WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressmen Kweisi Mfume and Johnny Olszewski (D-MD) today issued the following statement on the General Service Administration’s recently-announced plans to “dispose” of 440 “non-core” federal buildings, including 83 in Maryland. Several are on the Woodlawn-based campus of the Social Security Administration as well as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) issued the following statement regarding his decision to not attend President Donald Trump’s address to Congress.
“Donald Trump and Elon Musk are destroying the state of the union. I don’t need to be there to watch him claim otherwise,” said Congressman Kweisi Mfume.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Kweisi Mfume led a letter alongside Representatives Sarah Elfreth and Johnny Olszewski formally requesting the Maryland Public Service Commission (“PSC”) to rescind the Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (“BG&E”) utility rate increases that took effect this year and to stop any future increases for the duration of 2025. The federal lawmakers made the same request of BG&E and attached a copy of the letter they sent to the PSC.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Democratic members of Maryland’s Congressional delegation held a meeting with leaders from federal employee unions and Democracy Forward to discuss supporting federal employees amid Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s illegal attacks on merit-based civil servants who do critical work on behalf of the American people.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Senator Chris Van Hollen and Senator Angela Alsobrooks (both D-MD) introduced the Justice Thurgood Marshall National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2025 in the United States House of Representatives and Senate. This bipartisan legislation would establish Public School 103 (P.S. 103), on Division Street in West Baltimore, as a National Historic Site and designate it as an affiliated area of the National Park System (NPS). P.S.
BALTIMORE – Today, Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) announced that, after advocacy from his Congressional Office, the Grocery Stall at Hollins Market in Baltimore will now be accepting Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits as a form of payment from patrons.
WASHINGTON, D.C.–Today, Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD07) is co-leading legislation introduced by Congresswoman Hillary Scholten (MI03), the Consistent Legal Expectations and Access to Records (CLEAR) Act, which clarifies that temporary organizations created under 5 USC 3161, like DOGE, are subject to FOIA. Given the breadth of power these organizations wield, they should be subject to the same standard of scrutiny and public information sharing that other agencies are beholden to.
BALTIMORE – Yesterday, Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) joined a letter to President Donald Trump,
BALTIMORE – Today, Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) issued the following statement regarding the decision by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk to shut down the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).