Rep. Kweisi Mfume (D-MD) released the following statment on a Federal judge's ruling declaring Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is unconstitutional.
WASHINGTON - U.S. Representative Kweisi Mfume released the following statement following the firing of Andrew Saul as Social Security Commissioner.
Baltimore, MD- Gwen Levi was brought back to jail for violating her parole. The 76-year-old grandmother was out of touch for two hours while taking a computer class. She had served 16 years of a 24-year sentence and was transitioned to home confinement to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Anthony G. Brown, Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Reps. Steny Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin and David Trone (all D-MD) today announced $98,263,281 in federal funding through the American Rescue Plan for Maryland airports, supporting tens of thousands of local jobs.
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony Brown, Jamie Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced $7,787,892 in American Rescue Plan funding to expand access to COVID-19 vaccines in underserved and minority communities across the region.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Kweisi Mfume today chaired a remote hearing of the U.S. House Small Business Subcommittee on Contracting and Infrastructure. The hearing, entitled "Utilization of Small Contractors in the Infrastructure Plan," provided Committee Members the opportunity to learn more about the resources small businesses need to succeed as federal contractors and to discuss the impacts of the American Jobs Plan on small businesses.
WASHINGTON - U.S.Representative Kweisi Mfume (D-MD) today announced six projects he supported, totaling $38.6 million, were included in the Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation (INVEST) in America Act (H.R. 3684) after the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee passed this critical piece of legislation out of committee today.
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony Brown, Jamie Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.) issued the following response to Governor Larry Hogan's sudden announcement Tuesday that Maryland will stop issuing federally funded Enhanced Pandemic Unemployment Benefits earlier than required.
WASHINGTON - U.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 $28 million in federal COVID-19 relief funding designed to reduce health disparities by strengthening health equity initiatives in high-risk and underserved communities across the state.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Kweisi Mfume yesterday joined a broad coalition of progressive and centrist Democrats, including Representatives Pramila Jayapal, Jared Golden, Joe Neguse and Conor Lamb, in calling for an overhaul of the Medicare system to expand eligibility to more Americans and to increase coverage among current beneficiaries. Congressman Mfume and more than 150 lawmakers urged the Biden-Harris administration to prioritize this issue and improve Medicare with expanded eligibility.