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Mfume, Baltimore Congressional Delegation Announces More than $170,000 in Federal Funding to Help Spur Economic Growth & Support Minority-Owned Businesses in Baltimore
By Kendall Green
"Some of the vacants that are standing today were standing 43 years ago. That is sinful and should never happen,” said U.S. Representative Kweisi Mfume at a news conference in March addressing the blight of Baltimore where Scott unveiled the city's plan to spend millions on the problem.
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Mfume, Maryland Congressional Delegation Announce Over $340 Million in Infrastructure Funding to Bolster Public Transit Across the State
Congressman Mfume's Statement on U.S. Senate’s Confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the United States Supreme Court
Washington, DC - Today, Congressman Kweisi Mfume issued the following statement on the historic confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the United States Supreme Court.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin led a virtual Maryland congressional delegation meeting Tuesday with Senator Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H.
Mfume, Congressional Delegation Announce Over $45 Million in Infrastructure Funding to Help Marylanders Cut Utility Costs By Making Homes More Energy Efficient
By Frederick N. Rasmussen
“Elinor was kind, gracious and committed to her work and devoted to her family,” said her first cousin, Rep. Kweisi Mfume. “She was built for motherhood and had honed her matriarchal spirit a longtime as a girl who wanted to have a family and see them succeed her. She earned the right to be the matriarch of our family.
“She was brilliant in her own right, was very studious, and had a sharp mind. She clearly was a lot smarter than me. Stuff came to her easy whereas I had to work at it.”
Mfume, Baltimore Congressional Delegation Announces the Addition of Bear Creek Sediments Site in Baltimore County to the Superfund National Priorities List for Environmental Cleanup
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act’s historic investments will help clear the backlog of sites awaiting funding for cleanup and restoration
Mfume, Brown, Hoyer, Ruppersberger, Sarbanes, Raskin and Trone Request Investigation into Bias in Maryland National Guard
Black and women officer candidates were dismissed at significantly higher rates
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressmen Anthony G. Brown, Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie B. Raskin and David Trone (all D-MD) called on the National Guard Inspector General to investigate bias in the Maryland National Guard.
By Lisa Robinson
Mfume acknowledged that Lacks' cells have led to remarkable research.
"Those cells have been responsible for remarkable research, leading to the cure of Polio -- research in Parkinson's, hemophilia, leukemia, HIV," Mfume said.
But Lacks never gave consent to have her cells used in research. Her family was not informed or compensated.
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