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WASHINGTON, DC: Congressman Andy Harris, M.D., issued the following statement after the Biden Administration revealed and then delayed plans to vaccinate prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba before the general American population:
WASHINGTON, DC: Congressman Andy Harris, M.D., issued the following statement after the Biden Administration halted a Trump era executive action that would lower consumer cost of insulin and EpiPens by requiring community health centers to pass on all discounts and savings from insulin and EpiPens to patients or risk losing access to federal grant dollars:
WASHINGTON, DC: Congressman Andy Harris, M.D. co-sponsored a House Resolution urging President Biden to submit the Paris Agreement on carbon emissions reduction to the Senate for treaty ratification.
WASHINGTON, DC: Congressman Andy Harris, M.D., issued a statement reacting to the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris and their proposed policy agenda. President Biden has pledged to institute or advocate for a liberal, job-killing agenda while in office that would:
WASHINGTON, DC: Congressman Andy Harris, M.D., announced the award of four grants totaling $300,000 to organizations in the First Congressional District from AmeriCorps, a federal agency for volunteering and service. Funds will be utilized to engage Americans 55 and older to help communities increase the capacity of local organizations by recruiting and managing other volunteers.
WASHINGTON, DC: Congressman Andy Harris, M.D., issued the following statement in response to yesterday’s counting of the Electoral College votes and mob violence in the Capitol Building:
WASHINGTON, DC: Congressman Andy Harris, M.D., today applauded the decision to reverse thousands of dollars in unexpected end-of-year fees assessed on distilleries across Maryland and the nation who had so graciously converted their operations to hand sanitizer production during the pandemic. Previously, the Food and Drug Administration
WASHINGTON, DC: Congressman Andy Harris, M.D., and U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen today announced nearly $1.9 million in new federal funding to help strengthen local and community partnerships to prevent youth substance use.
WASHINGTON, DC: Rep. Andy Harris, M.D. (MD-01) announced the award of a $1,241,526 federal grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to the State of Maryland for flood mitigation projects in the City of Crisfield in Somerset County. Specifically, this grant will cover 90% of the projected costs to install 11 tide gates, fund culvert replacement, and install two pump stations.
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman Andy Harris, M.D. (all Md.) applauded $1,436,701 in federal funds to support coastal infrastructure projects in Talbot County. The County will provide $1,437,959 in matching funds, bringing the project total to $2,874,660.
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An amendment to legislation has been passed that requests the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to study the effects of offshore wind projects on wildlife offshore Maryland.
The House Committee on Appropriations marked up the FY19 Commerce, Justice and Science Appropriations bill earlier in May.
The House has passed a $717 billion defense policy bill that would give the military a 2.6 percent pay hike, the largest in nine years.
The bipartisan 351-66 vote sends the measure to the Senate, where a key panel completed a companion measure in a closed-door session on Wednesday.
The House Committee on Appropriations yesterday, May 16, marked up the FY19 Energy and Water Appropriations bill.
Congressman Andy Harris, M.D. authored, and the committee passed, an amendment to prioritize funding for dredging projects in shallow channels, particularly in channels where shoaling can create hazardous barriers to maritime travel.
Olivia Rubio does the hard, tedious work of extracting crab meat on Hooper's Island on Maryland's Eastern Shore.
Hooper's Island is part of chain of three sparsely populated islands in the Chesapeake Bay. After crossing a single bridge, the main road winds through picturesque watermen's villages and unpopulated areas. Hooper's is a center for seafood catching and processing.
HOOPERS ISLAND, Md. —
There is crab meat crisis on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, even though crabs are in good supply this season.
It's not a lack of crabs, but of crab pickers.
Can a state force pregnancy resource centers to violate their beliefs? In March of this year, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on a California law that requires pregnancy resource centers to advertise for the abortion industry.
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HOOPER'S ISLAND, Md. - Nearly half of Maryland crab houses have no workers after their mostly-Mexican workers failed to get visas, forcing seafood businesses like AE Phillips in Fishing Creek to shut down completely.
The Knapps Narrows dredging program, undertaken by Southwind Construction to ensure continued safe navigation along the federal channel, is now officially completed.