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“Military families are paying the price for President Trump’s ineffective vanity project,” said Congressman Anthony Brown. “In cancelling hundreds of projects across the country, including child care centers in my district, the Trump Administration is failing to live up to the promises we make to our troops and their families. Mexico isn’t paying for this wall, the burden is falling on these brave families.” Read more »

“The execution of stability operations in Africa and meeting China and Russia in great power competition are not mutually exclusive,” the lawmakers wrote. “Rather than retreat from African affairs, it is in the interest of the United State to continue to share democratic values and military expertise with developing nations across the continent.” Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Anthony G. Brown, Vice Chair of the House Armed Services Committee and a 30-year combat veteran, released the following statement on the assassination of General Qasem Soleimani and escalations with Iran: "President Trump has failed to effectively engage or counter Iran and has forced the United States into an endless cycle of escalation that risks wider war, endange... Read more »

The legislation passed the House of Representatives. The original provision doubled the teachers’ tax deduction for classroom expenses from $250 to $500. The deduction was increased to $1,000 on the floor. Read more »

The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) expresses its appreciation to the U.S. Congress and the Trump Administration for making record investments in HBCUs in the FY2020 Appropriations Bills. These bills include record-levels of funding for Title III funding, Historically Black College and University (HBCU) research, and student financial aid. Read more »

DoD is the largest employer of scientists and engineers in the nation and the second largest funder of academic research and development. While colleges and universities nationwide received over $4.1 billion in DoD science and engineering funding in Fiscal Year 2017, HBCUs received a mere 0.4% of those funds despite graduating nearly 30 percent of all African-American STEM professionals. Read more »

President Donald Trump is desperate for an exoneration and his enablers seem determined to break their oaths and conduct a sham trial to give him one. Read more »

To keep my oath to the people I serve and the country I love, today I will vote to impeach President Donald Trump. Read more »

The delegation letter also stressed the need for multimodal transportation options for the state rather than a reliance on a vehicles-only approach. Read more »

The potential use of a symbol of hate by any cadet or midshipman is unacceptable. The U.S. Armed Forces and their associated academies are no place for racist or unprofessional behavior... Read more »