Press Releases

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth (MD-03) released the following statement on the October 7th anniversary.

WASHINGTON – Today Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth (MD-03) joined members of the Maryland Congressional delegation, including Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) and Representatives Steny Hoyer (MD-05), Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Glenn Ivey (MD-04), April McClain Delaney (MD-06), and Johnny Olszewski (MD-02) in releasing the following statement regarding the Trump Administration’s Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) partisan move to cancel federal funding for infrastr

WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth (MD-03) held a virtual town hall to answer constituent questions regarding the government shutdown and share resources for those impacted by the shutdown.  

WASHINGTON — Yesterday, Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth (MD-03), Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) and Representatives Steny Hoyer (MD-05), Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), and Jamie Raskin (MD-08), called on Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans to end their government shutdown. The lawmakers stood in solidarity with federal workers and pressed for a bipartisan agreement to reopen the federal government.

WASHINGTON, DC – Tonight, Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth (MD-03) released the following statement after the government funding deadline passed at 12:00 AM on October 1st, 2025.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth (MD-03) and Senator Angela Alsobrooks (MD-D) introduced the Help Federal Employees During Shutdowns (Help FEDS) Act. The bill ensures federal employees who are required to work during a government shutdown are eligible to apply for unemployment insurance (UI).

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth (MD-03), Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD), Representatives Steny Hoyer (MD-05), Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Glenn Ivey (MD-04), April McClain Delaney (MD-06), and Johnny Olszewski (MD-02) released the following statement on U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s letter to Governor Wes Moore regarding the reconstruction of the Key Bridge: 

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth (MD-03) released the following statement on House Resolution 719.

“I hope we can all agree that political violence – be it the assassination of Minnesota Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband, the fire set on Pennsylvania Governor Shapiro’s home, the assassination attempts made against the President – is utterly unacceptable.