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November 29, 2022

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) issued the following statement regarding the passing of Congressman Donald McEachin (VA-04). 

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November 23, 2022

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) issued the following statement following the tragic mass shooting in Chesapeake, Virginia. 

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Congressman Mfume with Speaker Pelosi attending a committee hearing
November 18, 2022
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) issued the following statement on the decision by U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (CA-12) not to seek reelection for her leadership position in Congress.
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November 18, 2022

WASHINGTON, DC — Yesterday, Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) and Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) introduced the New Pathways Act, legislation to help formerly incarcerated Americans re-enter society by requiring the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to help these individuals obtain gove

November 17, 2022

By Jeff Barker 

In their moment together Thursday, Mfume said he spoke with Pelosi about how her father — months before his death — attended her first swearing-in on the House floor. “They brought him in with a wheelchair and I remember how he wept on the floor that day out of pride,” Mfume said in an interview.

November 17, 2022

By Dan Rodricks 

Rep. Kweisi Mfume, a Democrat representing Maryland’s 7th Congressional District, pushed Mayor Brandon Scott’s administration to seek funds for a potentially transformative project in West Baltimore — the redevelopment of the tragic Highway to Nowhere.

November 10, 2022

By Jeff Barker 

With Republicans hoping to take control of the U.S. House of Representatives, Rep. Kweisi Mfume said Thursday that “we’re not prepared to roll over and play dead” if Democrats lose their majority.

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November 9, 2022

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

November 4, 2022

By WTOP News

“If … the goal posts on a football field are 100 yards apart and yet when you get the ball, all of a sudden, they’re 150 yards apart, somebody is playing a game by changing the rules of the game,” said Baltimore-area Congressman Kweisi Mfume.

November 4, 2022

"Prince George's County is the best place for the FBI, and Baltimore City and Baltimore County stand totally in lockstep with these efforts. We will not go away, we will not shirk our responsibility, and we will continue to call it out to make sure that one set of rules remains," Mfume said in a statement.