Press Releases
April 23, 2026 WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) led the Maryland Congressional Delegation in advocating for the Army to select Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) in Maryland as the Army installation to permanently host the newly-established Army Data Operations Command (ADOC). In February, Senator Alsobrooks led Maryland’s Congressional Delegation – Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Representatives Steny Hoyer (D-Md.-05), Kweisi Mfume (D-Md.-07), Andy Harris (R-Md.-01), Jamie Raskin (D-Md.-08), Glenn Ivey (D-Md.-04), Sarah Elfreth (D-Md.-03), April McClain Delaney (D-Md.-06), and Johnny Olszewski, Jr. (D-Md.-02) – in […]
April 23, 2026 WASHINGTON, DC – In case you missed it, Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) joined The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell last night to discuss her questioning of RFK Jr. and why she continues to call for RFK Jr.’s immediate resignation, or for him to be fired. WATCH THE FULL INTERVIEW HERE “Each encounter […]
April 23, 2026 WASHINGTON, DC – During the Senate vote-a-rama – an all-night marathon of amendment votes on the Senate Republicans’ budget resolution to fund ICE and CPB – Senator Alsobrooks (D-Md.) forced a vote on her amendment, #5294, which would ensure that child care is finally affordable for working families. Federal guidelines suggest child care […]
April 22, 2026 WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Alsobrooks (D-Md.) released the following statement after voting for Senator Baldwin’s Iran War Powers Resolution: “It has been 53 days since the start of President Trump’s unauthorized war in Iran. And still there is no strategy and no end in sight. “Americans cannot afford their gas, groceries, or medication – we certainly cannot afford a war that is costing […]
April 22, 2026 WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Alsobrooks (D-Md.) questioned RFK Jr. during the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee’s “Hearing on Fiscal Year 2027 Department of Health and Human Services Budget.” Last week during a House Ways and Means Committee hearing, Rep. Terri Sewell (Ala.-07) questioned Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr. about his previous comments stating, “Every Black kid is now just standard put on Adderall, SSRIs, benzos, which are known […]
April 21, 2026 WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) released the following statement after questioning President Trump’s nominee for Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh. “I am a ‘no’ on Kevin Warsh for Chairman of the Federal Reserve. He could not answer my very simple questions regarding the independence of the Federal Reserve amid the politically motivated investigations into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and Governor Lisa […]
April 16, 2026 WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) questioned witnesses in the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing, “Making Medicines More Affordable: How Competition Can Lower Drug Prices,” about the President’s failed plan to lower drug costs. “Savings sound good—but it’s important for Americans to understand the truth. Multiple reports have found that […]
April 16, 2026 WASHINGTON, DC – As reported today in NOTUS, Senators Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), and Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) led Banking Committee Democrats — Senators Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), Andy Kim (D-N.J.), Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), and […]
April 15, 2026 WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Alsobrooks (D-Md.) voted for Joint Resolutions of Disapproval, S.J.Res 32 and S.J.Res. 138, to block specific foreign military sales of cases of Caterpillar bulldozers and 1,000-pound bombs to Israel. Senator Alsobrooks released the following statement after her vote: “President Trump took the United States to war with Iran without authorization of the United States Congress. This illegal war has failed to achieve any strategic benefit or make the United States or Israel any safer. “We have lost […]
April 15, 2026 WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Alsobrooks (D-Md.) released the following statement after voting for Senator Duckworth’s Iran War Powers Resolution: “46 days. Over $46 billion. “The price of war is always paid on the backs of working-class Americans. This unauthorized war of choice has cost the lives of brave men and women serving in our armed forces, and it’s cost our […]