September 22, 2025  WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) released the following statement after the Trump Administration and RFK Jr. drew an unproven link between autism and pregnant women’s use of acetaminophen, the active ingredient in one of the world’s most common over-the-counter pain relievers, Kenvue’s Tylenol. “Once again, President Trump and RFK Jr. are abandoning science, spreading conspiracy theories, and betraying American families – especially mothers. For the sake of the American people’s health and future, RFK Jr. must resign or be fired immediately.” ###

September 22, 2025  BALTIMORE, MD – Saturday, September 20, Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) attended a Town Hall alongside Comptroller Brooke Lierman, Baltimore City Councilwoman Phylicia Porter, NIH Fellows United/UAW Local 2750, UMD-GLU–Graduate Labor United, JHU-PRO–Postdocs and Researchers Organized, and TRU-UE–Teachers and Researchers United. The panelists at the town hall discussed proposed research cuts and how those cuts will impact lifesaving research across the state.  “It is absolutely horrifying to see the dismantling of the public health system and the dismantling of research in our nation – and especially here in Maryland at the National Institutes of Health. The N.I.H. is the crown jewel of

This legislation will require the Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to pay the cost of changing the name of the Department of Defense to the “Department of War” from his travel budget.  September 18, 2025  WASHINGTON, DC – As reported in Politico‘s Morning Defense, Senators Angela Alsobrooks and Chris Van Hollen (Both D-Md.) introduced S.2848, the Department of Defense’s Cost of War Act (DoD COW), which if passed will require the costs for the renaming of the Department of Defense to be deducted from the Secretary of Defense’s travel budget.  The cost of changing the name from Department of Defense to Department of War in all internal