On Saturday, Congressman Anthony G. Brown (D-MD) joined Congressman Ted W. Lieu’s (D-CA) bipartisan joint statement with fellow veterans Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Rep. Carbajal (D-CA), Rep. Conyers (D-MI), Rep. DeFazio (D-OR), Rep. Rush (D-IL), Rep. Jones (R-NC), Rep. Panetta (D-CA), Rep. Pascrell (D-NJ), Rep. Thompson (D-CA), Del. Sablan (D-Mariana Islands), Rep. Gabbard (D-HI), Rep. Scott (D-VA), Rep. Moulton (D-MA) on a potential ground invasion in North Korea. The statement follows a CRS report and a letter from the Joint Chiefs of Staff addressing questions raised by Reps. Lieu and Gallego about the Pentagon’s plan for military action against North Korea. Read more »
Congressman Anthony G. Brown (MD-04) introduced the Creating Accountability Measures Protecting University Students Historically Abused, Threatened, and Exposed to Crimes Act (CAMPUS HATE Crimes Act). The bill proposes a comprehensive approach to ensure universities officials are held accountable for hate crimes and hate-based incidents that occur on their campuses. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, hate groups are specifically “targeting college campuses” where “you're dealing with people who may be just starting to form their ideas about the world.” Following the indictment of Lt. Richard Collins III’s murderer with a hate crime and the overall demonstrable rise of hate speech and violence on college campuses over the past 12 months, Congressman Brown drafted the legislation to better ensure students are not exposed to hate-speech, hate symbols or acts of racially motivated violence on campus. 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, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (MD) and Congressman Anthony G. Brown (MD-04) toured the Anne Arundel Medical Center (AAMC) campus with President/CEO Victoria Bayless. During the visit, Congressman Brown and Senator Van Hollen viewed the James and Sylvia Earl Simulation to Advance Innovation and Learning (SAIL) Center and the Clatanoff Pavilion for women and children’s care services. They also spoke with specialized care professionals throughout the visit to discuss research, behavioral health, and opioid and substance abuse treatments. Read more »
Congressman Anthony G. Brown (MD-04) will accompany House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (CA-23) and House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) on a Congressional Delegation (CODEL) trip to see the devastation and recovery efforts in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and the Florida Keys after Hurricanes Irma and Maria. Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop (UT-01), Reps. Jeff Denham (CA-10) and Norma Torres (CA-35) will join them on the trip. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham (NM-01) will attend the briefing in Miami, and Rep. Carlos Curbelo (FL-26) will join the delegation in the Keys. Read more »
Freshman Rep. Anthony G. Brown, 55, a Maryland Democrat, talks about the lack of bipartisanship on the big issues of the day, lessons learned from his unsuccessful run for governor, and the luxury of waking up in his district. Q: What has surprised you about Congress that you didn’t expect? A: Two things. One is that there’s sort of this institutional discouragement of bipartisanship. Certainly in... Read more »
To commemorate National Cyber Security Awareness Month, Congressman Anthony G. Brown (MD-04) renewed his push to aid federal employees impacted by cyber attacks. In late July, Brown introduced the Cyber VICTIM (Valuing Individual Cybersecurity Through Interagency Measures) Act (H.R. 3403) that directs the President of the United States to designate a federal official as the Interagency Cyber Victim Response Coordinator. Read more »
A nuclear-armed Iran - today, tomorrow or anytime in the future - is not an acceptable option. While the Iran Deal is imperfect, the International Atomic Energy Agency, our allies and even the President’s own foreign policy team have confirmed that Iran is in compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action’s nuclear commitments and is currently subject to the world’s most robust nuclear verification regime. Rather than engaging our allies and the international community on how we can address Iran’s dangerous activities and strengthen the nuclear agreement, President Trump is abdicating his responsibility. Read more »
Six U.S. representatives representing Maryland, including Maryland Democratic Reps. Anthony Brown and Jamie Raskin, are helping cosponsor a bill outlawing attachments to semiautomatic rifles that allow them to fire faster. The Maryland lawmakers were among 168 Democrats to cosponsor the Automatic Gun Fire Prevention Act, introduced by Reps. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) and Dina Titus (D-Nev.), on Oct.... 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 »
