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April 15, 2021
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WASHINGTON -- Today, Congressman David Trone (MD-06), member of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee, introduced the Fairly Assessing Service-related Exposure Residual (FASTER) Presumptions Act to reform VA’S presumptive decision-making process and help veterans exposed to toxic substances during their service access their VA disability benefits much faster.
April 14, 2021
Press Release
WASHINGTON -- Today, Congressman David Trone (MD-06) released the following statement after President Biden’s announcement that all troops would be withdrawn from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021.
April 14, 2021
Press Release
WASHINGTON -- Today, Congressman David Trone (MD-06) made the below statement following the release of the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), revealing that over 87,000 Americans died from a drug overdose between September 2019 and September 2020.
April 14, 2021
Press Release
WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. House and Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee members – U.S. Representatives David Trone (D-Md.) and Barry Moore (R-Ala.) and U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) – introduced legislation to expand in-state tuition eligibility for the families of veterans who die from service-connected disabilities.
April 13, 2021
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WASHINGTON -- Today, Congressman David Trone (MD-06) made the below statement following the release of new data from the Maryland Opioid Operational Command Center (OOCC) showing a significant increase in the number of overdose deaths in Maryland in 2020. Overdoses throughout the state increased by 18.7%, while Western Maryland experienced a 45.9% increase in overdose deaths.
April 12, 2021
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WASHINGTON, DC – This afternoon, Congressman David Trone joined a virtual discussion with Members of the National Capital Region and representatives from National Treasury Employees Union, American Federation of Government Employees, National Federation of Federal Employees, National Active and Retired Federal Employees, International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, National Association of Air Traffic Controllers, National Association of Letter Carriers, American Postal Workers Unions, and National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association. Congressman Trone was joined by Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD), Mark Warner (D-VA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Representatives Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), Bobby Scott (VA-03), Dutch Ruppersberger (MD-02), John Sarbanes (MD-03), Gerry Connolly (VA-11), Don Beyer (VA-08), Jamie Raskin (MD-08), David Trone (MD-06), Abigail Spanberger (VA-07), and Jennifer Wexton (VA-10).
April 12, 2021
Press Release
WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman David Trone, Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen, and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Andy Harris, M.D., Anthony G. Brown, and Jamie Raskin (all Md.) today announced more than $182 million in federal funding to bolster Maryland’s COVID-19 pandemic response and expand the capacity of laboratories and local health departments to fight infectious diseases.
April 9, 2021
Press Release
WASHINGTON – Following the release of President Biden’s fiscal year 2022 discretionary funding request, Representative David Trone (MD-06), a member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, praised the request for the significant investment in fighting the opioid and mental health epidemics, investing in important medical research funding, and reforming our criminal justice system.
Trone & National Restaurant Association Help Maryland Restaurants and Bars Apply for COVID-19 Relief
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman David Trone (MD-06) hosted Aaron Frazier, Director of Healthcare and Tax Policy at the National Restaurant Association, for a discussion on relief for struggling restaurants and bars provided in the American Rescue Plan.
April 9, 2021
Press Release
WASHINGTON - U.S. Congressman David Trone, Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen, and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, and Jamie Raskin(all D-Md.) today announced $23.6 million in federal COVID-19 economic relief funding for airports across the state.
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March 12, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. David Trone, D-Md., joined with Rep. Carol Miller, R-W.Va., Tuesday to reintroduce the Building Rural Investments, Development, and Growth for the Economy Act in the House of Representatives for the 117th Congress.
March 9, 2021
Political commentators continue to wonder whether President Joe Biden can deliver on his promise of national unity and healing.
While his prospects for doing so seem increasingly limited, there is one area that offers some hope: criminal justice reform. Last week, our team at Dream Corps JUSTICE (an organization Van founded and Louis helps to lead) organized the annual National Day of Empathy to advocate for justice reform and remind the new administration that this issue can bring Americans of all stripes together in service of a common cause.
March 3, 2021
Washington County government could receive an estimated $29 million, and Washington County Public Schools could get about $55 million through a COVID-19 relief bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives over the weekend, U.S. Rep. David Trone announced Tuesday.
March 3, 2021
CUMBERLAND — U.S. Rep. David Trone and Western Maryland dignitaries gathered virtually Tuesday to discuss some of the potential benefits the region could see, should the American Rescue Plan pass the Senate and be signed into law, which is the expectation.
March 3, 2021
WASHINGTON (WDVM) — With Congress putting the finishing touches on a bill to help small businesses recover from the pandemic, Maryland Congressman David Trone Tuesday briefed western Maryland leaders on the status of the legislation.
March 1, 2021
CUMBERLAND — In the shadows of the global pandemic as the House inched closer to passing the American Rescue Plan Friday, some public officials highlighted the proposal’s roughly $130 billion slated to immediately help state education departments safely open schools and make up for lost learning time.
U.S. Reps. David Trone (D-Md.) and Don Beyer (D-Va.), and Bobby Scott — a Virginia Democrat who chairs the House Education and Labor Committee, discussed at a virtual press conference Friday the importance of getting kids back to classrooms.
February 18, 2021
WASHINGTON (WDVM) — As Maryland works to quickly distribute the vaccine supply through the state, many questions of equality and equity continue to come up. To educate himself and his constituents, Rep. David Trone (D-Md) of the 6th congressional district held a roundtable on Wednesday to learn from a panel of experts on the topic.
February 16, 2021
When they pull back the blinds, staff members in the office of U.S. Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger can look across Independence Avenue at the U.S. Capitol, which seems to glow at night.
The view, once stirring, now unleashes more complicated emotions. The Baltimore County Democrat’s staff can’t uncouple the dome’s majesty from stomach-churning memories of the Jan. 6 Capitol siege — when they peeked out to watch rioters scaling the building — or from ongoing threats posed by right-wing extremists.
February 4, 2021
U.S. Rep. David J. Trone (D-Md.) accused Republicans in Washington, D.C., and Annapolis of failing to step up to help those being hurt most severely by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Speaking to reporters on Monday, the newly-appointed member of the House Appropriations Committee said the $619 billion relief package offered by a group of U.S. Senate Republicans wasn’t large enough to meet the needs of struggling families and schools — nor does it contain funding to bolster the finances of state and local governments.
February 3, 2021
U.S. Rep. David Trone and Sens. Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (all D-Md.) announced Tuesday that the grant was awarded through the Appalachian Regional Commission.
According to a news release, “The project will replace 4,300 linear feet of water main in the Decatur Heights neighborhood and provide water service to the Baltimore Street and Cumberland Plaza areas of the city, improving water service to 29 businesses and 111 households.”