Press Releases
(Washington, DC) – Congressman Johnny Olszewski (MD-02) today will introduce the Securing Assurance for Federal Employees (SAFE) Act to block the Trump Administration from carrying out mass federal layoffs during a potential government shutdown if Congress fails to pass a spending bill by Tuesday.
(Washington, DC) – Maryland Congressman Johnny Olszewski today issued the following statement on his support of H.Res. 719:
“The death of Charlie Kirk is a profound tragedy, not only for his family and supporters, but also for the democratic values upon which our nation was built.
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representatives Johnny Olszewski, Steny Hoyer, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, Glenn Ivey, Sarah Elfreth, and April McClain Delaney and U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks (all D-Md.) released the following statement on U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s letter to Governor Wes Moore regarding the reconstruction of the Key Bridge:
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representatives Johnny Olszewski, Steny Hoyer, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, Glenn Ivey, Sarah Elfreth, and April McClain Delaney and U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks (all D-Md.) urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to maintain its greenhouse gas emissions “endangerment finding,” a 2009 landmark determination that climate pollution endangers public health and welfare.
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representatives Johnny Olszewski and Kweisi Mfume and U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks (all D-Md.) announced $1,127,448 in federal funding for community colleges in Baltimore City and Baltimore County to support low-income students, first-generation students, and students with disabilities as they pursue their degree.
(Washington, DC) – Congressman Johnny Olszewski today voted against legislation that slashes clean energy funding by nearly half and cancels billions in job-generating infrastructure projects while raising utility costs for Maryland families. The $57.3 billion Energy and Water
Aappropriations bill for 2026 passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a 214-213 vote and now heads to the U.S. Senate for consideration.
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.