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February 3, 2021
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WASHINGTON -- Today, Congressman David Trone announced that he will serve on the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs in the 117th Congress. Trone will also serve on the powerful House Appropriations Committee and the Joint Economic Committee. This appointment comes one week after Trone announced he was appointed to the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Subcommittee, which has jurisdiction over the Department of Veterans Affairs.
“It’s an honor to work on behalf of the millions of brave Americans who dedicated their lives to serving our country,” said Congressman Trone. “While we can never fully repay them for their service, we can provide them with high-quality health care and job opportunities and address the mental health and addiction crises -- it’s the least we can do. I’m confident that we will be able to make serious progress in these areas under Chairman Mark Takano’s leadership.”
February 2, 2021
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman David Trone, along with Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen, and Congressmen Reps. Steny Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin (all D-MD) in a letter to Governor Larry Hogan calling for his Administration to reform and improve vaccine distribution by adopting best practices from other states around the country. Maryland has consistently ranked in the bottom tier of states for vaccine distributions due to an ineffectual, fragmented approach. The members maintain a course correction is needed and requested that the Governor answer a series of questions addressing their specific concerns.
February 2, 2021
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WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Congressman David Trone and Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (All D-Md.) announced $300,000 in federal funding from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) to the City of Cumberland for the Decatur Street 24th Crosstown Water Main Replacement project.
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. This project complements previous ARC funding for downtown road construction that will result in a new hotel business and 70 new jobs to the region.
January 28, 2021
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WASHINGTON -- Today, Congressman David Trone (D-MD) and Congressman Tim Burchett (R-TN) announced they will introduce the bipartisan Effective Drug Control Strategy Act to help improve the national response to the addiction epidemic.
January 26, 2021
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Contact: Hannah Muldavin, Hannah.Muldavin@mail.house.gov
January 26, 2021
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WASHINGTON – Today, members of the Maryland Congressional Delegation, including U.S. Congressman David Trone, Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, C.A. “Dutch” Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony Brown, Jamie Raskin, released the following statement after a conference call on Monday with Maryland Department of Health Acting Secretary Dennis Schrader about the state’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution efforts:
January 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 more than $560 million in emergency federal funding for the Maryland Department of Health (MDH) to help boost the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and aid its vaccine distribution efforts.
January 25, 2021
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WASHINGTON -- Today, Congressman David Trone announced the three subcommittees that he will serve on in the powerful House Appropriations Committee following his appointment earlier this year:
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
January 25, 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 more than $1.17 billion in federal funding for K-12 schools and higher education institutions across Maryland.
Funding comes from the bipartisan COVID-19 relief package passed by Congress in late December.
January 21, 2021
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WASHINGTON -- Today, Congressman David Trone hosted a small business and nonprofit relief webinar with a panel of experts from the U.S. Small Business Administration, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Maryland Department of Commerce, and Minority Business Economic Council.
The webinar came following the passage of the newest COVID-19 relief package, which was signed into law by former President Trump. The relief package included an additional $284 billion for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and $20 billion for targeted Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL).
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September 21, 2020
WASHINGTON (WDVM) — Members of Congress from both sides of the aisle came together to shed light on a very important issue that has swept the nation.
Congress celebrated “Congress Goes Purple” to recognize National Recovery Month.
September 18, 2020
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Md. (WDVM) — The Washington County Division of Emergency Services has just been awarded over $8 million dollars from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The funding comes from the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response or SAFER grant funding program.
Maryland Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen stated that the funding is solely from the federal government and that it comes at a time when firefighters and fire stations are stretched thin due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Right now, our firefighters are doing double duty. They have their ongoing lifesaving mission. They’re also on the front lines of fighting COVID-19.”
September 18, 2020
It says it excluded minority and women-owned businesses.
Washington DC (KM) A new Congressional report says the Payroll Protection Plan helped save at least 56,000 jobs in western Maryland, and provided $450-million in loans to small businesses. But 6th District Congressman David Trone says is disproportionally excluded African-American, Latino and women-owned businesses.
September 17, 2020
Washington County will receive more than $8 million to hire 33 full-time firefighters who will help volunteer companies respond to emergencies.
The money is part of $14.76 million in federal funding for Washington, Frederick and Garrett county firefighters announced Wednesday by U.S. Sens. Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin, and U.S. Reps. Jamie Raskin and David Trone, all D-Md.
"It's incredible. It's a great feeling," R. David Hays, the county's emergency services supervisor, said in an interview Wednesday.
September 14, 2020
FREDERICK, Md. (WDVM) — Since the 1930s, a cluster of World War II-era wood frame buildings have stood on the grounds of Fort Detrick.
In the decades since, the buildings have housed officers with the U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA), a team that’s grown from 30 people to more than 200.
September 14, 2020
U.S. Rep. David Trone, D-Md., and two Republican colleagues introduced a bill Friday in an effort to restore Essential Air Service funding for Hagerstown Regional Airport and five other regional airports across the country.
Southern Airways stopped providing flights between the local airport and Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, as well as Pittsburgh International Airport, in mid-October after the U.S. Department of Transportation declared the airport was no longer eligible for Essential Air Service subsidies.
September 10, 2020
He almost didn’t make it ashore.
Cpl. Waverly B. Woodson Jr., an Army medic in the only African American combat unit to storm the beaches of Normandy on D-Day, was bleeding from his thigh and backside, writhing from the burning shrapnel that hailed down on him and his battalion.
September 9, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has put up more hurdles for those trying to beat addictions, clients and officials at a recovery center said Tuesday.
September 9, 2020
In a small office space in a business park on Thomas Johnson Drive in Frederick, nearly half a dozen women gathered in a small circle with Rep. David Trone (D-Md.) and some staff members.
September 9, 2020
CUMBERLAND — After stopping first in Frederick and Hagerstown, U.S. Rep. David Trone’s (D) day of roundtable talks on addiction in the region he serves ended in Cumberland Tuesday evening at Fort Recovery on Centre Street.