Press Releases
April 4, 2025 WASHINGTON, DC – Tonight, Republicans voted down Senator Angela Alsobrooks’ (D-Md.) amendment that would have protected collective bargaining for federal workers. “To threaten the ability of federal workers to organize and to pursue collective bargaining is to threaten all our brothers and sisters in organized labor. “This President is terrified of power centered with the people. […]
April 2, 2025 WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) joined Leader Schumer (D-N.Y.), Senator Kaine (D-Va.), and Senator Welch (D-Vt.) for a press conference addressing Trump’s “Liberation Day”: “Who should sustain the pain? I would say it absolutely should not be the middle class and hardworking families of this country who pay for the […]
April 2, 2025 Shortly After Trump Announces Sweeping Tariffs, Republicans BLOCK Alsobrooks’ Commonsense Tariff Transparency Bill WASHINGTON, DC – Today, following Trump’s announcement of sweeping tariffs, imposing a new 10 percent tariff on all imported goods along with additional tariffs on our closest allies, Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) took to the Senate Floor to ask unanimous […]
April 2, 2025 WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) released the following statement on the morning of Trump’s so-called ‘Liberation Day’: “Who is Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ really for? “It’s not for middle class families in Maryland who are going to pay more for groceries, cars, gas, clothes, and more. “It’s not for small business owners […]
For Immediate ReleaseMarch 28, 2025 WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) released the following statement after the President issued an Executive Order ending collective bargaining rights for many federal workers: “I asked Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Labor if she would uphold collective bargaining – she couldn’t answer. So then I asked his […]
The MERIT Act would reinstate recently terminated probationary federal employees WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) announced the introduction of the Model Employee Reinstatement for Ill-advised Termination (MERIT) Act. This timely legislation would reinstate recently terminated probationary federal employees and provide them back pay. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), and […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) released the following statement following news that the Trump administration announced that 10,000 employees of the Health and Human Services (HHS) Department would be fired. Combined with other cuts, HHS will have lost 20,000 total jobs: “Dangerous and deadly. These mass layoffs at Health and Human Services will cost […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) released the following statement honoring one year since the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed: “At 1:28 am on March 26, 2024 — a year ago — a tragedy struck Maryland. A container ship crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge. While many were asleep, the Key Bridge collapsed into […]
“These men were essential workers, working the dangerous jobs that build and strengthen our state’s infrastructure. It’s in their loving memory that we dedicate our own efforts to rebuilding the Key Bridge.” WASHINGTON, DC – Tonight, Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) spoke on the Senate Floor to honor the one year anniversary of the Francis Scott Key […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) released the following statement calling for President Trump to remove Pete Hegseth from his position as Secretary of Defense and Mike Waltz from his position as National Security Adviser: “It is abundantly clear that the Secretary of Defense and the National Security Adviser put the lives of American pilots […]