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The U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough joined U.S. Rep. David Trone (D-District 6) and U.S. Sen. Chris Van Vollen (D-Md.) for a tour of Montgomery County Community-Based Outpatient Clinic in Gaithersburg. The leaders had a roundtable discussion, which was closed off to members of the media, focusing on veteran mental health issues such as […]

Many working families across the nation are about to receive monthly payments to support childcare needs beginning July 15. Included in the American Rescue Plan, which President Joe Biden signed into law in March, is an expanded Child Tax Credit, which increases the credit to $3,600 per child for children ages 5 and under, and […]

After months of negotiations, President Joe Biden announced Thursday that a bipartisan infrastructure deal has been struck between a group of Democratic and Republican senators. According to Axios, “The deal will cost $1.2 trillion over eight years, or $974 billion over five years and offers more than $550 billion in new spending.” President Biden emerges […]

Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Joe Biden’s chief medical advisor and director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, spent 30 minutes Monday answering questions sent in by constituents of U.S. Rep. David Trone (D-6th). Fauci was upbeat during the video session but warned that the United States is still averaging 53,000 new […]

Today is Monday, March 22, and here are five things to know in Montgomery County. 1. North Bethesda Road Closure:  The intersection of Executive Boulevard and Old Georgetown Road in North Bethesda will be completely closed to traffic for five months starting today. 2. Council Media Briefing: Council President Tom Hucker and Maryland Senator Chris […]

U.S. Reps. Jamie Raskin (D-Md. 8) and David Trone (D-Md. 6) have written a letter to Gov. Larry Hogan and Maryland’s Acting Secretary of Health Dennis Schrader urging that the state open a mass vaccination site in Montgomery County. “[D]espite Montgomery suffering the worst casualty rate in Maryland and despite having the second-highest number of […]

U.S. Rep. David Trone (D-Md. 6) joined County Council President Tom Hucker at a media briefing Monday to discuss how the Biden administration would work with Montgomery County. Trone discussed support for President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief proposal, noting that it includes $350 billion in funding for state and local governments, which was […]

Maryland’s two U.S. Senators, Chris Van Hollen (D) and Ben Cardin (D), are both safe after protestors broke into the U.S. Capitol Wednesday afternoon, according to spokespeople for the officials. The Republican enablers who encouraged @POTUS and this insurrection must actively work to calm the crowds and restore order. Words matter and the incendiary language […]

El gobernador Larry Hogan tuiteó el viernes por la mañana sobre la noticia de que el presidente Donald Trump y la primera dama Melania Trump dieron positivo por coronavirus. “Yumi y yo deseamos al presidente Trump y a la Primera Dama una pronta recuperación. Nuestros pensamientos y nuestras oraciones están con ambos”, tuiteó Hogan. Yumi […]

Gov. Larry Hogan tweeted Friday morning about the news that President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have both tested positive for coronavirus. “Yumi and I are wishing President Trump and the First Lady a speedy recovery. Our thoughts and our prayers are with them both,” Hogan tweeted. Yumi and I are wishing President […]