Press Releases
(Washington, DC) – U.S. Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger today joined an effort to postpone the House of Representatives' August recess until critical legislation including immigration reform is complete. More than 70 members urged House Speaker John Boehner not to start the planned 5-week recess and remain in Washington.
(Timonium, MD) – Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger today presented awards to the winners of his first-ever annual high school "App Challenge," three students from Chesapeake High School in Essex.
(Timonium, MD) – U.S. Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger today announced that the Baltimore County Fire Department and Abingdon Fire Company will receive nearly $2.4 million in federal funds to buy life-saving equipment.
(Washington, D.C.) - Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD) today announced Edgemere teen Emerson Alfonso as the winner of the 2014 Congressional Art Contest for Maryland's Second District. Emerson, a junior at Patapsco High School and Center for the Arts, submitted a charcoal sketch entitled "Mother and Child." The piece will be displayed in the U.S.
(Baltimore, MD) – Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger joined U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Barbara A. Mikulski, Congressman John Sarbanes, along with Maryland Veterans Affairs Secretary Ed Chow, onsite at the Baltimore VA Medical Center, part of the VA Maryland Health Care System, Monday for a firsthand look at progress made since a recent audit of the national VA health care system.
(Timonium, MD) – Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD) today was joined by disabled Marylanders in urging the Social Security Administration to address its backlog of claims for disability hearings. The average wait-time for a disability appeal hearing nationally is 404 days.
(Timonium, MD) – Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD) on Monday will be joined by disabled Marylanders in urging the Social Security Administration to address its backlog of claims for disability hearings. Many Marylanders must wait an average of 17 months for their disability appeal hearing – the third longest in the country out of 169 total field offices.
(Washington, DC) – Congress has passed bipartisan legislation authorizing funding for improvements to America's ports and waterways that will help protect jobs in Baltimore, Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger said today. The conference report on H.R.
WASHINGTON – Six members of the Maryland Congressional delegation have written to Pfizer CEO Ian Read concerning the company's potential acquisition of AstraZeneca, which employs over 3,000 in Maryland. The letter was led by Congressman John K. Delaney (MD-6) whose district includes the Gaithersburg headquarters of AstraZeneca subsidiary MedImmune. The letter was signed by Senator Barbara A.
(Hanover, MD) – Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD) on Monday was joined by jobless Marylanders in urging House leaders to allow a vote to restore unemployment insurance to nearly 33,900 Marylanders who have lost their benefits since the program's expiration on December 28. A 5-month extension passed the U.S.