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July 14, 2022

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. 
 

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July 5, 2022

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.

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June 30, 2022

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.

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June 24, 2022

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:

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June 21, 2022

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.

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June 16, 2022

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), Anthony Brown (MD-04), Dutch Ruppersberger (MD-02), John Sarbanes (MD-03), Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Jamie B. Raskin (MD-08), and David Trone (MD-06) announced they secured $500 million toward a new, consolidated FBI headquarters in the Fiscal Year 2023 Financial Services & General Government Appropriations legislation.

June 10, 2022

By Kendall Green 

“It’s not enough to say our hearts and prayers go out to families. It’s up to us to do something about ending the carnage on our streets and all of these soft targets that exist around country,” said Congressman Kweisi Mfume.

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June 10, 2022

Washington, DC – This week, the United States House of Representatives passed H.R. 7694, the Strengthening Subcontracting for Small Businesses Act of 2022, which is a bipartisan bill co-led by Congressmen Kweisi Mfume (D-MD) and Pete Stauber (R-MN). This measure originated in the U.S. House Committee on Small Business, where Congressman Mfume serves as Vice-Chair.