Press Releases

April 30, 2025 WASHINGTON, DC â€“ Senators Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.), Tim Kaine (D-Va), and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) Committee, released a report highlighting President Trump’s first 100 days in office and his disastrous policies hurting older Americans and people with disabilities. The report details Republican attacks on Medicare, […]

April 29, 2025 WASHINGTON, DC â€“ Today, Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) released the following statement marking 100 days of Trump’s second term: “Americans have sustained 100 days of Trump’s second term – and frankly – we’re sick of it. Of his callous witch hunt targeting civil servants, including the over 150,000 civil servants living in Maryland. […]

April 16, 2025 WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Angela Alsobrooks led the Maryland Democratic Delegation – U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen and Representatives Steny Hoyer, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, Glenn Ivey, Sarah Elfreth, April McClain Delaney, and Johnny Olszewski (all D-Md.) in expressing outrage and demanding answers regarding the mass terminations of civil servants at the Department […]

April 15, 2025 WESTERN MARYLAND, MD – Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) spent the day in Western Maryland. She began her day at Frostburg State University meeting with students. She then stopped by the Greater Cumberland Committee Membership Luncheon. She stopped for lunch at Princess Restaurant in Frostburg – which has been owned and operated by the […]

April 15, 2025 WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) released the following statement on Kilmar Abrego Garcia:  “The sequence is damning: President Trump wrongfully deported Maryland resident Kilmar Abrego Garcia. The Supreme Court unanimously ordered Trump to bring him back. And now, he’s refusing to do so.  “To have a President who not […]

April 14, 2025 WASHINGTON, DC â€“ Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) released the following statement marking Black Maternal Health Week:  “While this Administration is working overtime to exacerbate our maternal health crisis, I am committed to ending it. Black women across our country are three times more likely to die from pregnancy. That is unacceptable.  “We know […]

April 14, 2025 WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) announced Joy Arnold Russell has joined her D.C. team as Senior Advisor.  Ms. Russell most recently served as Senator Alsobrooks’ Chief of Staff in Prince George’s County where she was her key strategist and political advisor. Ms. Russell is a senior level executive with […]

April 10, 2025 WASHINGTON, DC â€“ Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) released the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that Kilmar Abrego Garcia be returned to Maryland:  “If the President is serious about law and order, then he will follow this 9-0 Supreme Court ruling with urgency and return Kilmar to his family here in […]

April 9, 2025 WASHINGTON, DC â€“ As covered in Politico’s Morning Money newsletter, Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) led DMV Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) in demanding back pay for rehired civil servants at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). In a letter to HUD Secretary Scott Turner, the Senators […]

Senators warn that de-obligation of funds will put health and well-being of the American people in jeopardy—and flies in face of Congress’ intent April 8, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks (both D-Md.) joined Senators Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) in a letter to Health and Human […]