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WASHINGTON – Yesterday, Representative Kweisi Mfume, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks and U.S.
WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Kweisi Mfume, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks and U.S. Representatives Steny Hoyer, Jamie Raskin, Glenn Ivey, Sarah Elfreth, April McClain Delaney, and Johnny Olszewski (all D-MD) released the following statement on the reports that the Trump Administration has initiated mass firings of federal workers amid their government shutdown:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) sent a letter, co-led with Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks (Both D-MD), to the heads of the financial regulatory agencies calling on them to immediately issue guidance encouraging financial institutions to work with federal employees and small businesses impacted by a government shutdown and provide flexible financial arrangements.
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representatives Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Sarah Elfreth (MD-03), and Johnny Olszewksi (MD-02), as well as U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks (both D-MD) and Governor Wes Moore (D-MD), gathered at the Baltimore/Washington International Airport to spotlight the impact of a federal government shutdown on Maryland federal employees at BWI.
WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Kweisi Mfume, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks, and U.S. Representatives Steny Hoyer, Jamie Raskin, Glenn Ivey, Sarah Elfreth, April McClain Delaney, and Johnny Olszewski (all D-Md.) released the following statement regarding the Trump Administration’s Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) partisan move to cancel federal funding for infrastructure and energy projects across Maryland:
WASHINGTON – Yesterday, Representative Kweisi Mfume, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks, and U.S. Representatives Steny Hoyer, Jamie Raskin, and Sarah Elfreth (all D-Md.) called on Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans to end their government shutdown. The lawmakers stood in solidarity with federal workers and pressed for a bipartisan agreement to reopen the federal government.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Kweisi Mfume and U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks (all D-Md.) announced $2,875,000 in federal funding to expand access to parks and trails in Baltimore City. Baltimore City will receive $1,500,000 to build an ADA-accessible shared-use shoreline trail and picnic overlook in Reedbird Park in South Baltimore. The trail will connect residents to the adjacent Middle Branch Park and at the Middle Branch Fitness and Wellness Center.
WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Kweisi Mfume, Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks, and U.S. Representatives Steny Hoyer, Jamie Raskin, Glenn Ivey, Sarah Elfreth, April McClain Delaney, and Johnny Olszewski (all D-Md.) released the following statement on U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s letter to Governor Wes Moore regarding the reconstruction of the Key Bridge:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) issued the following statement regarding today's vote on House Resolution 719:
"Political violence is vile, wicked, and destructive to the core of our democracy. And yet, two things can be true at once – I stand against all forms of violence by sick, evil, and demented people while at the same time rejecting Charlie Kirk's selectively harmful and divisive rhetoric. That is why I voted against House Resolution 719," said Congressman Kweisi Mfume.