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WASHINGTON – Members of Maryland's congressional delegation, including U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony Brown, Jamie Raskin and David Trone (All D-Md.), wrote to Governor Larry Hogan and Acting Maryland Health Secretary Dennis Schrader on Friday urging them to increase outreach and communication surrounding the flawed rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine across the state. "Right now, there is dwindling confidence in the process and limited belief that vaccine access is equitable.
WASHINGTON – Members of Maryland's congressional delegation are urging President Joe Biden to award the Medal of Freedom posthumously to the five men and women who were killed on June 28, 2018 at the Capital Gazette in Annapolis in what was the deadliest attack on journalists in the U.S. in our nation's history.
"…It was unlike anything I had ever seen before and just crazy. Words have consequences and we've been saying that for years, everybody has based on the words of Donald Trump…now we see what happens when it gets out of control.
I saw members of the House saying to me, "Oh my God, can you imagine the rage in their faces? I've never seen anything like that." And I said, well, welcome to my world," Mfume said.
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, and Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) announced $999,999 in federal funding for Morgan State University to study the impact of microplastics on marine ecosystems, using the Chesapeake Bay as a model. The project will create new opportunities for Morgan State students to participate in high-impact Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) research, as well as recruit and support students pursuing doctoral degrees.
All Marylanders deserve to make a living wage. Today we're one step closer to making that a reality. This week I joined my Democratic colleagues in introducing the Raise The Wage Act of 2021, which will gradually increase the federal minimum wage to $15 by 2025.
The last time our families saw an increase in the federal minimum wage was more than a decade ago, in 2009, which is the longest stretch in U.S. history.
WASHINGTON – Today, members of the Maryland Congressional Delegation, including U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, C.A. "Dutch" Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony Brown, Jamie Raskin, and David Trone, released the following statement after a conference call on Monday with Maryland Department of Health Acting Secretary Dennis Schrader about the state's COVID-19 vaccine distribution efforts:
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced more than $560 million in emergency federal funding for the Maryland Department of Health (MDH) to help boost the state's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and aid its vaccine distribution efforts.
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie Raskin, and David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced more than $1.17 billion in federal funding for K-12 schools and higher education institutions across Maryland.
WASHINGTON --Congressman Kweisi Mfume released the following statement after Wednesday's Inauguration.
Today we reclaimed our democracy as the first step in forging ahead to unite our nation.
As I stood at today's Inauguration Ceremony for President Joseph R. Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris, I was reminded of our shared our values, our shared hopes, and our shared destiny.
We celebrate, and now we have work to do.
Yours in service and with respect,
"We don't know all that we're dealing with and there are some things I can't go over now," said Mfume, who represents parts of Baltimore City, Baltimore County and Howard County. "I will just simply say that there is a threat. I believe most members of Congress are feeling secure. I do."