WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congressmen Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Mark Alford (R-MO) and Congressman George Latimer (D-NY) introduced the Transparency and Predictability in Small Business Opportunities Act, a bipartisan initiative to improve transparency and accountability in the bidding process for small and minority/women-owned businesses aiming to provide their products or services to the federal government.
BALTIMORE – This week, Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) joined a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressing concerns over the Trump Administration’s recent actions that undermine the State Department’s mission, its workforce, and U.S. global leadership. Representative Gregory W.
BALTIMORE – The Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies (JCCIC) has announced that the Inauguration Ceremony on Monday, January 20, 2025, has been relocated indoors at the request of the President-elect.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Kweisi Mfume, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, along with Reps.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume, Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks (all D-Md.) announced $85,511,803.50 in federal funding for Baltimore City’s first phase of redevelopment of the Highway to Nowhere in West Baltimore. Constructed in the 1970s, the Highway to Nowhere project destroyed homes and businesses and displaced 1,500 residents, leaving communities divided and damaged. The funding comes from the U.S.
BALTIMORE – Today, Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) announced the winner of this year’s Congressional App Challenge for Maryland’s 7th Congressional District.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, the United States Senate passed legislation (H.R. 9544) to designate a Baltimore United States Post Office (USPS) as the ‘‘United States Representative Elijah E. Cummings Post Office Building." The bill to rename the post office at 340 South Loudon Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland, in honor of Congressman Cummings will now be sent to President Joe Biden to be signed into law. H.R. 9544 was crafted and led by Congressman Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-07) in the U.S.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, the U.S. Senate passed H.R. 6826, legislation designating the Visitor and Education Center at Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine as the "Paul S. Sarbanes Visitor and Education Center." This bill was crafted and led in the U.S. House by Congressman Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-07), while Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-MD) introduced an identical, companion bill in the U.S. Senate.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume, Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and U.S. Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Jamie Raskin, David Trone, and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) announced $800,000 in federal funding to improve safety on railroads and at train crossings across the state.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) issued the following statement regarding inclusion of a provision committing the federal government to cover 100% of the rebuild costs for the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the continuing resolution that was passed by the U.S. House ahead of a December 20, 2024 deadline to avoid a government shutdown. The legislation will now be considered in the U.S. Senate before the midnight deadline to keep the government open.