Press Releases

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representatives Johnny Olszewski, Kweisi Mfume, Sarah Elfreth (all D-Md.) and U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks released the following statement on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ permit granting the Maryland Transportation Authority permission for construction of the Francis Scott Key Bridge replacement:

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Johnny Olszewski announced that Second District constituent Katie Stahl, a recently-terminated federal employee, will be his special guest at President Trump’s joint address to Congress tonight. Stahl, a biologist from Baltimore, was let go without notice from her position in the Annapolis office of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service during the Trump Administration’s mass lay-offs of federal workers on probationary status last month.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Kweisi Mfume led a letter alongside Representatives Sarah Elfreth and Johnny Olszewski formally requesting the Maryland Public Service Commission (“PSC”) to rescind the Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (“BG&E”) utility rate increases that took effect this year and to stop any future increases for the duration of 2025. The federal lawmakers made the same request of BG&E and attached a copy of the letter they sent to the PSC. 

Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Johnny Olszewski announced the introduction of the Strategic Ports Reporting Act.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Johnny Olszewski and the Democratic members of Maryland’s Congressional delegation held a meeting with leaders from federal employee unions and Democracy Forward to discuss supporting federal employees amid Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s illegal attacks on merit-based civil servants who do critical work on behalf of the American people.