Chris Van Hollen: “I am very pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Blumenauer), a member of the Budget Committee and…”

Without adequate and expert staff, the money that Congress has appropriated to help rural communities will not reach its intended beneficiaries.

I think it’s no secret to any of you that there’s a lot of chaos coming out of Washington, D.C. these days.

We would further urge the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration to investigate the extent to which Secretary Bessent was involved in any decision to make LNG tankers eligible for the AFET.

Local partnerships help us identify the priorities that matter most to our communities, and through those partnerships, Team Maryland works to deliver federal investments needed to move those projects forward – just like these across the…