July 17, 2025  WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) and Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), and John Fetterman (D-PA) introduced bipartisan legislation to strengthen food and national security. A companion bill passed the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee and the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously.  The Agricultural Risk Review Act permanently adds the Secretary of Agriculture to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) for agriculture transactions. CFIUS is an interagency committee tasked with reviewing transactions involving foreign investment in the United States to determine the national security implications.  “Formalizing the Secretary of Agriculture’s role in the Committee

July 17, 2025  WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) released the following statement after voting ‘NO’ on Republicans’ Recessions Bill.  “Republicans have jammed yet another bill through the Senate to make things worse for the American people. “This time, it was defunding public radio and gutting jobs at USAID. Last time, it was slashing Medicaid for working class people. Meanwhile, this Republican Majority has not yet put ONE SINGLE BILL on the Floor to improve the lives of working people across my state and across this country. “Republicans have made their priorities clear: make lives worse for working people to improve the lives of

July 16, 2025  WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) grilled Trump’s nominee for Assistant Secretary for Health, Dr. Brian Christine. Senator Alsobrooks questioned Dr. Christine on previous comments he made on a podcast about his preference for returning to “traditional gender roles” and women doing what they are “supposed” to do – “raising children” and “propagating the species.” He even refused to answer a question about funding teen pregnancy prevention programs – a program that has a proven success rate in his home state of Alabama, yet is slated to be eliminated by this Administration. It is clear Dr. Christine will be a rubber