WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume, Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (all D-Md.) today announced $736,425 in U.S. Department of Health and Human Services funding for cardiovascular diseases and cancer research programs at the University of Maryland Baltimore.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) issued the following statement regarding his vote in favor of a short–term government funding bill to keep the federal government open for 45 days. This legislation will now be taken up by the United States Senate for a vote.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) issued the following statement regarding the likely federal government shutdown on Sunday, October 1, 2023, at 12:01 a.m. E.T.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) issued the following statement after participating in the President Joe Biden impeachment inquiry hearing led by Republicans on the United States House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Accountability today.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, Reps. Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Katie Porter (D-CA), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), and Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ) introduced bipartisan legislation to increase transparency of mail-in ballots.
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, David Trone and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) today announced $934,965 in U.S. Department of Health funding for Maryland health centers to provide no-cost COVID-19 vaccines.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume, and Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (all D-Md.) released the following statement in response to the U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS) one-month lease extension for the Fort Howard Post Office. Initially expected to close on Friday, September 15, the Fort Howard branch is now expected to continue operating in its current location until October 14, while USPS continues working towards a long-term solution.
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (TX-30), and Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37), released the following statement condemning House Republicans for refusing to consider their Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) amendment in the Fiscal Year 2024 Defense appropriations package. |
WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, Rep. Raul Ruiz, M.D., Ranking Member of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, led every Democratic Member of the Select Subcommittee in sending a letter to Xavier Becerra, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), requesting information on the Biden Administration’s ongoing efforts to prevent and prepare for future pandemics.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume, Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (all D-Md.) today announced $2,995,210 in U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) funding – through the CHIPS and Science Act that the lawmakers fought to pass – for Morgan State University students to conduct research on the ways artificial intelligence (AI) can be harnessed to combat climate change.