WASHINGTON, DC – Last week, Congressman Kweisi Mfume and fellow members of Maryland’s Congressional Delegation met with leaders from the Maryland Public Service Commission, the Maryland Energy Administration, the Office of People’s Counsel for the State of Maryland, and PJM Interconnection to discuss efforts to lower Marylanders’ electricity costs and strengthen the reliability of the regional electric grid.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, four days after the 115th anniversary of the birth of noted civil rights activist Clarence Mitchell Jr., Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) announced the introduction of the Clarence Mitchell Jr. Statue Act in the United States House of Representatives. This legislation will direct the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress to obtain a statue of Clarence Mitchell, Jr., and to place that statue in a permanent public location in the U.S. Capitol Building.

WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, Congressman Kweisi Mfume, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks and U.S. Representatives April McClain Delaney, Steny Hoyer, Jamie Raskin, Glenn Ivey, Sarah Elfreth,, and Johnny Olszewski (all D-MD) pushed back on the Trump Administration’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) plans to convert a warehouse located in Washington County into a 1,500-person immigration detention facility.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Kweisi Mfume, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks and U.S. Representatives Steny Hoyer, Jamie Raskin, Glenn Ivey, Sarah Elfreth, April McClain Delaney, and Johnny Olszewski (all D-MD) pressed the Trump Administration for answers around a reported outbreak of Legionella bacteria at the Fallon Federal Building in Baltimore City, where the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Baltimore regional office is located.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) issued the following statement regarding President Trump's overnight attacks on Iran:

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Maryland Congressional Delegation – Congressman Kweisi Mfume, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks, and U.S. Representatives Andy Harris, Steny Hoyer, Sarah Elfreth, Johnny Olszewski, Jamie Raskin, Glenn Ivey, and April McClain Delaney – expressed support for the State of Maryland’s request for an evaluation of the Maryland oyster fishery for eligibility for a fishery resource disaster designation, and urged U.S.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, in recognition of Black History Month, Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) announced the introduction of the African American History Act of 2026 in the United States House of Representatives. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) is co-leading this effort and introduced the bill's companion legislation in the United States Senate. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) issued the following statement regarding the upcoming State of the Union Address: