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July 26, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) sent a letter to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy regarding the recently announced closure of the Fort Howard Post Office located at 9200 Howard Avenue, Fort Howard, Maryland 21052. This letter requests an immediate update on the plan for mail delivery going forward and information for the community. 

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July 24, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C.U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume (Md.-7), Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen, and Congressmen Steny Hoyer (Md.-5), Dutch Ruppersberger (Md.-2), and John Sarbanes (Md.-3), welcomed Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott to the U.S.

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July 21, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) announced that the U.S. Department of Justice is increasing the number of Assistant U.S. Attorneys, FBI agents, DEA agents, and ATF agents in Maryland and the Baltimore metropolitan area to bolster efforts to combat violent crime and improve safety in the City, which in 2023 is finally seeing a reduction in homicides and non-fatal shootings at the half-year mark of 2023.
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July 20, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C.U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume (Md.-7), Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen, and Congressmen, Dutch Ruppersberger (Md.-2), John Sarbanes (Md.-3), David Trone (Md.-6), and Glenn Ivey (Md.-4) welcomed Kevin M. Atticks, Maryland Secretary of Agriculture and Rafael López, Maryland Secretary of Human Services to the U.S.

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July 19, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) introduced the bipartisan Reporting Instances of Non-authorized Grift (RING) Act of 2023 in the United States House of Representatives, along with his colleagues Congressman Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-05), Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01), Congressman David Trone (D-MD-06), Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27), Congressman Andy Kim (D-NJ-03), Congressman Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16), and Congresswoman Katie Porter (D-CA-47).

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July 14, 2023

ANNAPOLIS, MD — Today, members of Maryland’s federal, state, and local governments including Governor Wes Moore, Lieutenant Governor Aruna Miller, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen, Congressmen Steny H.

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July 12, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce, and Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation issued the following statement calling on Chairman James Comer (R-KY) to share information on the extent to which Committee resources were used to support Mr. Luft’s alleged illegal behavior.

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July 10, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, 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 $665,266 in federal funding to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to control the spread of wildlife diseases. With this federal funding through the U.S.

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June 30, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume, Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John P. Sarbanes, Andy Harris, M.D., Jamie Raskin, David J. Trone, and Glenn Ivey (all Md.) announced $3.8 million through the U.S.

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June 29, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) issued the following statement regarding the Supreme Court of the United States' decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina to heavily restrict how universities can consider race in admissions decisions.