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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) and Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) introduced the Affordable Inhalers and Nebulizers Act, which would allow Americans and their families to be able to afford vital medications. More specifically, the legislation will reduce the price of asthma medications and therapies used to treat asthma and lung disorders such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representative Kweisi Mfume, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks, and Representative Johnny Olszewski (all D-Md.) announced $1,127,448 in federal funding for community colleges in Baltimore City and Baltimore County to support low-income students, first-generation students, and students with disabilities as they pursue their degree.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Baltimore Representatives Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) and Johnny Olszewski (MD-02) today urged President Donald Trump to reconsider any plans to deploy federal troops to the city. In a letter, the lawmakers highlighted a 30 percent decline in homicides and a 21 percent decline in non-fatal shootings in Baltimore over the last year.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) issued the following statement regarding his meeting, alongside fellow members of the House Oversight Committee, with survivors of abuse perpetrated by Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) issued the following statement regarding reports that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) mishandled sensitive Social Security data:
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks, and U.S.
BALTIMORE, Maryland – Today, U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Ranking Member of the U.S. House Oversight Subcommittee on Government Operations, along with U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD), and U.S. Representatives Glenn Ivey (MD-04), Johnny Olszewski, Jr. (MD-02), and Sarah Elfreth (MD-03), were prevented from conducting an official oversight visit of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) holding facility located in the George H. Fallon Federal Building in Baltimore, Maryland.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) introduced the Jordan McNair Student Athlete Heat Fatality Prevention Act in the United States House of Representatives. Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) simultaneously introduced the companion legislation in the United States Senate, with Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) as an original cosponsor.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume, Senator Chris Van Hollen, Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies and Representative Steny Hoyer, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, along with Governor Wes Moore, Senator Angela Alsobrooks and Representatives Glenn Ivey, Jamie Raskin, Sarah Elfreth, and Johnny Olszewski (all D-Md.), and Prince George’s County Executive Aisha N.
WASHINGTON, D.C. —Below is Rep. Kweisi Mfume’s opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at today’s Subcommittee on Government Operations hearing on President Trump’s efforts to undermine the independence of the Postal Service and the failure of Trump-appointed Former Postmaster General’s “Delivering for America Plan.”