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WASHINGTON, DC: Rep. Andy Harris, M.D. (MD-01) announced the award of three Federal Emergency Management Agency grants to local volunteer fire companies on Maryland's Eastern Shore. The grants was awarded through the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG), and totaled more than $46,000. According to FEMA, "the primary goal of the Assistance to Firefighters Grant is to meet the firefighting and emergency response needs of fire departments and nonaffiliated emergency medical service organizations.
WASHINGTON, DC: Congressman Andy Harris, M.D., today wrote Governor Hogan and the Maryland Acting Secretary of Health, urging them to prioritize and consider using all available vaccine doses for first dose administrations. In his letter, Dr.
WASHINGTON, DC: Congressman Andy Harris, M.D., is once again calling for the reopening of schools following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) releasing guidance today to help schools execute this essential action.
WASHINGTON, DC: Congressman Andy Harris, M.D., issued a statement today in response to the Biden Administration's Executive Order 13998, which requires the wearing of masks on all federal and federally regulated transportation vehicles and vessels to prevent the spread of COVID-19:
WASHINGTON, DC: Congressman Andy Harris, M.D., issued a statement today in response to the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) report on the ramifications of any increase in the federal minimum wage. The CBO report reached multiple conclusions, including a projected net loss of over 1.4 million jobs over five years. In Maryland, current law already will gradually raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025, from its current $11.75 rate.
Congressman Harris issued the following statement:
WASHINGTON – The full Maryland congressional delegation, including U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Andy Harris, M.D., Anthony Brown, Jamie Raskin and David Trone, today continued to urge U.S. Postal Service leadership at all levels to resolve persistent and widespread delivery delays.
WASHINGTON, DC: Congressman Andy Harris, M.D., today announced the designation of Maryland, and specifically Dorchester County, a major disaster area in the wake of Tropical Storm Isaias last year by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). This declaration triggers the release of Federal funds to help communities recover from this storm. Eligible entities include the state and local governments among others.
Congressman Harris issued the following statement:
WASHINGTON, DC: Congressman Andy Harris, M.D., is again urging the counties across Maryland to open schools immediately following President Biden's CDC Director stating that data illustrates vaccinating teachers is not a pre-requisite for safely opening schools.
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: