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.
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 more than $796,000 in American Rescue Plan funding to expand mental and behavioral health training across the state.
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 $36,358,851 in American Rescue Plan funding to support our state's pandemic response.
WASHINGTON, DC, May 20, 2021 – U.S. Representative Kweisi Mfume today issued the following statement regarding the ceasefire announced in the Middle East.
"Today I join with concerned Marylanders and other members of the House and Senate in embracing the cease fire now underway in Gaza and Israel, in an effort to bring about an end to the killing of innocent children and civilians. However silence is not an option.
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 nearly $55.4 million in federal funding from the American Rescue Plan to expand access to mental health services and substance use disorder treatment programs across the state.