Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC: Rep. Andy Harris, M.D. (MD-01) today joined Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC-05) in introducing an article of impeachment against Secretary of State Anthony Blinken. This action is in direct response to predictable, yet egregiously inexcusable failures of planning, execution, and leadership in Afghanistan that have led to the loss of American lives, endangered countless other American and allied lives, and set a horrible precedent on the international stage.
WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice's (DOJ) recent voluntary dismissal of its lawsuit against a federally-funded hospital that forced several nurses to assist in abortions despite conscience-based federal objections is "a profound miscarriage of justice," said House Congressional Pro-Life Caucus co-chairs in a letter to U.S.
WASHINGTON, DC: Rep. Andy Harris, M.D. (MD-01) has announced the First Congressional District of Maryland's winner of the 2021 Congressional Art Competition: Georgia Mercer from Cecil County. Entitled "Angelfish," Georgia's work will hang in the halls of Congress for one year, and she will be honored at the annual award winners ceremony in Washington, D.C. The painting was done in a gouache watercolor medium.
WASHINGTON, DC: Rep. Andy Harris, M.D. (MD-01) today announced that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has awarded a nearly $15.7 million contract to Weeks Marine Inc. for the replenishment of beach sand in Ocean City. The project is expected to procure approximately 1.3 million cubic yards of sand from the outer continental shelf to replenish 8.3 miles of beach.
Congressman Harris issued the following statement:
WASHINGTON, DC: Rep. Andy Harris, M.D. (MD-01) today secured legislative language in the House Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill which will offer direct reimbursement to airport owners, ground crews, and airport tenants who suffer economic hardship due to Secret Service-imposed temporary flight restrictions when President Biden is present at one of his Delaware residences.
WASHINGTON - Congressman Andy Harris, M.D., and U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (all Md.) today announced $513,000 in federal funding to finish the construction of the Sudlersville Wastewater Treatment Plant in Queen Anne's County.
WASHINGTON, DC: Rep. Andy Harris, M.D. (MD-01) announced the award of a $10,183,082 federal grant to Shore Up! Inc., a non-profit Community Action Partnership in Salisbury whose focus is to help people reach personal economic independence. Funding for this grant originated from the Head Start Program, a division of the Administration for Children and Families within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
WASHINGTON, DC: Rep. Andy Harris, M.D. (MD-01) announced that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has committed to stop and dredge in Ocean City in late July. This plan will allow the Army Corps to address the known shoaling in the inlet as well as potentially remove other obstacles caused by Tropical Storm Elsa. Specifically, the corps will be in town for 48 hours of inlet work between July 26th and 29th.
WASHINGTON, DC: Congressman Andy Harris, M.D., today wrote Governor Hogan and Maryland Secretary of Health Dennis Schrader once again to urge them to put a stop to higher education institutions' vaccine mandates. This follows Dr. Harris's June 15th letter of the same topic.
WASHINGTON, DC: Congressman Andy Harris, M.D., today wrote Governor Hogan and Maryland Secretary of Health Dennis Schrader to urge them to put a stop to University of Maryland System vaccine mandates given the recent acknowledgement by the CDC and a published study out of Israel citing a strong correlation between the COVID-19 vaccines and myocarditis or pericarditis, mostly in young men, typically between the age of 16-30.