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By Rushaad Hayward
In a congressional hearing titled "The Urgent Need to Address the Gun Violence Epidemic," Congressman Kweisi Mfume spoke on gun violence today.
Gun violence victims from Uvalde, Texas and Buffalo testified alongside Mayor Eric Adams of New York City, the Buffalo Police Commissioner and various other experts on gun violence.
Congressman Mfume made the following statement during today's hearing.
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) participated in a congressional hearing entitled “The Urgent Need to Address the Gun Violence Epidemic” convened by the Oversight and Reform Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives. Gun violence victims from Uvalde, Texas and Buffalo, New York testified alongside Mayor Eric Adams of New York City, the Buffalo Police Commissioner, and various other experts on gun violence.
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, and David Trone (all D-Md.) announced $3,783,406 in federal funding for colleges and universities across the state of Maryland to help underrepresented communities enter and complete higher education degree programs. The funds come from the U.S.
Rep. Kweisi Mfume joins Rev. Al Sharpton to discuss about the urgency of Congress passing bills related to gun reform, and other challenges for President Biden ahead of the midterm election.
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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, and David Trone (all D-Md.) announced $7,050,429 to support AmeriCorps’ service and volunteerism efforts in communities across Maryland. These awards were funded by both the fiscal year 2022 Appropriations package and the American Rescue Plan which the lawmakers fought to pass.
By Congressman Kweisi Mfume
As a distinguished Black economist and activist, as well as the first African-American woman to earn a doctorate of economics at Yale University, Dr. Phyllis A. Wallace paved the way for women of color to enter the field of economics. Her endeavors were largely based on racial and gender discrimination within Fortune 500 companies, a pursuit aimed to ensure no one felt invisible within these colossal organizations.
Washington, DC – Today, U.S.
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, and David Trone (all D-Md.) delivered $198,404,958 to spur economic growth and support small businesses in Maryland through the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) Program.
Washington, DC – Congressmen Kweisi Mfume (D-MD) and Pete Stauber (R-MN) introduced H.R. 7694 - the “Strengthening Small Business Subcontracting Act,” which was unanimously passed and reported out of the U.S. House Committee on Small Business today. This bipartisan legislation revises the language of the Small Business Act to reward prime contractors who have a better history of working with small businesses and abiding by their subcontracting plans submitted to federal agencies when bidding on contracts.