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Senator Angela Alsobrooks Rallies Outside Senate with AFGE Federal Workers 

“The witch hunt that is happening right now against our civil servants is not just an attack on you, it’s an attack on the American people.”  WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Senator Angela Alsobrooks joined AFGE President Everett Kelley, hundreds of AFGE members, and hundreds of other federal workers and union workers to rally against the Administration’s callous attacks on our civil servants and by extension, the American people. WATCH ALSOBROOKS’ REMARKS HERE  “I want anyone who is listening to hear me when I say, you belong here. And we are not backing up, backing down, going away – none of it,” said Senator Alsobrooks. “The important work

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Senators Alsobrooks and Van Hollen, Maryland Leaders Protest Outside Social Security Administration Headquarters

Alsobrooks: “How does Elon Musk having access to Social Security lower the cost of prescription drug medications? It doesn’t.” WOODLAWN, MD – On Monday morning, Senators Angela Alsobrooks and Chris Van Hollen (both D-MD) were joined by Representatives Mfume (MD-07), Olszewski (MD-02), and Elfreth (MD-03), AFGE National Vice President Jason Anderson, union members, and concerned Marylanders to rally for civil servants outside the Social Security Administration. WATCH ALSOBROOKS’ REMARKS HERE “Does cutting Medicare lower the cost of eggs? I don’t think so. How does slashing funding at the Social Security Administration cut the cost of gas? How does firing a bunch of civil servants lower

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Alsobrooks, Van Hollen & DC, Virginia Lawmakers Seek Answers from FAA Following Deadly DCA Collision

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Angela Alsobrooks and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) joined Senator Mark Warner, Senator Tim Kaine (both D-Va.), and others in sending a letter requesting answers and commitments from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on its plans to protect the flying public in the wake of the January 29 collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines airplane. In the letter, the lawmakers applauded the precautionary safety measures put in place by the FAA in response to the collision, as well as the agency’s collaboration with the National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) investigation into the causes and factors behind

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