WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume, Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Jamie Raskin, David Trone and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) today applauded the Senate passage of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA 2024), which is the primary authorization for the Civil Works programs of the U.S.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume, Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Jamie Raskin, David Trone, and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) today announced $7,393,350 in federal funding to strengthen security at 50 churches, synagogues, mosques, and other religious community centers across Maryland.
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 will be considered by the U.S. House and Senate ahead of a December 20, 2024 deadline to avoid a government shutdown.
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 will be considered by the U.S. House and Senate ahead of a December 20, 2024 deadline to avoid a government shutdown.
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 $398,000 in federal funding to support five Maryland-based projects focused on environmental, cultural, and historical conservation efforts within the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
WASHINGTON, D.C. —Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Ranking Member Kweisi Mfume (D-Md.) and Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) continue their bipartisan oversight of the Department of Defense’s personnel vetting practices. The lawmakers remain concerned about delays and issues with the National Background Investigation Service (NBIS) program. In a letter to the U.S. Government and Accountability Office (GAO) Comptroller General Gene L.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume, Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and U.S. Congressmen Steny H.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the United States of Representatives passed legislation (H.R. 9544) introduced by Congressman Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-07) in the U.S. House of Representatives 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 now heads to the United States Senate for consideration. Companion legislation has been introduced in the U.S.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume, Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) today announced $237,180,455 in Department of Transportation (DOT) funding to support Amtrak projects that will improve rail service between Baltimore and Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, Congressman Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-07) with Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-MD) introduced the Justice Thurgood Marshall National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2024 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.