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April 15, 2020

WASHINGTON, DC: Rep. Andy Harris, M.D. (MD-01) announced the award of $18,368,304 in federal grants from the Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Airport Improvement Program. Funding was provided by the recently enacted CARES Act, also known as the "Phase III" Congressional emergency legislation.

Issues:Economy
April 7, 2020

WASHINGTON, DC: Rep. Andy Harris, M.D. (MD-01) announced the award of $3,123,465 in federal grants from the Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Funding was provided by the recently enacted CARES Act, also known as the "Phase III" Congressional emergency legislation.

Issues:Health
March 31, 2020

WASHINGTON, DC: Rep. Andy Harris, M.D. (MD-01) joined a bipartisan, bicameral letter to Secretary Alex Azar of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) urging him to prioritize and take decisive action to assist rural hospitals responding to the Coronavirus.

Issues:Health
March 27, 2020

Today, the CARE act passed the House, but it is a perfect example of how the swamp works in Washington. Congress knew exactly what our citizens and businesses needed, but too many in the Congressional swamp felt that "you never let a serious crisis go to waste" in the words of former Democrat Congressman Rahm Emanuel.

March 26, 2020

WASHINGTON, DC: Rep. Andy Harris, M.D. (MD-01) announced the award of a $2,369,022 federal grant from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Head Start to the Maryland Rural Development Corporation in Greensboro.

Issues:Education
March 25, 2020

WASHINGTON, DC: Rep. Andy Harris, M.D. (MD-01) announced the award of $218,217 in federal grants from the Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Funding was provided by the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020, also known as the "Phase I" Congressional emergency legislation.

Issues:Health
March 19, 2020

WASHINGTON, DC: Rep. Andy Harris, M.D. (MD-01) announced that the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has declared seven counties on Maryland's Eastern Shore a disaster area, thereby making available financial resources for small businesses negatively affected by the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.

Issues:Economy
March 10, 2020

WASHINGTON, DC: Rep. Andy Harris, M.D. (MD-01) announced more than $152,000 in federal grants to address homelessness on the middle and lower shore. The following grants were awarded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

March 5, 2020

WASHINGTON, DC: On March 5th, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced its intent to release 35,000 additional H-2B visas for the summer season of Fiscal Year 2020. Congressman Andy Harris (MD-01) has spearheaded the effort in Congress to secure the timely release of supplemental visas.

Issues:Economy
February 21, 2020

WASHINGTON, DC: Rep. Andy Harris, M.D. (MD-01) announced $107,774 in grant funding to the Cecil County Department of Community Services from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS).