Maryland Lawmakers Call on Congress to Fully Fund Harbor Disaster Recovery

Despite an appeal for bipartisan backing, finding compromise in the combative, divided House may be ... a bridge too far.

Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) (2nd L), Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (4th L), and other lawmakers listen as US Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) speaks during at a press conference in Washington on April 9, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

Maryland’s congressional delegation will soon submit House and Senate bills calling on the federal government to pay 100 percent of the costs to rebuild Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge.

The span collapsed on March 26 after being struck by a container ship, killing six and closing one of the East Coast’s busiest ports likely for weeks.