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DeLauro’s bill has 201 cosponsors, including Maryland Democratic Reps. Jamie Raskin, John P. Sarbanes, Anthony G. Brown, and David J. Trone. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) has a companion bill in the Senate with 34 cosponsors, including both senators from Maryland. Read more »

“The 2020 defense authorization bill empowers the commanders to be able to do more inspections, the inspector general to be able to do more inspections, and we are putting more money into the program,” Rep. Anthony Brown (D-Md.) told Federal News Network. Read more »

Lawmakers stood alongside activists and survivors of school shootings at the protest. Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), Congressman Anthony Brown (D-Md.) and Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) each addressed the crowd of demonstrators. Read more »

Lawmakers like Rep. Anthony Brown (D-Md.) said they are seeing issues with the houses continue. Read more »

But Rep. Anthony Brown, D-Md., said he’s concerned about what it took to bring the problems to light in the first place. “What concerns me is it took the courage of military spouses to come to Congress. The Pentagon didn’t come to Congress and say, ‘We have a problem.’ You didn’t come to Congress and say, ‘We have a problem,'” he told the executives. Read more »

In a letter addressed to Fort Meade Garrison Commander Col. Erich Spragg, Rep. Anthony Brown (D-Md.) criticized Corvias Management-Army LLC of presiding over “rodent-infested and dilapidated housing." The letter also states that the company failed to address the issues a year after they were raised and also pressured military families to keep quiet. Read more »

"The Pentagon didn't come to Congress and say 'we have a problem,'" Brown argued. "You didn't come to Congress and say 'we have a problem.' Instead, military families got squeezed, and it was military spouses who stepped up, and that's a shame on you." Read more »

Rep. Anthony Brown (D-MD) echoed to Townhall what the rally's speakers had been hammering all morning, that the Second Amendment must have restrictions like the other amendments in the Bill of Rights. Read more »

“The NRA wants the Supreme Court to rule every person has the right to carry a concealed weapon into a school, a church or a shopping center,” said Rep. Anthony Brown, D-Md., whose sister was gunned down in Montgomery County a decade ago. “These (anti-gun) laws are at risk.” Read more »

Brown cited the need for community-based programs to help keep young people off drugs. “Now more than ever, strong support for youth substance abuse prevention is critical, and this federal funding will strengthen local efforts that educate, encourage, and help our young people lead drug-free lives.” Read more »