Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) today voted against the “Politics Over Participation” Act (H.R. 734), an attack on transgender and other LGBTQ+ youth in sports.
Ahead of Earth Day, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) spoke with Axios Pro reporter Nick Sobczyk about the Regional Leadership Council and House Democrats’ work to implement the climate provisions within the Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Republicans’ attempts to claw back programs saving Americans money, and his AMAZON21 Act.
On April 20, 2023, Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) and Senators Jack Reed (D-R.I.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) introduced legislation to bring locally developed, high-quality environmental education programs to more schools nationwide by authorizing federal assistance to states to develop and implement environmental literacy plans.
At a press conference last April 20, 2023, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (AZ-07), Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González-Colón (PR at-large), Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (NY-07), Rep. Darren Soto (FL-09), and Governor of Puerto Rico Pedro R. Pierluisi announced the reintroduction of the Puerto Rico Status Act. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) and Rep. Ritchie Torres (NY-15) are also original cosponsors of the legislation.
On April 20, 2023, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) delivered the following remarks at a press conference announcing the reintroduction of the Puerto Rico Status Act in the 118th Congress:
On April 19, 2023, members of the Regional Leadership Council (RLC) and its Chair, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) held a meeting with Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs Jed Kolko to discuss the Department of Commerce's Regional Economic Research Initiative.
There were two companies in cities associated with Howard County that received two FDA inspections in the first quarter of 2023, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Association.
There was one company in a city associated with Anne Arundel County that received an FDA inspection in the first quarter of 2023, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Association.
9,000 people from across the country moved to Anne Arundel County during 2019, an increase over the previous year, according to the Internal Revenue Service.
11,023 people from across the state moved to Anne Arundel County during 2019, an increase over the previous year, according to the Internal Revenue Service.
In March 2023, the median sale price of a home in Anne Arundel County rose by $42,500 from the same period in the previous year, while total sales decreased by 84.2%.