Press Releases
September 24, 2025 WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) introduced S.2912, the Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act, to address the rise in deceptive voter suppression practices and intimidation in federal elections. Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (D-Va.-04) and Congresswoman Terri Sewell (D-Ala.-07) introduced the House companion legislation, H.R. 4894, with 32 House cosponsors. This bill is cosponsored […]
This legislation is a direct result of Senator Alsobrooks’ commitment to protecting students with disabilities to ensure safe, equitable learning environments in Maryland and across the country. September 23, 2025 WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Angela Alsobrooks introduced the Protecting Students with Disabilities Act to ensure that special education programs within the U.S. Department of Education continue, […]
September 22, 2025 WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) released the following statement after the Trump Administration and RFK Jr. drew an unproven link between autism and pregnant women’s use of acetaminophen, the active ingredient in one of the world’s most common over-the-counter pain relievers, Kenvue’s Tylenol. “Once again, President Trump and RFK Jr. are […]
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 […]