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May 8, 2025
(Washington, DC) – Maryland Congressman Johnny Olszewski this evening issued the following statement on the reported dismissal of Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden:
“President Trump’s  reportedly callous dismissal of Carla Hayden is a disgraceful disservice to all Americans. We must call this out for what it is: an attack on our democratic norms and yet another effort to replace dedicated public servants with MAGA allies.
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Issues: Congress

May 2, 2025
(Washington, DC) – Maryland Congressman Johnny Olszewski issued the following statement on President Donald Trump’s proposed 2026 budget, which cuts domestic investments by upwards of $163 billion, or 23 percent of current levels.
“Not surprisingly, this budget is ruinous for middle class families and will do absolutely nothing to make good on President Trump’s promise to lower costs for Americans. In fact, it will do the exact opposite. It’s an exclamation mark on his disastrous vision of a federal government by the rich, for the rich.”

 

Issues: Economy

May 1, 2025

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Johnny Olszewski, a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today reiterated his call for the resignation of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth following the reported departure of White House National Security Advisor Mike Waltz. Congressman Olszewski has been calling for Secretary Hegseth's resignation since the Secretary, along with Waltz and other defense leaders, shared detailed military action on non-classified software in March.


April 29, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today,  Congressman Johnny Olszewski (MD-02) joined Representatives Sarah Elfreth (MD-03), Steny Hoyer (MD-05), Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Glenn Ivey (MD-04), and April McClain Delaney (MD-06) in a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem on behalf of Maryland university international students who have been arrested or had their student visas revoked by the Trump Administration.

Issues: Education

April 28, 2025

(Washington, DC) –  Congressman Johnny Olszewski (D-MD), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, reaffirmed America’s commitment to its Pacific allies on a trip that included stops in New Zealand, Palau and Taiwan. Congressman Olszewski traveled with a bipartisan Congressional delegation amid growing tension in the region.


The trip was Olszewski’s first as a member on the subcommittee for East Asia and the Pacific, which is home to island nations that are critical to U.S. national and economic security.


April 16, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Angela Alsobrooks led the Maryland Democratic Delegation – U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen and Representatives Steny Hoyer, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, Glenn Ivey, Sarah Elfreth, April McClain Delaney, and Johnny Olszewski (all D-Md.) in expressing outrage and demanding answers regarding the mass terminations of civil servants at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). In a letter to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F.

Issues: Health

April 15, 2025

Washington, DC – Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Sara Jacobs, Ranking Member of the Africa Subcommittee, alongside Representatives Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, Jonathan Jackson, Pramila Jayapal, and Johnny Olszewski, Democratic Members of the Africa Subcommittee, today issued a joint statement marking the two-year anniversary of the outbreak of war in Sudan: 


April 14, 2025
(Washington, DC) – Maryland Congressman Johnny Olszewski has introduced his first original bill as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, aiming to help recently-promoted federal employees who have been laid off under the Trump Administration.

April 12, 2025

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks and Representatives Steny Hoyer, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, Glenn Ivey, Sarah Elfreth, April McClain Delaney, and Johnny Olszewski released the following statement regarding the Office of Management and Budget’s proposed cuts to NASA Goddard missions: