Press Releases
(Washington, DC) – Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger this morning issued the following statement after voting in support of the budget agreement that ended another government shutdown. The bill increases statutory spending caps and enables the Appropriations Committee to move forward with writing responsible spending bills.
(Washington, DC) – Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger today issued the following statement following the declassification of a memo by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes:
(Washington, D.C.) – Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger today issued the following statement after voting against the Fiscal Year 2018 Defense Appropriations Act:
Legislation would charitable giving itemization in addition to taking standard deduction
(Timonium, MD) – Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD) on Thursday announced support for legislation to mitigate a sharp decrease in charitable giving expected under the new tax reform bill after meeting with nonprofit organizations serving his constituents.
(Washington, D.C.) – Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (MD-02) tonight voted in support of a Continuing Resolution (CR) that re-opens the government and funds its operations through February 8. He issued the following statement:
Experts have suggested the shutdown will cost Maryland more than $5 million per day
(Washington, DC) – Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger today issued the following statement on the government shutdown:
“When one party has control of the House, the Senate, and the White House, you would expect that it would be easy to keep the government open. I am disheartened and frustrated that it has come to this.
(Washington, D.C.) – Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (MD-02) today applauded passage of the bipartisan Cyber Diplomacy Act of 2017 in the U.S. House of Representatives. Congressman Ruppersberger was an original cosponsor of the legislation, which creates an ambassador-level cyber coordinator at the State Department.
(Washington, D.C.) – Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger today issued the following statement after the House of Representatives voted to renew authorities to collect communications of foreign targets located overseas. The statutory authority for the program, known as Section 702, expires January 19.
(Washington, D.C.) – Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger today issued the following statement after voting against a short-term Continuing Resolution:
(Washington, DC) – Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger today issued the following statement after voting against H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
“This bill was a missed opportunity to provide meaningful tax relief for American families.