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December 23, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, the United States Senate passed legislation (H.R. 9544) to designate a Baltimore United States Post Office (USPS) as the ‘‘United States Representative Elijah E. Cummings Post Office Building." The bill to rename the post office at 340 South Loudon Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland, in honor of Congressman Cummings will now be sent to President Joe Biden to be signed into law. H.R. 9544 was crafted and led by Congressman Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-07) in the U.S.

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December 23, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, the U.S. Senate passed H.R. 6826, legislation designating the Visitor and Education Center at Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine as the "Paul S. Sarbanes Visitor and Education Center." This bill was crafted and led in the U.S. House by Congressman Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-07), while Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-MD) introduced an identical, companion bill in the U.S. Senate.

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December 23, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume, Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and U.S. Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Jamie Raskin, David Trone, and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) announced $800,000 in federal funding to improve safety on railroads and at train crossings across the state.

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December 20, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) issued the following statement regarding inclusion of a provision committing the federal government to cover 100% of the rebuild costs for the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the continuing resolution that was passed by the U.S. House ahead of a December 20, 2024 deadline to avoid a government shutdown. The legislation will now be considered in the U.S. Senate before the midnight deadline to keep the government open. 

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December 19, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume, Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Jamie Raskin, David Trone and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) today applauded the Senate passage of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA 2024), which is the primary authorization for the Civil Works programs of the U.S.

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December 19, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume, Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Jamie Raskin, David Trone, and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) today announced $7,393,350 in federal funding to strengthen security at 50 churches, synagogues, mosques, and other religious community centers across Maryland.

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December 17, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) issued the following statement regarding inclusion of a provision committing the federal government to cover 100% of the rebuild costs for the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the continuing resolution that will be considered by the U.S. House and Senate ahead of a December 20, 2024 deadline to avoid a government shutdown. 

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December 17, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) issued the following statement regarding inclusion of a provision committing the federal government to cover 100% of the rebuild costs for the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the continuing resolution that will be considered by the U.S. House and Senate ahead of a December 20, 2024 deadline to avoid a government shutdown. 

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December 17, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume, Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and U.S. Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes,  Jamie Raskin, David Trone, and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md) announced $398,000 in federal funding to support five Maryland-based projects focused on environmental, cultural, and historical conservation efforts within the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

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December 16, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. —Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Ranking Member Kweisi Mfume (D-Md.) and Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) continue their bipartisan oversight of the Department of Defense’s personnel vetting practices. The lawmakers remain concerned about delays and issues with the National Background Investigation Service (NBIS) program. In a letter to the U.S. Government and Accountability Office (GAO) Comptroller General Gene L.