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September 20, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) today announced that Garrison Forest Veterans Cemetery will receive $6,858,643 in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Veterans Cemetery Grants Program to expand its capacity, improve landscaping and help fund supporting infrastructure on cemetery grounds.
Issues:Veterans
September 18, 2018
ASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) released the following statement in observance of Yom Kippur.
September 18, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) today announced that ECO City Farms, a local urban farming and education nonprofit, will receive $97,844 in federal grants from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide Maryland students with immersive urban farming classes and hands-on environmental learning experiences.

September 17, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) today joined Senator Ben Cardin, Senator Chris Van Hollen, and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Elijah E. Cummings, C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, John K. Delaney, Anthony G. Brown and Jamie Raskin in releasing the following statement after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it would deny Maryland’s Clean Air Act 126(b) petition to reduce harmful emissions from power plants in upwind states.
Issues:Environment
September 17, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) today announced that the Maryland Department of the Environment will receive $2,044,659 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to help reduce nutrient and sediment pollution across the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.
Issues:Environment
September 14, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. – At a House Rules Committee hearing yesterday, Democracy Reform Task Force Chair Rep. John Sarbanes (D-Md.) called on Congressional leaders to convene a bipartisan Select Committee to study Congressional dysfunction and find ways to improve Congressional capacity so that Congress works better for the American people.
September 12, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Democracy Reform Task Force Chair Rep. John Sarbanes (D-Md.) today delivered opening remarks ahead of a keynote address by House Minority Whip Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.), who said that Democrats would pass a comprehensive suite of democracy reforms if they win back the Majority in the House this November.
September 12, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) today joined U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen, along with U.S. Representatives Elijah Cummings and C.A.

September 6, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. – During a House Subcommittee on Environment hearing today, Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) grilled officials at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Defense (DoD) about efforts by Trump Administration political appointees to hide a new report on hazardous chemicals in public drinking water.

Issues:Environment
September 6, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) today announced that the Sandy Spring Museum will receive $126,349 in federal funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to support community-generated exhibits, events, performances and other programs that highlight local history.