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Rep. Anthony G. Brown (D-Md.), whose congressional district includes Prince George’s, would like to bring back an initiative he launched as lieutenant governor in 2013, which offered tax breaks and other incentives for primary care doctors and social services to locate in underserved areas. Read more »

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin along with Representatives Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John P. Sarbanes, Andy Harris, M.D., Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin, and David Trone urged Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma to immediately distribute funds included in the CARES Act to support efforts to prevent the spread of ... 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 $422,690 in federal funding for Maryland Legal Aid (MLA) to provide legal services to low-income Marylanders. Funding comes from t... Read more »

“With Prince George’s residents facing a lack of adequate testing, waiting longer to get care and having to be hospitalized more frequently, this facility will help address those critical needs. We cannot leave underserved areas behind, which is why Congress is again sending more money to hospitals to increase testing and give our medical professionals all that they need to get the job done.” Read more »

We must act now to ensure these disparities do not cost more lives during this pandemic, and we must work to close these gaps moving forward. Read more »

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, John P. Sarbanes, Jamie Raskin, Anthony G. Brown, and David Trone (all D-Md.) wrote a letter to Maryland Department of Human Services (DHS) Secretary Lourdes R. Padilla and the President of the Maryland Retailers Association (MRA) Cailey Locklair urging them to ensure Marylan... Read more »

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Jamie B. Raskin, Steny H. Hoyer, C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, John P. Sarbanes, Anthony G. Brown, and David Trone (all D-Md.) sent a letter to Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, urging him to take steps to address the outbreak of COVID-19 within the State’s prisons. As the Members note, an outbreak within Maryland’s prison ... Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Anthony G. Brown (MD-04), released the following statement in reaction to new demographic data from Maryland showing COVID-19’s disproportionate impact on communities of color: “Black Americans are bearing the full brunt of the coronavirus in Maryland, facing higher rates of infections and mortality. We cannot hide from this grim reality. We must confront these syste... Read more »

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin as well as Representatives Steny Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Anthony Brown, Jamie Raskin, and David Trone (all D-Md.) sent a letter to Maryland Governor Larry Hogan urging him to release complete COVID-19 demographic data on race and ethnicity, broken down by zip code. In their letter, the Members emphasize that the d... Read more »

MARYLAND — More than 40 percent of those who died from the new coronavirus in Maryland are black, according to new data released Thursday. For the first time since it began reporting on the virus, the Maryland Department of Health has provided demographic information, and it shows African Americans have more confirmed cases and deaths from COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the virus, tha... Read more »