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January 10, 2016

Thanks to the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), the overhaul of No Child Left Behind, millions more students will be rolling up their sleeves and getting their sneakers wet, to become healthier, more successful in school and more engaged with science.

January 8, 2016

Representative John Sarbanes, a Democrat from Maryland, has worked tirelessly with colleagues to pass viable campaign finance measures.

January 6, 2016

U.S. Rep. John Sarbanes, who announced the grant, said he believes the April unrest was "particularly acute for our city schools," and that the events and the media coverage "shook many students' sense of security and diminished their faith in Baltimore's community."

Issues:Education
December 28, 2015

"On more than one occasion, I've been walking in the Annapolis 4th of July Parade, and people have yelled out to me, ‘No Child Left Inside,'" said Rep. John Sarbanes of Maryland, who became one of the cause's earliest champions in Congress. "So it definitely hit a nerve out there."

December 16, 2015

Rep. John Sarbanes (D-Md.), a leading House advocate for campaign finance reforms, said in an interview that the spending deal was, on the whole, a win for opponents of big-money politics — more because of what it did not include than what it did include.

December 16, 2015

"We have begun, wisely, to turn our healthcare system in the direction of prevention and primary care and delivery of care at the community level and that all make sense. But if you don't have enough caregivers, physicians in place to deliver those services then you aren't going to make progress on that overall vision," Sarbanes said in a recent phone interview.

Issues:Health Care
December 16, 2015

Sarbanes, who led this year's effort to beat back the McConnell rider, says that Democrats who oppose efforts to roll back campaign finance limits learned from the 2014 episode. He made sure Democrats were prepared to voice their opposition to these amendments and that leadership would actively work to exclude them from a bill.

December 12, 2015

At the federal level, we're also advancing real solutions that put everyday people back in charge of our democracy. That's the idea behind H.R. 20, the Government By the People Act, a reform that would create a new way for candidates to fund their campaigns.

December 12, 2015

Rep. John Sarbanes (D-Md.) reintroduced a bill Thursday that would help train doctors who have stopped practicing return to the profession at a veterans' center, school or community center.

Issues:Health Care
December 11, 2015

Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) recently introduced the Primary Care Physician Reentry Act, which would tackle America's shortage of primary care physicians by supporting programs that retrain doctors to work in health centers that serve veterans, local communities and schools.

Issues:Health Care