WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, on National Medal of Honor Day, Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) announced the introduction of a pair of bills to commemorate the life and legacy of African American Mess Attendant Doris ‘Dorie’ Miller. During the attack on Pearl Harbor, Mess Attendant Miller manned an anti-aircraft gun and downed enemy planes, despite the fact that the racially segregated steward’s branch of the Navy was not trained to use anti-aircraft guns.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume, Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks (both D-Md.), Governor Wes Moore, and U.S. Representatives Steny Hoyer, Glenn Ivey, Jamie Raskin, Sarah Elfreth, April McClain Delaney, and Johnny Olszewski (all D-Md.), released the following statement on the future of the FBI headquarters:
BALTIMORE – Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) issued the following statement regarding a federal judge's order for half a dozen federal agencies to immediately reinstate probationary employees fired last month as part of the Trump administration’s effort to purge the federal workforce.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) voted against the partisan Republican government funding bill that harms American veterans, seniors, and families while giving Elon Musk and President Trump leeway to shut off and repurpose funding as they see fit. The bill was passed out of the U.S. House virtually along party lines and will now be considered in the U.S. Senate.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume, Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks and U.S. Representatives Sarah Elfreth and Johnny Olszewski (all D-Md.) released the following statement on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ permit granting the Maryland Transportation Authority permission for construction of the Francis Scott Key Bridge replacement:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, Rep. Kweisi Mfume, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, and Rep. Gerald E.
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.