the rising costs of living and working toward a more sustainable, prosperous future. Critically, it also sustains and strengthens America’s leadership on the global stage, including the provision of robust assistance to Ukraine in this time of dire need.

John Sarbanes responds to Biden's State of the Union address
WBAL-TV

The United States Senate is broken. 

The most recent casualty of its dysfunction is the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act, landmark voting rights and democracy reform legislation that was blocked by the filibuster.