Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) today voted to pass the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act (H.R. 842), a bill to help American workers form unions and organize to increase paychecks, improve benefits and enhance workplace safety.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) today was formally named Vice Chair of the House Health Subcommittee by House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone (D-N.J.).

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) today joined the Baltimore Congressional Delegation in announcing $424,875 in federal funding for the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) to research the lasting effects of COVID-19 on the brain.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Democracy Reform Task Force Chair Rep. John Sarbanes (D-Md.) today led the U.S. House of Representatives in passing H.R. 1, the For the People Act, a historic suite of reforms to protect and expand the right to vote, clean up corruption in Washington and restore trust, transparency and integrity in government.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) today voted to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act (H.R. 1280), a bill to forcefully confront police brutality and misconduct, curb racial profiling, hold officers accountable and improve transparency standards for federal, state and local law enforcement agencies around the country.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) today joined more than 170 Members of Congress in calling on Secretary of State Antony Blinken to hold Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accountable for his regime’s alarming human rights abuses.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) today voted to pass the American Rescue Plan, a wide-ranging COVID-19 relief package that would provide vital economic aid to Maryland families, small businesses, state and local governments and schools, along with many other relief efforts.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) today joined the Baltimore Congressional Delegation in announcing $3,344,121 in federal funding to tackle housing and health care disparities across the city.