Press Releases
January 26, 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 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
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 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).
January 21, 2021
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WASHINGTON -- The day after President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were sworn into office in a call for unity, Congressman David Trone (MD-06) announced he would take immediate bipartisan legislative action on two crises facing the country -- the mental health and addiction epidemics currently impacting millions of Americans.
Trone announced that today he will introduce two bipartisan bills, the Family Support Services for Addiction Act with Congressman Dan Meuser (R-PA) and the Preventing Mental Health and Substance Use Crises During Emergencies Act with Congressman Steve Womack (R-AR). Both pieces of legislation address the alarming increase in Americans suffering from addiction and mental health challenges during the pandemic. Just last week, Trone called for action from leaders when data showed a 111% increase in overdose deaths in parts of Maryland.
January 20, 2021
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WASHINGTON -- Today, Congressman David Trone (MD-06) released the following statement following the swearing-in of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris:
“Today is a great day for the American people. Finally, we have an administration that is committed to putting facts before fiction, people before politics, and hope before fear,” said Congressman Trone. “I’d like to congratulate President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for making history today.
January 18, 2021
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WASHINGTON -- On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Congressman David Trone (MD-06) hosted a conversation with Willie Pearl Mackey King, former secretary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference who transcribed King’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” and community leader Nahom Tekle, Executive Director of the BROTHERS Academy in Gaithersburg, Md. The three discussed Dr. King’s legacy and the ongoing fight for racial justice.
January 15, 2021
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GAITHERSBURG -- Today, Congressman David Trone (MD-06) announced the winners of Maryland’s Sixth District’s Congressional App Challenge. Each year, middle and high school students from each congressional district participate in the Congressional App Challenge and create phone applications that showcase their coding skills.
The goal of the competition is to encourage students to learn to code in hopes of pursuing careers in the computer science field.
January 13, 2021
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WASHINGTON -- Today, Congressman David Trone issued the following statement in response to new data from the Maryland Department of Health’s Opioid Operational Command Center reporting astronomical spikes in overdose deaths in the third quarter of 2020.
The report reveals that overdose deaths in Maryland increased by 12.1% in the first nine months of 2020 compared to 2019, with significant increases in overdose deaths reported in every county in Maryland’s Sixth Congressional District.
January 13, 2021
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WASHINGTON -- Today, Congressman David Trone (MD-06) released the following statement after one article of impeachment, incitement of insurrection, passed through the House of Representatives: