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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) issued the following statement upon passage of the Law Enforcement De-escalation Training Act. This bill invests in local and state law enforcement agencies by training law enforcement officers in de-escalation tactics to safely and successfully be of service to individuals experiencing mental health crises.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) issued the following statement regarding his vote to pass the Respect for Marriage Act, which upholds marriage equality under federal law for same sex and interracial couples. This legislation now goes to President Biden’s desk to be signed into law.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) issued the following statement regarding the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner from Russian custody.
“Today is a great day for all Americans and the freedoms we fight so hard for, because Brittney Griner has been released from her unjust detention in Russia,” said Congressman Kweisi Mfume.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) issued the following statement upon passage of legislation to ratify the rail labor agreement and legislation to add seven days of paid sick leave to the agreement.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) issued the following statement regarding the passing of Congressman Donald McEachin (VA-04).
"Don fought a quiet, dignified fight, all the way to the end. May the grace of God give comfort to his soul and eternal peace to the spirit he leaves behind."
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WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) issued the following statement following the tragic mass shooting in Chesapeake, Virginia.
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 government-issued identification.
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.
While Pelosi stayed on, Mfume, 74, left Congress after five terms only to return in 2020.
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.
Last month, the city’s Department of Transportation applied for up to $2 million for a feasibility and design study.