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“Maryland’s high positive infection rate, one of the highest in the country, shows just how limited our state’s testing capacity is,” said Representative Anthony G. Brown, a Democrat. “We are not testing beyond our sickest residents, leaving us mostly blind to the broader community spread that is likely occurring.” Read more »

Maryland’s Health Department is being blasted for failing to offer COVID-19 testing Wednesday at a site in Hyattsville that opened with much fanfare last week. The site at the MVA emissions testing center did not open despite previous announcements that testing would be offered Wednesdays and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. A WUSA9 photographer saw authorities turning away vehicles with people see... Read more »

Military service academies are historically less diverse than the nation. According to a study by Yale University women have never exceeded 27 percent of nominations made by Members of Congress. Leadership is strongest when it represents the diversity of the people they represent, encompassing different backgrounds and perspectives. Read more »

In Maryland, 80 percent of nursing homes with high black and Latino populations have been hit by the coronavirus, double the rate for homes with predominantly white residents. Read more »

WASHINGTON – Today, members of the Maryland congressional delegation, led by U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen and Congressman Anthony G. Brown, and including Senator Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John P. Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie B. Raskin, and David Trone (all D-Md.) sent a letter to Maryland Governor Larry Hogan urging him to use race and ethnicity data to deve... Read more »

“Daily testing and positive infections rates must inform public health decisions. The rush to reopen Maryland without adequate testing leaves our communities vulnerable to infection and risks lives." 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, Kweisi Mfume, Andy Harris, M.D., Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin, and David Trone announced the award of $25,212,690 through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for the Maryland Department of Health (MDH) f... Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Anthony G. Brown (MD-04) released the following statement regarding Governor Hogan’s announcement that the state has received necessary equipment from FEMA to deploy promised testing across the state: “Governor Hogan’s announcement that Maryland has received the first shipment of swabs and extraction kits from FEMA is good news. If Maryland now has the testing compon... Read more »

"What you need to be able to say to Marylanders is, 'This is how many tests we’re able to perform a day. This is what our goal is,'" said Congressman Anthony Brown, who has urged the state to find ways to ramp up testing more quickly. Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Anthony G. Brown (MD-04), released the following statement in reaction to Prince George’s County, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in Maryland, reaching more 10,000 positive cases this morning: “With more than 10,000 positive cases in our communities, Prince George’s County has reached a grim milestone in this outbreak. Daily infections and deaths continue ... Read more »