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September 3, 2025
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Baltimore Representatives Johnny Olszewski (MD-02) and Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) today urged President Donald Trump to reconsider any plans to deploy federal troops to the city.

September 3, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Representatives Johnny Olszewski (D-MD), Joaquin Castro (D-TX) Young Kim (R-CA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Ed Case (D-HI), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Bill Foster (D-IL), and Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick’s (D-FL) Providing Appropriate Recognition and Treatment to Enhance Relations Act, or the PARTNER Act, which extends privileges and immunities under the International Organizations Immunities Act to a group of international organizations critical to U.S.


July 30, 2025

“As the humanitarian crisis in Gaza continues to deepen, the images of widespread suffering—especially among innocent civilians and children—are heartbreaking and demand urgent action.


July 28, 2025

BALTIMORE, Maryland – Today, U.S. Congressman  Johnny Olszewski, Jr. (MD-02), along with U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD), and U.S. Representatives Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Glenn Ivey (MD-04), Johnny Olszewski, Jr. (MD-02), and Sarah Elfreth (MD-03), were prevented from conducting an official oversight visit of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) holding facility located in the George H. Fallon Federal Building in Baltimore, Maryland. 

Issues: Congress

July 24, 2025

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks, and U.S. Representatives Steny Hoyer, Glenn Ivey, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, Sarah Elfreth, Johnny Olszewski and April McClain Delaney (all D-Md.), released the following statement on the future of the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: 

 


July 22, 2025

(Washington, DC) – Maryland Congressman Johnny Olszewski today co-sponsored bipartisan legislation that would require the U.S. House of Representatives to vote on releasing files related to the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein. The legislation is sponsored by Congressmen Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Ro Khanna (D-CA).


July 18, 2025
(Washington, DC) – Maryland Congressman Johnny Olszewski issued the following statement after voting against a $9 billion rescissions package that repeals funding for public broadcasting and foreign aid:
“Tonight, House Republicans voted to abdicate the power of the purse to President Trump, canceling critical funding that was approved by a bipartisan Congress just a few months ago. 
These cuts do not make the government more efficient or lower costs for American families.
Issues: Congress

July 11, 2025
(Washington, DC) – Congressman Johnny Olszewksi (D-MD), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today issued the following statement on the Trump Administration’s firing of more than 1,300 State Department personnel:
“In the fight for peace and stability, there is perhaps no greater weapon than diplomacy. Today, amid wars in Ukraine and Gaza, Iran’s nuclear ambitions, and China and Russia’s increasingly close partnership, the Trump Administration is proceeding with its plans to dramatically cut our diplomatic forces.

July 11, 2025

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks and U.S. Representatives Steny Hoyer, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, Glenn Ivey, Sarah Elfreth, April McClain Delaney, and Johnny Olszewski (all D-Md.) wrote to Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Billy Long regarding concerns with the agency’s deficient procedures for expedited processing of federal tax returns from taxpayers facing financial challenges.


July 3, 2025
(Washington, DC) – For the second time, U.S. Congressman Johnny Olszewski today voted  against a massive bill that  funds tax cuts for the wealthy by increasing costs for the middle class, slashes critical healthcare and food assistance programs, and adds more than $3 trillion to the federal debt.
Issues: Economy