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WASHINGTON, DC: Today, Congressman Andy Harris, M.D. (R-MD), Acting Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Agriculture Subcommittee announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved a $50,000 grant for the purchase two hybrid Ford Interceptors for Crisfield's Law Enforcement Department. This purchase will include additional equipment outfitted on these vehicles.
WASHINGTON, DC: Today, Congressman Andy Harris, M.D. (R-MD), Acting Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Agriculture Subcommittee is pleased to announce that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will be issuing a regulation that will make available to employers an additional 64,716 H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas for fiscal year (FY) 2023, on top of the 66,000 H-2B visas that are normally available each fiscal year.
WASHINGTON, DC: Today, Congressman Andy Harris, M.D. (R-MD), Acting Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Agriculture Subcommittee is pleased to announce that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will be issuing a regulation that will make available to employers an additional 64,716 H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas for fiscal year (FY) 2023, on top of the 66,000 H-2B visas that are normally available each fiscal year.
WASHINGTON, DC: Today, Congressman Andy Harris, M.D. (R-MD), Acting Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Agriculture Subcommittee along with Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD), Chair of the Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), a member of the Appropriations Interior and Environment Subcommittee, announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved a $1,611,000.00 grant for the Smith Island Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) Improvements project.
Washington, D.C. – Today, the Co-Chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Ukraine Caucus – Representatives Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), and Andy Harris (R-MD) – released the following statement on Russia’s illegal annexation of Ukraine’s territory.
WASHINGTON, DC: Congressman Andy Harris, M.D. (MD-01), Member of the House Appropriations Committee’s Labor, Health, and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, is pleased to announce that the Department of Health and Human Services will be announcing a Congressional Mental Health & Substance Abuse Service Grant in the amount of $1,000,000 to the Lower Shore Clinic, Inc in Salisbury, Maryland.
WASHINGTON, DC: Congressman Andy Harris, M.D. (MD-01), Member of the Labor, Health, and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee on Appropriations, is pleased to announce that Chesapeake College has been selected to receive funding from the U.S. Department of Education under the Upward Bound program. The Upward Bound program provides fundamental support to participants in their preparation for college entrance.
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Andy Harris, M.D., Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin and David Trone (all Md.) today urged U.S. Department of Commerce leadership to initiate a new benchmark stock assessment for the Chesapeake Bay blue crab population, in line with the recommendations of leading scientists and fisheries managers.
WASHINGTON, DC: Congressman Andy Harris, M.D. (MD-01), the Acting Ranking Member of House Appropriations Agriculture Subcommittee is pleased to announce that he has joined Congresswoman Debbie Lesko’s Protect Kids Caucus (PKC). The purpose and mission of this caucus is to promote policies and practices that protect children from sexualization in schools, health care, government programs, and online. The Protect Kids Caucus also provides a platform for experts and parents across the nation to inform Congress on threats to children’s innocence.