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April 11, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume joined Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen, and Congressmen Andy Harris, Steny Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Jamie Raskin, David Trone and Glenn Ivey on Thursday to introduce bicameral, bipartisan legislation that would allow the federal government to fully fund the replacement of the Francis Scott Key Bridge and its approaches. Governor Wes Moore, who joined the full Maryland delegation at the Capitol earlier this week for a meeting with Biden-Harris administration officials, praised the bill for fulfilling President Joe Biden’s commitment to have the federal government fully support rebuilding the bridge after the March 26 fatal collapse.
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April 5, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume, Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Andy Harris, M.D., Jamie Raskin, David Trone and Glenn Ivey (all Md.) today announced $3.5 million in U.S. Department of Labor’s emergency National Dislocated Worker Grant funds to create temporary clean up and recovery jobs for workers impacted by the tragic collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge.

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April 4, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. —Today, Rep. Kweisi Mfume, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce, and Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, issued the following statements after the U.S.

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March 28, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume, Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Andy Harris, M.D., Jamie Raskin, David Trone and Glenn Iveyreleased the following statement on the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse tragedy:

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March 26, 2024

BALTIMORE – Today, U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-07) issued the following statement regarding the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsing after being struck by a large container ship leaving the Port of Baltimore. Both the Francis Scott Key Bridge and the Port of Baltimore are in Congressman Mfume's Congressional District, Maryland's 7th Congressional District. 

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March 18, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume, Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Jamie Raskin and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.)today announced $6,652,757 in federal funding for Maryland state agencies to make improvements in transportation, health technology and road safety.

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March 13, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume, Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (all D-Md.) announced $6,000,000 for Baltimore City’s Restoring Connections to Druid Hill Park Project. This federal funding will support redesign planning for Druid Park Lake Drive in order to reconnect West Baltimore communities cut off from Druid Hill Park following the widening of the roadway over 60 years ago.

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March 13, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Members of Maryland’s congressional delegation, including U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume, Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Andy Harris, M.D. and Glenn Ivey met in the U.S. Capitol Tuesday with Maryland Secretary of Health Dr. Laura Herrera Scott. The primary topic of the hourlong discussion was the future of the Maryland Model.

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March 11, 2024
BALTIMORE – Today, Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) and Baltimore City Mayor Brandon M. Scott announced the award of $29.8 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to support permanent supportive housing and traditional affordable housing developments. Eleven applicants won grant awards ranging from $419,000 to $7 million, coinciding with the number of units being created at the project.
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February 28, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressmen Kweisi Mfume, David Trone, Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Jamie Raskin, and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) introduced the Robert E. Lee Monument Removal Act to remove a monument of Confederate General Robert E. Lee from Antietam National Battlefield.