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DMV SENATORS CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR CIVIL SERVANTS, INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO PAUSE MORTGAGE PAYMENTS FOR FEDERAL WORKERS
November 7, 2025 WASHINGTON, DC – As covered tonight in Punchbowl News, Senators Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) introduced the Federal Worker Mortgage Forbearance Act. This bill would require 90 days of mortgage forbearance for federal workers and contractors with federally-backed mortgage loans. “In this Republican shutdown, the longest shutdown in American history, our federal workers and contractors have been callously left behind. These patriots shouldn’t be used as political pawns by Republicans. I’m introducing the Federal Worker Mortgage Forbearance Act so that federal workers and contractors will not face foreclosure because Republicans can’t do
Maryland Delegation Members Express Support for Governor’s Action to Provide Food Support to Marylanders
October 30, 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.) released the following statement on Governor Moore’s decision to declare a state of emergency in order to support Maryland families impacted by Republicans’ shutdown and refusal to use contingency funds for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits: “With prices on the rise and the uncertainty created by the Republican government shutdown, many Marylanders are struggling to make ends meet. Meanwhile the Trump Administration has failed to ensure those in need
Alsobrooks, Van Hollen, Elfreth Introduce Legislation to Pause Student Loans for Federal Workers, Contractors, and Military
WASHINGTON, DC – As reported in The Baltimore Sun, Senators Angela Alsobrooks and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) and Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth (D-Md.-03) released legislation, The Shutdown Student Loans for Feds Act, that would require the Department of Education to pause student loan payments for federal workers – including federal contractors and military personnel – in the event of a federal government shutdown lasting longer than two weeks. If passed, this legislation would take immediate effect for the current Republican shutdown, which has lasted 29 days. This bill is cosponsored by Senators Warner (D-Va.), Kaine (D-Va.), Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Booker (D-N.J.), Hirono (D-Hawaii), Kim (D-N.J.),
PBS: Black women serving in Senate together reflect on historic first and making an impact
For the first time in the 236-year history of the U.S. Senate, two Black women are serving simultaneously. Geoff Bennett sat down with Sen. Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland and Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester of Delaware for a conversation about breaking barriers, shaping history and how Democrats aim to meet the current political moment. Read more from PBS here.
The Cut: A ‘Bright Spot’ in Washington
Senators Angela Alsobrooks and Lisa Blunt Rochester won’t let that other election result stop them from making history. Feb. 25, 2025 Carol Moseley Braun, Kamala Harris, Laphonza Butler: To be a Black woman in the U.S. Senate was to be part of a small and lonely club — until now. For the first time in the body’s 236-year history, two Black women are serving simultaneously: Senator Angela Alsobrooks from Maryland and Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester from Delaware. Their November victories were rare cause for celebration in an election marked by many losses for the Democratic Party. In their campaigns, neither candidate put identity front and center. Yet
‘Keep your hands off our Social Security,’ lawmakers warn amid DOGE budget cuts
Social Security is one of the “most important social programs of our lifetime,” with Americans working for years to qualify for benefits, said Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, D-Md. “It is America’s promise to us when we paid into Social Security,” Alsobrooks said. “And yet this is under attack even today.” Read more from CNBC here.