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March 13, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume, Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (all D-Md.) announced $6,000,000 for Baltimore City’s Restoring Connections to Druid Hill Park Project. This federal funding will support redesign planning for Druid Park Lake Drive in order to reconnect West Baltimore communities cut off from Druid Hill Park following the widening of the roadway over 60 years ago.

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March 13, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Members of Maryland’s congressional delegation, including U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume, Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Andy Harris, M.D. and Glenn Ivey met in the U.S. Capitol Tuesday with Maryland Secretary of Health Dr. Laura Herrera Scott. The primary topic of the hourlong discussion was the future of the Maryland Model.

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March 11, 2024
BALTIMORE – Today, Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) and Baltimore City Mayor Brandon M. Scott announced the award of $29.8 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to support permanent supportive housing and traditional affordable housing developments. Eleven applicants won grant awards ranging from $419,000 to $7 million, coinciding with the number of units being created at the project.
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February 28, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressmen Kweisi Mfume, David Trone, Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Jamie Raskin, and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) introduced the Robert E. Lee Monument Removal Act to remove a monument of Confederate General Robert E. Lee from Antietam National Battlefield. 

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February 20, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume, Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger and John Sarbanes (all D-Md.) announced $213,696,341 to the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) to complete its Light Rail Vehicle Fleet Replacement project. The federal funds, provided by the U.S.

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February 16, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume, Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H.

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February 2, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-07) and Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-WI-06) introduced H.R. 7184, the CBO Data Access Act, a bipartisan initiative designed to benefit taxpayers by enhancing the efficiency of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) process behind projecting the fiscal impact of proposed legislation.

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February 1, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) issued the following statement on the passing of Joe Madison, "The Black Eagle," who was a longtime radio host on SiriusXM, both a human and civil rights activist, and a dear friend.

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January 26, 2024
BALTIMORE – Today, U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) issued the following statement regarding Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger's (MD-02) decision to not pursue another term in the United States House of Representatives in 2024.
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January 22, 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, David Trone and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) today announced $4,360,176 in federal funding for the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) to repair and replace 25 electric vehicle (EV) chargers in six counties across the state.