Currently, Entrepreneurs Can Only Write Off $5,000 In Costs When Starting A New Business. New Legislation Would Increase Tax Deduction To $50,000 A Recent Survey Found That Small Business Owners Spend An Average Of $40,000 To Get Their Businesses Off The Ground May 27, 2025 WASHINGTON, DC – During National Small Business Month, U.S. Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) joined a group of senators in introducing the Tax Relief for New Businesses Act, legislation to provide tax relief to entrepreneurs looking to start a small business and reduce barriers for startups. The bill would increase the startup tax deduction from $5,000 to $50,000, and allow businesses to write off

May 23, 2025 BOWIE, MD — Today, Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) delivered the Bowie State University Class of 2025 Commencement Address.  Following her address, Senator Alsobrooks was awarded the Presidential Medal of Excellence and a Presidential Citation.  WATCH THE COMMENCEMENT HERE  See below for Senator Alsobrooks’ Address (as prepared): To Dr. Breaux, faculty, staff, family, and friends of the Class of 2025, thank you for doing what you were called to do, pouring all that you did into this year’s graduating class.  And I want to congratulate you, Class of 2025. You’ve done all the hard work. Today is your reward. You’re prepared to take on the

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks (Both D-Md.) joined the Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), and more in the bicameral reintroduction of the Assault Weapons Ban of 2025, legislation to revive a nationwide ban on assault weapons two decades after the original ban expired. The bill would ban the sale, transfer, manufacture, and import of military-style assault weapons, high-capacity magazines, and other high-capacity ammunition feeding devices.  “The epidemic of gun violence is tearing apart communities across