Funds Support Market Opportunities for Forest Products Industry The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Maryland Forest Service has been awarded nearly $250,000 for a Wood Innovations Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to develop priority projects with the Maryland Wood Energy Team. This partnership with the Maryland Clean Energy Center, Maryland Department […]
Delegation Urges USDA to Reconsider SNAP Changes
Maryland Delegation Urges USDA to Reconsider Food and Nutrition Benefit Changes Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin, and Congressmen Elijah E. Cummings, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Anthony Brown, Jamie Raskin, and David Trone (all D-MD) wrote to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue urging him to […]
Hoyer Calls for Appropiations to Block USDA Move
Hoyer, Norton Call on Appropriations Committee to Block USDA Proposal to Relocate Two Agencies Out of the National Capital Region Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today a letter to the House Appropriations Committee urging Members to prohibit the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) from using funds to carry […]
House Democrats Re-introduce Bill To Stop Research Agency
Politicization and Relocation Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) and Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (ME-01) re-introduced H.R. 1221, the “Agriculture Research Integrity Act,” today to prevent the relocation, politicization, and weakening of federal agriculture research agencies. The bill is cosponsored by Reps. Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), […]
Democrats Introduce Bill to Stop USDA Research Agency
From Reorganization and Relocation Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) and Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-ME) introduced HR 7330, the “Agriculture Research Integrity Act,” to block the reorganization and relocation of federal agriculture research agencies. The bill is cosponsored by Reps. Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Marcia L. Fudge (D-OH), Ann McLane […]