Press Releases

September 22, 2025  BALTIMORE, MD – Saturday, September 20, Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) attended a Town Hall alongside Comptroller Brooke Lierman, Baltimore City Councilwoman Phylicia Porter, NIH Fellows United/UAW Local 2750, UMD-GLU–Graduate Labor United, JHU-PRO–Postdocs and Researchers Organized, and TRU-UE–Teachers and Researchers United. The panelists at the town hall discussed proposed research cuts and how […]

This legislation will require the Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to pay the cost of changing the name of the Department of Defense to the “Department of War” from his travel budget.  September 18, 2025  WASHINGTON, DC – As reported in Politico‘s Morning Defense, Senators Angela Alsobrooks and Chris Van Hollen (Both D-Md.) introduced S.2848, the Department of […]

Alsobrooks’ line of questioning of Dr. Monarez and Dr. Houry confirms the safety of vaccines and the need for RFK Jr. to resign immediately September 17, 2025  WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) questioned fired CDC Director Dr. Susan Monarez and former CDC career employee Dr. Debra Houry.  During the hearing, Senator Alsobrooks questioned […]

After releasing a 54-page report chronicling every day of RFK Jr.’s costly, chaotic, and corrupt reign as Secretary, Senators Alsobrooks and Wyden continue to build their case for why RFK Jr. must resign or be fired.  September 16, 2025  WASHINGTON, DC – Another week of RFK Jr.’s reign, another week of bad acts that will harm […]

September 16, 2025  WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) responded to childhood vaccination rates backsliding across the United States. A monthslong NBC News data investigation, in collaboration with Stanford University, found that a large swath of the U.S. currently does not have the basic, ground-level immunity medical experts say is necessary to stop the spread […]

September 16, 2025  WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) joined Lupita Nyong’o, Mandy Moore, women’s health advocates, and other Members of Congress for a roundtable to discuss women’s health legislation, especially Senator Alsobrooks’ bipartisan Uterine Fibroid Intervention and Gynecological Health Treatment (U-FIGHT) Act. This legislation would expand access to early screening, detection, and intervention […]

September 12, 2025  WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) issued the following statement responding to yesterday’s disastrous inflation report:  “Yesterday’s inflation report – indicating that consumer prices rose 2.9% – confirms what Marylanders feel every time they go to the grocery store. This Administration’s economic policies are reckless and continue to harm the pocketbooks of everyday […]

September 11, 2025  WASHINGTON, DC – Senators Angela Alsobrooks and Chris Van Hollen (Both D-Md.) and Congressman Kweisi Mfume (D-Md.-07) introduced the Affordable Inhalers and Nebulizers Act, which would allow Americans and their families to be able to afford vital medications. More specifically, the legislation will reduce the price of asthma medications and therapies used […]

September 10, 2025  WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs hosted a hearing, “Evaluating Perspectives on Deposit Insurance Reform.” This hearing continued to push the momentum for a Deposit Insurance Proposal by Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) and Senator Hagerty (R-Tenn.).  “Permanently extending deposit insurance to payroll accounts will protect […]

September 9, 2025  WASHINGTON, DC – Tonight, Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) released the following statement after Senator Bill Cassidy (R-La.) announced that former CDC Director Dr. Susan Monarez will testify before the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee:   “Dr. Monarez testifying before the HELP Committee is the American public’s first chance to peek behind […]