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May 2, 2024

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.) announced $29,917,000 from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to remove and replace lead pipes in communities across Maryland. The federal funding, provided through the U.S.

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April 30, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  Today, Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) announced the winner of this year’s Congressional Art Competition for Maryland’s 7th Congressional District. After deliberation by five distinguished judges on Congressman Mfume’s Art Competition judging panel, the artwork and student that received the highest score was:

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April 16, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume (D-MD) and Congressman Mark Alford (R-MO) introduced the Transparency and Predictability in Small Business Opportunities Act, a bipartisan initiative to improve transparency and accountability in the bidding process for small, minority, and women-owned businesses aiming to provide their products or services to the federal government.

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April 12, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-07) addressed the U.S. House of Representatives, urging his colleagues to swiftly pass legislation he along with a cosponsorship of his colleagues from Maryland just introduced: the Baltimore BRIDGE Relief Act. The Baltimore BRIDGE Relief Act is bipartisan, bicameral legislation that would allow the federal government to fully fund the replacement of the Francis Scott Key Bridge and its approaches.
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April 11, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume joined Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen, and Congressmen Andy Harris, Steny Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Jamie Raskin, David Trone and Glenn Ivey on Thursday to introduce bicameral, bipartisan legislation that would allow the federal government to fully fund the replacement of the Francis Scott Key Bridge and its approaches. Governor Wes Moore, who joined the full Maryland delegation at the Capitol earlier this week for a meeting with Biden-Harris administration officials, praised the bill for fulfilling President Joe Biden’s commitment to have the federal government fully support rebuilding the bridge after the March 26 fatal collapse.
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April 5, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume, Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Andy Harris, M.D., Jamie Raskin, David Trone and Glenn Ivey (all Md.) today announced $3.5 million in U.S. Department of Labor’s emergency National Dislocated Worker Grant funds to create temporary clean up and recovery jobs for workers impacted by the tragic collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge.

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April 4, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. —Today, Rep. Kweisi Mfume, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce, and Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, issued the following statements after the U.S.

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March 28, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume, Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Andy Harris, M.D., Jamie Raskin, David Trone and Glenn Iveyreleased the following statement on the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse tragedy:

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March 26, 2024

BALTIMORE – Today, U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-07) issued the following statement regarding the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsing after being struck by a large container ship leaving the Port of Baltimore. Both the Francis Scott Key Bridge and the Port of Baltimore are in Congressman Mfume's Congressional District, Maryland's 7th Congressional District. 

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March 18, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume, Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Jamie Raskin and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.)today announced $6,652,757 in federal funding for Maryland state agencies to make improvements in transportation, health technology and road safety.