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The Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus announced its membership list for the 116th Congress today. With eight openly LGBT Co-Chairs, eighteen Vice Chairs, and 155 total members, this is the largest LGBT Equality Caucus in the history of the U.S. House of Representatives. Read more »

Congressman Anthony Brown (MD-04) and Congressman Charlie Crist (FL-13) released the following statement after an amendment to guarantee a full day of Sunday early voting, introduced by Congressman Brown and cosponsored by Congressman Crist, was included in the rule on H.R.1 Read more »

Congressman Anthony G. Brown (MD-04), who represents Anne Arundel and Prince George’s Counties, released the following statement calling on Del. Lisanti to resign. Read more »

Congressman Anthony Brown (MD-04), Vice Chair of the House Armed Services Committee and 30-year combat veteran, led Reps. Salud Carbajal, Gilbert R. Cisneros, Jr., Veronica Escobar, Ruben Gallego, Deb Haaland, Katie Hill, William R. Keating, Jimmy Panetta, C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, Bobby L. Rush, Mikie Sherrill, and Mike Thompson in sending a letter to Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan demanding a strategy and justification for the active duty servicemember deployments to the border, as well as the use of DOD resources to build the wall through the President’s use of a national emergency declaration. Read more »

Congressman Anthony Brown (MD-04), Vice Chair of the House Armed Services Committee and 30-year combat veteran, led Reps. Jackie Speier, Elijah Cummings, and Jamie Raskin in sending a letter to Department of Defense Acting Secretary Patrick Shanahan and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen on the recent arrest of Coast Guard Lt. Christopher Hasson. Read more »

Congressman Anthony Brown (MD-04), Vice Chair of the House Armed Services Committee and 30-year combat veteran, released the following statement after the Department of Defense announced it would deploy 3,750 additional active duty soldiers to the southern border. Read more »

Vice Chair of the House Armed Services Committee, Congressman Anthony G. Brown (MD-04), released the following statement in response to the Trump administration’s announcement it would suspend U.S. compliance with the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. Read more »

House Armed Services Committee Vice Chair, Congressman Anthony Brown (MD-04), released the following statement ahead of HASC’s full committee hearing on the Department of Defense’s support role on the southern border. Read more »

House Armed Services Committee Vice Chair, Congressman Anthony Brown (MD-04), released the following statement after reports that Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan announced “several thousand” more American troops would be deployed to the southern border. Read more »

Congressman Anthony G. Brown (MD-04) released the following statement after introducing legislation to guarantee every federal employee can access unemployment benefits while President Trump keeps the government shut down. The Department of Labor has issued guidance that essential workers are not eligible for unemployment benefits even though they are being required to work without pay. This legislation, H.R. 720, would reverse that regulation and extend much needed relief. Read more »