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September 19, 2025

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:


September 19, 2025
(Washington, DC) – Maryland Congressman Johnny Olszewski today issued the following statement after voting against a Continuing Resolution that would extend government funding through November 21. The legislation passed the U.S. House of Representatives in a 217-212 vote and now heads to the U.S.
Issues: Economy

September 17, 2025

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.

Issues: Energy

September 5, 2025

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.

Issues: Economy Education

September 4, 2025

(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.

Issues: Economy Energy

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: