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ANNAPOLIS, MD – Today, Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth (MD-03), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, released the following statement. 

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth (MD-03) issued the following statement after President Trump’s Joint Session Address.  

“After over a year of the President side-stepping and thwarting the will of Congress, I believe it was important for me to be present at the State of the Union and re-assert Congress’s role as a co-equal branch of government. Simply put, there are parts of any job you may not enjoy, but attending the President’s address to Congress was part of my job.

WASHINGTON DC– Today, Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth and U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks (all D-Md.) joined local leaders and nonprofit partners in Anne Arundel County to highlight over $8 million in Fiscal Year 2026 Congressionally Directed Spending they fought to deliver for infrastructure, public safety, and community resource projects.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth (MD-03) and nine additional members of Congress who represent Maryland and Virginia wrote to DC Water CEO and General Manager David Gadis, expressing serious concern over the public health and environmental impacts of the disastrous sewage spill into the Potomac River following the collapse of a major sewer line last month – and called for the utility to take a series of actions and increase public transparency as the response and recovery efforts continue.

WASHINGTON, DC – On Wednesday, Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth (D-MD-03) and Congressman Gabe Evans (R-CO-08) introduced the bipartisan Preventing Domestic Violence Homicides Through Lethality Assessment Training and Technical Assistance Act.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth (MD-03), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, released her 2025 Defense Report. In her first year in Congress and serving on the Committee, Elfreth set out to visit every major military installation in Maryland.

ELLICOTT CITY, MD – Today, Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth (MD-03) testified at a Howard County Council public hearing in support of CB16-2026 - Emergency Legislation - Amending – Howard County Building Code – I-3 Use group. This legislation would prohibit the permitting of privately-owned buildings operating as detention centers in Howard County.

WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth (MD-03) spoke on the House floor during a Special Order Hour organized by freshman Democrats on the ongoing affordability crisis. She spent her remarks focusing on the staggering cost of child care and how the state of Maryland is working to address this issue for working families.