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April 6, 2021
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WASHINGTON – Today, Representative David Trone (MD-06) released the following statement following reports of a shooting in Frederick, Maryland:
April 1, 2021
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WASHINGTON -- Today, Co-Chairs of the Bipartisan Addiction and Mental Health Task Force Reps. David Trone (D-MD), Ann McLane Kuster (D-NH), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), and Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA) released the below statement following the release of the priorities for the Office of National Drug Control Policy.
April 1, 2021
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WASHINGTON – Today, Representative David Trone (D-MD), along with fellow Bipartisan Addiction and Mental Health Task Force Co-Chairs Representatives Ann McLane Kuster (D-NH), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), and Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), introduced the Honoring National Recovery Month Act to provide consistent funding for National Recovery Month programming. The Senate companion bill will be introduced by Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK).
March 31, 2021
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WASHINGTON -- Today, Congressman David Trone (MD-06) released the below statement following the release of President Joe Biden’s American Jobs Plan, a multi-trillion dollar investment to rebuild American infrastructure and create millions of good-paying jobs.
March 30, 2021
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WASHINGTON – Today, Representative David Trone (D-MD) announced that he teamed up with Representative Ashley Hinson (R-IA) and Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) in an effort to increase the availability of federal funding for child care development.
March 30, 2021
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WASHINGTON - U.S. Congressman David Trone and Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (all D-Md.) today announced $100,000 in federal funding for Frostburg State University for the Western Maryland Advanced Technology Center (ATC). Along with $220,000 in local matching funds, these federal resources will support workforce and economic development in Western Maryland.
March 26, 2021
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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 $68,817,875 in American Rescue Plan funding to expand capacity at Community Health Centers (CHCs) throughout Maryland for COVID-19 vaccine distribution and expand access to equitable, affordable and high-quality health care beyond the pandemic.
March 26, 2021
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WASHINGTON -- Today, Representatives David Trone (D-MD) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) introduced the bipartisan Tele-Mental Health Improvement Act to expand access to mental health care and substance use disorder treatment.
March 25, 2021
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WASHINGTON -- Today, Congressman David Trone (MD-06) announced he was elected as the Democratic Co-Chair of the Commission on Combating Synthetic Opioid Trafficking, a commission established by the National Defense Authorization Act of 2020 tasked with developing a strategic approach to combating the flow of synthetic opioids into the United States. The Commission elected Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) to serve as the Republican Co-Chair.
March 24, 2021
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WASHINGTON -- Today, Congressman David Trone (MD-06) announced that he wrote to Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Director Michael Carvajal requesting information on how the BOP is working to implement the First Step Act, support incarcerated individuals during COVID-19 and beyond, and reduce recidivism.
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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.”