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May 14, 2021 Press Release

WASHINGTON—U.S. Representative Kweisi Mfume today issued the following statement concerning the ongoing violence in the Middle East.

 

May 13, 2021 Press Release

WASHINGTON --Today Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) and other members of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform Committee held a hearing on “The Capitol Insurrection:  Unexplained Delays and Unanswered Questions” where three witnesses provided testimony: Chief of the D.C.

May 12, 2021 Press Release

WASHINGTONMembers of the Maryland congressional delegation, including U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Representatives Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G.

May 11, 2021 Press Release

WASHINGTON – Today, Maryland’s Congressional delegation, including U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen as well as Congressmen Steny H.

May 7, 2021 Press Release

WASHINGTONU.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H.

May 3, 2021 Press Release

WASHINGTONU.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H.

April 29, 2021 Press Release

WASHINGTON U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H.

April 28, 2021 Press Release

WASHINGTONU.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Andy Harris, M.D., Anthony Brown, Jamie Raskin and David Trone (all Md.) today announced nearly $5.2 million in supplemental federal funding to bolster early childhood programs for low-income families across the state.

April 26, 2021 Press Release

WASHINGTONU.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H.

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In The News

December 15, 2020 In The News

Congress paid homage to a local hero this week with the passage of legislation named for Henrietta Lacks. The House of Representatives passed the “Henrietta Lacks Enhancing Cancer Research Act” in honor of the African-American woman from Turners Station, who died in 1951, at 31 years old from cervical cancer and is popularly referred to world-wide as the “Mother of Modern” medicine.

December 15, 2020 In The News

Congressman Mfume joins C4 and Bryan Nehman on WBAL 1090/FM 101.5 to provide updates on COVID-relief, the Henrietta Lacks bill and much more.

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December 15, 2020 In The News

Congressman Mfume talks COVID-19 stimulus relief,  on the Larry Young Show on WOLB 1010 radio.

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December 14, 2020 In The News

A conversation with The Honorable Kweisi Mfume (D), U.S. Representative, 7th Congressional District, on the future of America; the state of a Black America; the Henrietta Lacks Enhancing Cancer Research Act; and how we go forward as a nation from here.

December 11, 2020 In The News

Mfume, who was elected to Congress this year after having served there in the 1980s and 1990s, took care of some unfinished business the other day in Washington.

December 10, 2020 In The News

WASHINGTON (WJZ) — Maryland Rep. Kweisi Mfume’s (D-7th) bill, the “Henrietta Lacks Enhancing Cancer Research Act” passed in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday.

December 9, 2020 In The News

BALTIMORE — Records show Johns Hopkins University founder owned slaves at his Baltimore home. Congressman Mfume shared his thoughts on the recent revelations...

December 9, 2020 In The News

BALTIMORE — The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation honoring the legacy of Baltimore native Henrietta Lacks that addresses racial disparities among participants in cancer clinical trials.

December 4, 2020 In The News

BALTIMORE —WBAL-TV 11 News asked Maryland officials whether they plan to get vaccinated when it becomes available, and why.

U.S. Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-District 7
"I trust science, and I trust the integrity of the FDA. I plan on taking the vaccine and I urge all Americans to do the same."

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