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BALTIMORE, MD – Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) issued the following statement regarding his decision to formally pursue the role of Ranking Member on the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
"I am formally announcing my candidacy for Ranking Member of the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee," said Congressman Kweisi Mfume.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Ranking Member Raul Ruiz (CA-25) and Representatives Deborah Ross (NC-02), Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Debbie Dingell (MI-12), Ami Bera (CA-06), Robert Garcia (CA-42), and Jill Tokuda (HI-02), formers Members of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, released the following statement:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-07) and Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) are introducing the Henrietta Lacks Congressional Gold Medal Act, in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. This legislation would posthumously award a Congressional Gold Medal to Henrietta Lacks in recognition of her immortal "HeLa cells" which have made invaluable contributions to global health, scientific research, our quality of life, and patients’ rights.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Governor Wes Moore, Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD), Congressman Glenn Ivey (MD-04), Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth (MD-03), Congressman Johnny Olszewski (MD-02), and Congresswoman April McClain Delaney (MD-06) issued the following statement on Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel’s recent comments about the FBI headquarters:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Thursday, members of Maryland’s Congressional Delegation met to discuss their efforts to defend federal investments for Maryland’s priorities and ensure constituents can continue to access essential public services. Their meeting came as Congress moves into appropriations season and following the Trump Administration’s release of its “skinny” budget proposal the week before last.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Rep. Kweisi Mfume, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued a joint statement following the announcement of David Steiner, a FedEx board member and former Waste Management CEO, as the next Postmaster General of the United States by the U.S. Postal Board of Governors:
WASHINGTON, DC – As reported today in The Washington Post, Congressman Kweisi Mfume (D-Md.-07) joined a letter demanding that the Trump Administration release the $98 million promised for educatio
WASHINGTON, DC – Amid reports that House Republicans plan to reduce the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) in the District of Columbia, Congressman Steny H.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth (MD-03) led a letter with Representatives Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Steny Hoyer (MD-05), Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Glenn Ivey (MD-04), April McClain Delaney (MD-06), and Johnny Olszewski (MD-02) to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem on behalf of Maryland university international students who have been arrested or had their student visas revoked by the Trump Administration.
BALTIMORE – Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) issued the following statement regarding Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Gerry Connolly stepping down as the top Democrat on the committee after the return of his esophageal cancer.