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WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Kweisi Mfume (D-MD) issued the following statement on the July 16, 2022, passing of Mr. Vernon Simms, a congressional staffer for three decades who served under Congressmen Mfume and Elijah Cummings.
“It was devastating to hear of the passing of my friend and former colleague Vernon Simms, who passed on from this life after a long and heroic battle with illness.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin, and David Trone (all D-Md.) announced $95 million in federal funding for broadband infrastructure projects that will provide high-quality internet to areas that lack access to adequate service.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie Raskin, David Trone, and Andy Harris (all Md.) announced $1,249,912 in federal funding to help prevent youth drug and substance use in communities across Maryland.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the House Small Business Committee Subcommittee on Contracting and Infrastructure, led by Chairman Kwesi Mfume (D-MD), held a hearing assessing the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) program. Congress created HUBZone in 1997 to boost Federal contracting opportunities for small businesses located in economically distressed areas.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin, and David Trone (all D-Md.) released the following statement on Governor Hogan’s suspension of Maryland’s ‘good and substantial reason’ standard for permits to carry a concealed firearm. The action follows the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Kweisi Mfume (D-MD) issued the following statement regarding Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson being sworn in to the United States Supreme Court today.
Washington, DC – Today, the United States Supreme Court released their decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned the federal right to an abortion established in Roe v. Wade.
Congressman Kweisi Mfume (D-MD) issued the following written statement this afternoon in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision:
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced $41,636,405 in federal funding for Head Start programs across the state to expand early learning, development, health services and family well-being.