Press Releases
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Maryland Delegation Announces More than $3 Million in Pandemic Reimbursement Funds to Montgomery County Public Schools
April 15, 2022
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.
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Maryland Congressional Delegation Announces Over $340 Million in Infrastructure Funding to Bolster Public Transit Across the State
April 12, 2022
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 B. Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.) in announcing $348,108,466 in federal funding for Maryland in Fiscal Year 2022 to strengthen public transit infrastructure across the state. The lawmakers helped secure this increased federal funding through the U.S.
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Sarbanes, Reed, Collins Reintroduce No Child Left Inside Act
April 11, 2022
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.).
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Maryland Delegation Confronts IRS Commissioner on Backlogs During Virtual Meeting
April 10, 2022
Today, Congressman John Sarbanes joined Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, Kweisi Mfume and David Trone (all D-Md.) for a meeting with Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles Rettig.
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Maryland Congressional Delegation Announces Over $45 Million in Infrastructure Funding to Help Marylanders Cut Utility Costs by Making Homes More Energy Efficient
April 5, 2022
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
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Sarbanes Votes to Cap Insulin Costs for American Families
April 4, 2022
Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) today voted to pass legislation which would cap out-of-pocket costs for insulin – a lifesaving drug that millions of American rely on every day – at $35 per month for Americans covered by private health insurance plans or Medicare Part D.
This legislation, the Affordable Insulin Now Act (H.R. 6833), would take long-overdue action to curb skyrocketing insulin costs and ensure that millions of Americans living with diabetes have affordable access to this medication that is critical to maintaining their health.
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Sarbanes Introduces Bipartisan Legislation to Support Children’s Mental and Behavioral Health
April 3, 2022
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.
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Sarbanes, Baltimore Congressional Delegation Announce the Addition of Bear Creek Sediments Site to the Superfund National Priorities List for Environmental Cleanup
April 1, 2022
Today, Congressman John Sarbanes joined Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger and Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) in announcing that the Bear Creek Sediments site – adjacent to Sparrows Point – has been added to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Superfund National Priorities List. The list serves as the agency’s basis for prioritizing cleanup funding and enforcement actions.
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Sarbanes, Van Hollen, Brown, Raskin Urge President Biden to Consider Airplane Noise Reduction Efforts In Nomination Of New FAA Administrator
March 27, 2022
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.).
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Sarbanes, Bipartisan Group of Members of Congress Urge President to Protect Chesapeake Bay, Accelerate Conservation Efforts
March 26, 2022
Today, Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) joined Senators Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and 17 of their colleagues in the Senate and House of Representatives in sending a bipartisan letter to President Joe Biden urging the Administration to increase investment in the Chesapeake Bay watershed region in the President’s fiscal year 2023 budget proposal.
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Sarbanes, Brown, Hoyer, Ruppersberger, Mfume, Raskin and Trone Request Investigation into Bias in Maryland National Guard
March 22, 2022
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.
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Sarbanes Votes for Omnibus Spending Bill to Invest in Maryland Priorities, American Families
March 13, 2022
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.
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Congressman Sarbanes' Statement on the Filibuster
January 21, 2022
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.
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Sarbanes, Pappas, Hellenic Caucus Honor Oxi Day to Celebrate Greek Resistance to Axis Powers
November 2, 2021
Today, Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) joined Congressman Chris Pappas (D-N.H.) and other members of the Hellenic Caucus in introducing a bipartisan resolution to designate October 28 as Oxi Day.
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Maryland Congressional Delegation Announces More Than $2 Million for Local Government Crime Prevention Programs
October 30, 2021
Congressman John Sarbanes today joined U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, Kweisi Mfume, Andy Harris, M.D., Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin and David Trone (all Md.) in announcing $2,076,666 in federal funding to bolster crime prevention programs for local governments across the state.
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Sarbanes on Republicans Obstructing Freedom to Vote Act
October 24, 2021
Today, Democracy Reform Task Force Chair John Sarbanes (D-Md.) issued the following statement after Senate Republicans blocked consideration of the Freedom to Vote Act (S. 2747):
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Maryland Congressional Delegation Applauds SBA Approval of Maryland Disaster Relief for Tropical Depression Ida
October 23, 2021
Congressman John Sarbanes today joined Senator Ben Cardin, Chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship, Senator Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, Kweisi Mfume, Andy Harris, M.D., Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.) today applauded the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) for approving the State of Maryland’s request for a physical disaster declaration due to damage from Tropical Depression Ida.
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Maryland Congressional Delegation Announces More Than $600,000 for Community Policing Development Programs
October 19, 2021
Congressman John Sarbanes joined Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.) today in announcing $603,327 in federal funding to bolster de-escalation and crisis intervention training for police departments across the state.
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Maryland Congressional Delegation Announces More Than $3.6 Million for Chesapeake Bay Watershed Restoration Projects
October 19, 2021
Congressman John Sarbanes today joined Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.) in announcing $3,683,392 in federal funding to support habitat restoration, habitat management, planning and implementation of projects in Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay watershed. Maryland received more than one-third of the $10 million in new investments announced throughout the six watershed states and the District of Columbia.
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Sarbanes Meets with U.S. Postal Service District Manager Lora McLucas
October 16, 2021
Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) today issued the following statement following a meeting with Lora McLucas, the newly appointed U.S. Postal Service District Manager for the Baltimore region.