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Alsobrooks, Van Hollen, Team Maryland Denied Entry at Baltimore ICE Facility

July 28, 2025  “It was abundantly clear that the people working in this facility have been instructed to hide the horror of the inhumane treatment of the people in their custody.” – Senator Alsobrooks We will not let this cover-up continue – we will continue pushing for accountability and the humane enforcement of our immigration laws.” – Senator Van Hollen WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Senator Angela Alsobrooks, Senator Chris Van Hollen, and Representatives Kweisi Mfume, Glenn Ivey,  Johnny Olszewski, Jr., and Sarah Elfreth (all D-Md.) conducted oversight on the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Baltimore and on the President’s draconian and inhumane tactics he is employing – throwing

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Maryland Delegation Members’ Statement on Future of BARC

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks, Governor Wes Moore, 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:   “The Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC) is the foundation of our country’s excellence in agricultural research, with its scientists working for more than 100 years on the front lines of protecting public health and supporting farmers and farming across the country. Shuttering BARC and uprooting its workforce will undercut its critical mission, endanger public safety, and unnecessarily waste taxpayer

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Ranking Member Alsobrooks Co-Chairs Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee 

July 24, 2025 WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, Ranking Member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on the Environment and Public Works Committee, Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.), co-chaired the Subcommittee hearing: “The Road Ahead: Proposals to Improve America’s Transportation Infrastructure.” Managing Director of Policy and Partnerships at Safe Routes Partnership Marisa Jones, Deputy Director of Planning at the North Dakota Department of Transportation Chad M. Orn PE, and Deputy Secretary of the Maryland Department of Transportation Samantha Biddle testified at the hearing.  WATCH SENATOR ALSOBROOKS’ OPENING STATEMENT HERE  “Expanding the flexibility to transfer federal highway funds between programs will allow Maryland and other states to better

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