WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Armed Services Committee Vice Chair Anthony G. Brown (MD-04), House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel Chair Jackie Speier (CA-14) and House Oversight Subcommittee on Government Operations Chair Gerry Connolly (VA-11) wrote a letter to Virginia Governor Ralph Northam calling for additional action to address persistent threats, hostility directed toward Black... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Armed Services Committee Vice Chair Anthony G. Brown (MD-04), a 30-year Army veteran, released a statement regarding the Washington Post report on persistent threats and hostility directed toward Black cadets at the Virginia Military Institute: “Young men and women choose to join the armed services out of duty and love of country. The threats, racism and hostile learning e... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Armed Services Committee Vice Chair Anthony G. Brown (MD-04) released the following statement applauding the announcement of $50 million in research grants for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Minority-Serving Institutions - the largest ever in history: “Tapping into the talent and knowledge present at our nation’s HBCUs and Minority-Serving Institu... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Armed Services Committee Vice Chair and 30-year Army veteran Congressman Anthony G. Brown (D-MD), Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX) and Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) led 36 Members of Congress in a bipartisan letter to House and Senate Armed Services Committee leadership. As both chambers prepare for the conference committee process for the Fiscal Year (FY) 21 National Def... Read more »
“The initiatives advanced in this bill have the capacity to be transformative in promoting racial justice, diversity as well as strengthening America’s standing in the world. We advance progressive ideals to support our servicemembers, improve readiness, sharpen our combat edge, foster American leadership, our alliances and a culture that’s in line with the founding mission of our armed services.” Read more »
Two measures calling for removal of statues on federal properties, including the National Park System, that memorialize the Confederacy are scheduled to be discussed Tuesday by the House of Representatives' subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands. A third measure asks for an inventory of "Confederate commemorative works" on federal lands. One of the measures, introduced by U.S. R... Read more »
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and U.S. Representatives Anthony Brown (D-Md.), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and Greg Murphy, M.D. (R-N.C.) led the introduction of legislation to provide new resources for Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and minority institutions, with special emphasis... Read more »
A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation to include science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) instruction or activities within the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) programs. Read more »
WASHINGTON – The Maryland congressional delegation, including U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John P. Sarbanes, Andy Harris, M.D., Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin and David Trone, today announced $46,702,104 for Maryland’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), and colleges ser... Read more »
WASHINGTON – The full Maryland congressional delegation, including U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John P. Sarbanes, Andy Harris, M.D., Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin and David Trone, today announced approval by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) of Maryland’s plan to provide new Pandemic EBT (P-EBT) assistance to all Mar... Read more »
