Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger

Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger, along with his Democratic Team Maryland colleagues, announced $125 million in federal funding to expand Baltimore’s Howard Street Tunnel, a project that is central to the region’s economy. The funding revives an effort that was on the brink of collapse just one year ago.

Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger, joined by his fellow Baltimore City delegation, announced nearly $900,000 in federal funding to address lead-based paint in Baltimore City. The funding, awarded through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, will target homes with at least one family with a child under age six, and at playgrounds or child-care centers that are part of a public housing development.

Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger and his colleagues on the House Appropriations Committee passed two bills funding key investments to the Chesapeake Bay, including a historic $85 million for the Chesapeake Bay Program once slated for the chopping block. The bills now move from the Appropriations Committee to consideration by the full U.S. House of Representatives.

The House Appropriations Committee adopted language proposed by Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger that will end U.S. support for the Saudi-led coalition against Houthi rebels in Yemen. The amendment is modeled off the Yemen War Powers resolution sponsored by Congressman Ro Khanna (D-CA) that passed Congress last month with bipartisan support but was vetoed by President Trump.

“America’s fragile shorelines are home to more than half of our country’s population and millions of businesses that supply most of our gross domestic product,” Congressman Ruppersberger said. “Yet current coastal maps and geospatial data are woefully inaccurate, outdated, or even nonexistent. The Digital Coast Act will give local planners and managers the high-tech data they need to make accurate decisions and smart investments that could save people and property.”