Maryland lawmakers are demanding RFK Jr. reverse course on critical funding cuts to NIH Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Angela Alsobrooks and Chris Van Hollen (Both D-Md.) along with the Maryland Democratic Delegation, Representatives Steny Hoyer, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, Glenn Ivey, Sarah Elfreth, April Delaney, and Johnny Olszewski (all D-Md.) are demanding that the Trump Administration reverse course and rescind guidance that would cause abrupt, sweeping, and deeply damaging cuts to medical research in Maryland and around the country.  “Simply put, the federal funding Maryland institutions have received through NIH is not waste. It funds new breakthroughs discovered by Maryland

“The billionaire Republican donors are getting exactly what they paid for with this scam of a bill” Washington, DC – In the dead of night, Senator Alsobrooks (D-Md.) voted against the Republican budget bill. This bill is paving the way for tax cuts for billionaires, cuts that will be paid for on the backs of working-class Americans. “This scam of a bill is all about trying to pay back their billionaire donors with tax cuts for the 1%,” said Alsobrooks. “Republicans aren’t serious about helping working families. I know because we forced votes on amendments to prevent cuts to Medicare and Medicaid, defend civil servants from this

“DOGE’s actions thus far at other agencies have caused widespread chaos, hampered the ability of agencies to do their work, and provided potentially illegal data access to individuals with conflicts of interest. There is no indication that DOGE’s work at HUD will be any less detrimental.” Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, and Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Ranking Member of Senate Banking Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation and Community Development, sent a letter to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Scott Turner, questioning the alarming