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April 30, 2020
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(WASHINGTON, D.C.) — Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-MD) today joined Reps. Seth Moulton (D-MA) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) in sending a letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy urging them to support nonprofits in the next round of coronavirus disaster relief. More than 140 Members of Congress and dozens of the nation’s leading national nonprofits joined in the call to action.
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April 30, 2020
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(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08) today joined the full Maryland Congressional Delegation, including U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John P. Sarbanes, Andy Harris, M.D., Anthony G. Brown, and David Trone, in announcing $9,043,232 in COVID-19 relief for tenant-based housing voucher recipients in Maryland through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
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April 29, 2020
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-MD) joined a group of 182 lawmakers, led by U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Fred Upton (R-MI), in urging House Leadership to include $26 billion in the next coronavirus relief package for scientific and medical researchers who have been impacted by the pandemic.
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April 29, 2020
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(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08) today joined Reps. David N. Cicilline (RI-01) and F. James Sensenbrenner (WI-05) and more than 100 House Democrats and Republicans in pushing to protect local news publishers and broadcasters in the next COVID-19 relief package.
April 29, 2020
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(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Congressman Jamie Raskin joined the full Maryland congressional delegation, including U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John P. Sarbanes, Andy Harris, M.D., Anthony G. Brown, and David Trone, in today announcing approval by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) of Maryland’s plan to provide new Pandemic EBT (P-EBT) assistance to all Maryland children who would receive free or reduced-price lunches if not for school closures. The Maryland Department of Human Services estimates that approximately 427,000 children will benefit from the program for a combined value of over $49 million in estimated assistance. Maryland is one of 12 states whose plans have already been approved.
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April 29, 2020
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(WASHINGTON, D.C.)—Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08) released the following statement after Speaker Pelosi announced his appointment to the House Select Committee on the Coronavirus Crisis, a bipartisan panel empowered to examine all aspects of the federal response to the coronavirus to ensure that taxpayer dollars are being wisely and efficiently. The panel will be chaired by House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn:
April 29, 2020
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(WASHINGTON, D.C.) —Following a request from Representatives Jamie Raskin (MD-08) and Joe Neguse (CO-02), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has added the nation’s first responders to the list of those eligible for high priority COVID-19 testing.
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April 28, 2020
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(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08) today joined Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (NY-18) and a bipartisan group of House Members in calling on Jovita Carranza, Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), to provide application status updates to small businesses who have applied for emergency disaster loans and grants through the agency.
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April 28, 2020
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(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) today joined Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) and 35 colleagues in announcing that the Department of Labor has issued guidance confirming the eligibility of Peace Corps and AmeriCorps participants for unemployment assistance due to the COVID-19 outbreak. In a bipartisan letter sent April 2, 2020, the Members urged Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia to clarify that the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program passed within the CARES Act covers Peace Corps and AmeriCorps participants. As the Members pointed to in their letter, this designation is in line with Congressional intent, but DOL guidance released today provides certainty.
April 28, 2020
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(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08) joined Congressmen Anthony G. Brown, Steny Hoyer, C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, John P. Sarbanes, Andy Harris M.D, David Trone and U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (all MD) in writing President Donald Trump to request the Administration deliver on its commitment to designate the National Capital Region as a federally supported COVID-19 testing site. This designation would make federal facilities available to Maryland to expand the state’s testing capacity. Ramping up testing efforts is essential to safely reopening the state’s economy and protecting public health.
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