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November 30, 2022

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.

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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). 

"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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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 government-issued identification. 

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.

While Pelosi stayed on, Mfume, 74, left Congress after five terms only to return in 2020.

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.

Last month, the city’s Department of Transportation applied for up to $2 million for a feasibility and design study.

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.

Mfume, a Baltimore Democrat who was handily reelected in Tuesday’s midterm election, hosted a forum of area faith leaders at Cylburn Arboretum, near the Coldspring neighborhood.

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November 9, 2022

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Kweisi Mfume, Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, and John Sarbanes (all D-Md.) today announced $378,538 to promote community policing and provide mental health support to Maryland police departments. This federal funding comes through the U.S.

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.

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