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July 30, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, on the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, Reps. Kweisi Mfume (D-MD) and Chris Smith (R-NJ) announced that they will be co-chairing the new, bipartisan Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Protection and Prevention Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Reps. Mfume and Smith also noted that they will be working alongside Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), who plans to form a complimentary Caucus in the U.S. Senate.

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July 21, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Rep. Kweisi Mfume spoke out against the Trump administration's attacks on Black history and on the Smithsonian Institution during a hearing on the House Oversight Committee's DOGE Subcommittee. 

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June 26, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) issued the following statement regarding the Supreme Court of the United States' decision to allow the Trump Administration to eliminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian and Syrian nationals: 

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June 16, 2026

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Kweisi Mfume and the full Maryland Congressional Delegation – U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks and U.S. Representatives Steny Hoyer, Andy Harris, Jamie Raskin, Glenn Ivey, Sarah Elfreth, April McClain Delaney, and Johnny Olszewski (all MD) – released the following statement on Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins’ announcement declaring a Secretarial Disaster Designation in response to crop damage from the April 21, 2026 freeze and frost event.

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June 15, 2026

WASHINGTON, DC — As the United States Postal Service (USPS) continues to face a severe financial crisis, Government Operations Subcommittee Ranking Member Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Subcommittee Chairman Pete Sessions (TX-17), and Congressman James R.

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June 12, 2026

BALTIMORE, MD – Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) issued the following statement regarding the detention of a mother and father on the campus of Commodore John Rogers Elementary/Middle School:

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June 11, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) issued the following statement regarding President Trump's nomination of Jay Clayton to serve as the Director of National Intelligence:

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June 11, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) issued the following statement regarding President Trump's threats to escalate his illegal war against Iran: 

"We are more than 100 days into Trump's reckless war in Iran, and his latest claim of a peace deal cannot paper over the truth," said Congressman Kweisi Mfume. "this Administration has offered nothing but strikes, threats, and reversals, with no clear plan, no defined goal, and no strategy beyond the President's whims."

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June 10, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) issued the following statement regarding last night's passage of S.2 (also known as Reconciliation 2.0) in the House of Representatives:

"Last night, Republicans handed ICE and CBP another $70 billion with zero reforms, zero oversight, and zero accountability attached. These agencies are already sitting on $100 billion in unspent funds from the Big Ugly Bill, and Republicans could not be bothered to include a single guardrail," said Congressman Kweisi Mfume.

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June 4, 2026

WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, Congressman Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Ranking Member of the House Oversight Subcommittee on Government Operations, and Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) led a letter to Postmaster General David Steiner seeking answers about whether the United States Postal Service (USPS) has faced pressure from the Trump Administration to restrict or interfere with mail-in ballot delivery ahead of the 2026 elections, as well as USPS’s June 2, 2026 publication of a proposed rule (91 F