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Today, Representative David Trone (D-MD), along with Education and Labor Committee Chairman Bobby Scott (D-VA) and Rep. Anthony Brown (D-MD), toured the Plumbers and Gasfitters Local 5 Training Facility in Lanham, MD. Following the tour, the group hosted a roundtable with Maryland labor leaders to discuss issues pertinent to their sectors. Read more »

Last week, Congressman Anthony G. Brown (MD-04) and Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), led a letter to the Bureau of the Fiscal Service (Fiscal Service) expressing their opposition to ongoing efforts to relocate 79 employees in Hyattsville, MD and Washington, DC to Parkersburg, WV. The letter is signed all Democratic Members of the Maryland Delegation - Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (MD-5), Congressman Elijah Cummings (MD-07), Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger (MD-02), Congressman John Sarbanes (MD-03), Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08), and Congressman David Trone (MD-06). Read more »

Rep. Anthony Brown (D-Md.) introduced legislation on Tuesday aimed at ensuring equal pay for LGBT workers, which are shown in a recent survey to struggle with achieving financial parity with their non-LGBT counterparts. Read more »

Today, Congressman Anthony G. Brown (MD-04) introduced the Fair Pay For All Act, which would guarantee equal pay for every American - regardless of who they are or who they love - by amending the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938 to expand the definition of sex to include “sexual orientation” and “gender identity.” Read more »

Congressman Anthony G. Brown (MD-04) released the following statement after the release of the Department of Defense’s report, “Assessing and Strengthening the Manufacturing and Defense Industrial Base and Supply Chain Resiliency of the United States." Read more »

A member of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) will push a bill to add new incentives for industry members to include workforce development in their bids for defense programs in the next Congress. Read more »

Bustle contacted the offices of every seated member of Congress by both phone and email to give each the opportunity to respond. Bustle requested a statement up to three times via email, and those members of Congress who did not respond to any emails were contacted by phone. Some lawmakers matched Bustle's enthusiasm on the issue, while others declined to comment (staffers for some even hung up on us). Many more lawmakers simply didn't offer a response. Read more »

H.R. 6694, the Investing in Tomorrow’s Workforce Act of 2018, introduced Aug. 31 by Rep. Anthony G. Brown, D-Md., would provide a credit equal to 40 percent of the increase in training expenses for high-demand jobs, or 20 percent for low-demand jobs. Read more »

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will consolidate its operations into a $265 million headquarters in Camp Springs, Maryland, in less than three years. The federal agency, which oversees legal immigration to the country, will house 3,700 employees across the street from an apartment complex with another one under construction. A commercial lot will occupy land nearby with restaurants and o... Read more »

Today, Congressman Anthony G. Brown (MD-04) published an open letter outlining his reaction to the recently proposed magnetic levitation (Maglev) track alignments between Washington and Baltimore. The high-speed rail project promises greater regional connectivity and economic development. However, it has been met with community apprehension regarding costs, neighborhood disruptions and lack of suf... Read more »