Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) voted against the President’s nominee for Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). She issued the following statement: “Project 2025 architect Russell Vought has no place being Director of the Office of Management and Budget. Vought has made it clear he will slash federal funding and continue […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) joined SEIU President April Verrett, 1199 President George Gresham, and dozens of SEIU members on Capitol Hill today to rally against this Administration’s attacks on Medicaid. “Cuts to Medicaid would devastate so many Marylanders,” said Senator Alsobrooks. “It would disrupt care for 64% of nursing home residents in Maryland. […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Angela Alsobrooks, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Senator Chris Van Hollen, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, (both D-MD) joined a group of colleagues to demand answers from the Administration on Head Start, a critical program that provides America’s most vulnerable young children […]
WASHINGTON, DC – On Friday evening, Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) joined Jen Psaki to discuss the current Administration’s very disturbing witch hunt targeting the federal workforce and the dangerous rhetoric of Health and Human Service Secretary Nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “And as you mentioned these are, in so many cases, apolitical civil servants who are […]
During his first days on the job, EPA Administrator Zeldin rubber stamps Trump’s crippling funding freeze, threatens jobs, jeopardizes infrastructure projects, and violates federal law WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) joined all Democratic members of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee in demanding answers from newly-confirmed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) […]
WASHINGTON – Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) and her colleagues on the Aging Committee are issuing a dire warning to the President’s Administration. Earlier this week, Trump offered federal workers the option to resign and continue to receive full pay and benefits until September 30th, 2025, even though many federal agencies – including the Social Security Administration, […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) questioned Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during yesterday’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing. Alsobrooks’ questioning received 12 million views (and counting) on social media and was covered by a variety of news outlets, see below for the highlights: Print Highlights: NPR: Senator calls RFK Jr.’s position on race and vaccines dangerous […]
WASHINGTON, DC –Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) has been named the ranking member of the Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, a subcommittee under the Committee on Environment and Public Works. She released the following statement: “I’m honored to be named Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure. In this role, I look forward to shaping […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, as a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) questioned Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the President’s nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. In a now viral moment, Alsobrooks confronted RFK Jr. on his position that “We should not be […]
WASHINGTON – Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) released the following statement today on the Administration’s sweeping order directing agencies to withhold federal funding provided by Congress: “The Administration’s immediate halt of federal funding would devastate hardworking Marylanders. “Countless have already called my office today afraid of what this means for them, for their kids, for their […]