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Many members of Congress, including Maryland Reps. Andy Harris and John Delaney, say they will be donating their salaries during the government shutdown to charities.
Delaney, a former Potomac businessman who announced last year that he will run for the Democratic nomination for president, said on Saturday that he will donate his federal shutdown money to Mercy Health Clinic, a Gaithersburg facility for low-income patients.
WASHINGTON, DC: Congressman Andy Harris, M.D. (MD-01) released the following statement after the Senate failed to pass a government funding bill on January 19:
OCEAN CITY, Md. - Ocean City is getting emergency federal attention, but you wouldn't know it unless you do business on the water.
Rising sand bars have already caused one ship carrying 11,000 pounds of fish to run aground, and the fear is many others could suffer a similar fate.
That's why Congressman Andy Harris called in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to tackle the problem before it gets out of hand.
Help is on the way for boat captains struggling to navigate through the Ocean City Inlet in the wake of a series of powerful winter storms.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is accelerating plans to dredge the channel. It is canceling scheduled work in New Jersey to prioritize the beleaguered inlet south of Ocean City, a key passage for commercial fishing vessels.
U.S. Rep. Andy Harris' office said the 1st District representative contacted the corps after receiving reports that a buildup of sand was jeopardizing access for larger ships.
WASHINGTON, DC: Congressman Andy Harris, M.D. (MD-01) released the following statement after voting to reauthorize the Children's Health Insurance Program and to continue funding the federal government:
(WASHINGTON, DC): Congressmen Andy Harris, M.D. (MD-01) and Doug LaMalfa (CA-01) have filed an Amicus Curiae brief on behalf of 128 members of the House of Representatives and 16 Senators in support of pro-life pregnancy centers in the Supreme Court case National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA) v. Becerra. This case challenges the Reproductive FACT Act (AB 775), a California state law that requires pro-life licensed medical centers to post advertisements for free or low cost abortions subsidized by the state.
WASHINGTON, DC: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has announced that it will expedite the dredging of the Ocean City Inlet. After discovering that shoaling had built up enough to jeopardize larger ships' access to the Inlet, the office of Congressman Andy Harris, M.D. (MD-01) contacted USACE to seek immediate assistance. USACE has canceled a scheduled dredge in New Jersey in order to prioritize the Ocean City Inlet project. Congressman Harris released the following statement on the project:
WASHINGTON, DC: On January 18, the Department of Health and Human Services announced the establishment of a new Conscience and Religious Freedom Division. Congressman Harris issued the following statement in support of the announcement:
WASHINGTON, DC: On January 12, Congressman Andy Harris, M.D. (MD-01) released the following statement regarding President Trump's new Iran sanctions and call to reform the Iran Nuclear Deal:
"The President is right in deciding that the Iran deal must be fixed if it is to remain in force. Verification of compliance has always been a problem, ballistic missile testing cannot be allowed to continue, and the sunset clause must be removed-keeping the limitations on Iran's ability to develop a nuclear weapon in effect indefinitely."