Angela D. Alsobrooks
Senator for Maryland · Democratic · United States
“The fact is, President Trump and Russell Vought are afraid of the collective power of these workers. They are afraid that Federal workers' ability to fight back through collective bargaining will keep them from bending the government to their will.”
Senate23 September 2026Source ↗
“Together my colleagues and I are instead laser-focused on protecting these patriotic Federal workers on fighting back against efforts to erode their rights in the workplace. And this is personal for me and for the 460,000 Marylanders who serve the Federal Government.”
Senate23 September 2026Source ↗
“Just as impressive as his professional accomplishments was his generosity. He freely shared his time, talent, and encouragement, making others feel seen, valued, and supported. I had the privilege of witnessing Richard's dedication to public service firsthand.”
Senate6 August 2026Source ↗
“His legacy lives on in the artists he championed, the stories he preserved, the communities he strengthened, and the countless lives he enriched through his friendship and generosity.”
Senate6 August 2026Source ↗
“Mr. President, I would like to honor the life and legacy of Richard Calvin Montgomery, an accomplished filmmaker, music industry executive, storyteller, and devoted community servant whose creativity, generosity, and commitment to uplifting others left an enduring mark on Prince George's County and beyond.”
Senate6 August 2026Source ↗
“He is doing the administration's bidding to eliminate funding that goes toward finding cures for cancer, Alzheimer's, and rare diseases; and in the midst of outbreaks of measles--a disease that researchers had virtually eliminated--he has pressed forward with firing thousands of vital workers in our health Agencies.”
Senate29 April 2025Source ↗
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“Together my colleagues and I are instead laser-focused on protecting these patriotic Federal workers on fighting back against efforts to erode their rights in the workplace. And this is personal for me and for the 460,000 Marylanders who serve the Federal Government. We will not stop fighting until the Protect America's Workforce Act is passed and our rights are restored.”
Senate23 September 2026Source ↗
“The fact is, President Trump and Russell Vought are afraid of the collective power of these workers. They are afraid that Federal workers' ability to fight back through collective bargaining will keep them from bending the government to their will. President Trump stripped Federal workers of their hard-won collective bargaining rights, one of the most significant acts of union busting in our Nation's history, all in the name of national security. Since then, he started a war in Iran with no exit strategy, bombed eight countries, and awarded billions of dollars in defense contracts to his sons and cronies. The real threat to our national security is not our dedicated civil servants; it is this corrupt President and his reckless administration.”
Senate23 September 2026Source ↗
“His legacy lives on in the artists he championed, the stories he preserved, the communities he strengthened, and the countless lives he enriched through his friendship and generosity. I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring and celebrating the life of Richard Calvin Montgomery--a gifted storyteller, visionary creative, faithful servant, and proud member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., whose legacy of service and love for community will continue to inspire all who had the privilege of knowing him. ____________________”
Senate6 August 2026Source ↗
“Just as impressive as his professional accomplishments was his generosity. He freely shared his time, talent, and encouragement, making others feel seen, valued, and supported. I had the privilege of witnessing Richard's dedication to public service firsthand. During my tenure as Prince George's County executive, he served as our videographer, helping tell the stories of the programs and initiatives that strengthened our communities. During the global pandemic, his thoughtful storytelling helped us combat vaccine hesitancy, share trusted public health information, and reach residents with lifesaving messages. His contributions to our county were invaluable, and I will always be grateful for his friendship and unwavering commitment to serving others. Richard's warmth, humility, and compassion touched everyone who knew him.”
Senate6 August 2026Source ↗
“Mr. President, I would like to honor the life and legacy of Richard Calvin Montgomery, an accomplished filmmaker, music industry executive, storyteller, and devoted community servant whose creativity, generosity, and commitment to uplifting others left an enduring mark on Prince George's County and beyond. Born in Cleveland, OH, Richard pursued his education at Hampton Institute and Howard University.”
Senate6 August 2026Source ↗
“But Marylanders care; the American people care, and we are tired of seeing this administration tank our economy. We are tired of seeing out-of-touch leaders dismiss the sacrifices that families across the Nation make every single day, and we are already sick and tired of seeing billionaires win while the rest of us lose. We are sick of it, and we are fighting back. I yield the floor.”
Senate29 April 2025Source ↗
“This administration is full of examples like this. The callous, heartless disregard for others comes right from the top, and it is mirrored in the people who have been nominated to run the government. So we can't join them in celebrating this milestone, because there is nothing that they can hold up as an accomplishment that they have achieved on behalf of everyday Americans. One hundred days in, we have seen what this administration is. They are disinterested in the lives of working-class and middle-class Americans, uncaring about the futures of our veterans and our seniors, unmoved by the plight of the underprivileged, obsessed with attacking our civil servants and settling scores, unable to make good on the promises that they laid out when they took control, and they don't seem to care.”
Senate29 April 2025Source ↗
“He is doing the administration's bidding to eliminate funding that goes toward finding cures for cancer, Alzheimer's, and rare diseases; and in the midst of outbreaks of measles--a disease that researchers had virtually eliminated--he has pressed forward with firing thousands of vital workers in our health Agencies. This is not efficient, and it is not a profile in competent leadership. What it is, instead, is absolutely dangerous, and it is putting sensitive information and decisions between life and death in the hands of grossly unqualified people. Secretary Kennedy's pledge to make America healthy again is another promise that this administration is either unwilling or incapable of keeping. His idea to create a national registry for people with autism is an example of what happens when incompetent and incapable leadership is in place.”
Senate29 April 2025Source ↗
“At Health and Human Services, that has meant eliminating diseases that used to ravage our communities and currently means working on solving health challenges that continue to puzzle us today. The NIH is headquartered in my State, and I know firsthand the good work that they do. We know all too well the significant role that the NIH and other health and research Agencies play in developing and deploying vaccine treatments. Only recently emerging from a devastating public health crisis, we know firsthand how important their work is. Secretary Kennedy either doesn't know or doesn't care what his Department's mission is.”
Senate29 April 2025Source ↗
“There is no better example of this administration's chaos and cruelty than HHS Secretary Kennedy. His Department and its Agencies are indispensable in the fight of keeping Americans safe and healthy. From keeping our food safe today to finding cures for disease, the mission of these Agencies and their workers is critical to our well-being. Yet Secretary Kennedy doesn't care. He has pledged to make America healthy again, but in reality, he has fired safety inspectors, eliminated food safety labels and labs, and revealed plans to take the Federal Government out of the role of keeping our food safe. Our Nation has enjoyed progress due in no small part to our commitment to sustained research. The groundbreaking discoveries that our Nation's researchers have made have done so much for our society.”
Senate29 April 2025Source ↗
“They have had their lives disrupted by these abrupt and improper firings. My State has felt a significant impact from these firings. It is home to so many Federal workers--as I have mentioned, 160,000 of them-- people who I am incredibly proud to represent. I have heard the calls from panicked workers who don't know what the future holds. I have met with distraught workers who fear that they won't be able to provide for their families. All of this is the result of an administration claiming to prioritize efficiency. The majority of Americans is OK with finding efficiency. What they are not OK with is the cruelty that we are seeing. How you treat people matters, and this administration is more interested in celebrating cruelty than being cost-effective.”
Senate29 April 2025Source ↗
“Close to 160,000 of them live in the State of Maryland, and many of them have served for years under both Democratic administrations and Republican administrations, and they have one dedication, and that is to their fellow Americans. Our Federal workers keep our food safe. They explore the bounds of science to find cures to our most challenging diseases. They make sure that our veterans receive the benefits that they so richly deserve and that our seniors have access to resources that they set aside for the future. Our civil servants do so much to boost our quality of life, and do you know what? This administration doesn't care. For the first 100 days, they have been subjected to spiteful, petty attacks. They have been caught in the crossfire of a political witch hunt.”
Senate29 April 2025Source ↗
“They are hurting the business community, and they are hurting farmers. They are hurting cities, and they are hurting our rural areas. They are hurting law enforcement officers and factory workers. They are hurting teachers and students. They are hurting factory workers and union members. They are hurting doctors and medical professionals and researchers. Across the political spectrum and across all demographics, the only thing we have to show for the first 100 days is losing, the kind of losing that will be felt in this Nation for years to come. One hundred days in, look at how they have treated the very best of us--this Nation's civil servants, the Federal workers who serve with absolutely no political motivation. I have met them. I know them.”
Senate29 April 2025Source ↗
“If you get your healthcare through Medicaid and Medicare, you are feeling alarmed at this administration's intent to gut these essential programs. If initiatives like SNAP and Head Start help keep your family's head above water during tough times, you are feeling frustrated that this administration is so out of touch that they would even consider eliminating this critical funding. These emotions run deep nationally, and I have seen them felt locally. Somerset County, for example, is one of the poorest counties in my State, the State of Maryland. If that is not enough, its geography has contributed to awful flooding problems for decades. The city of Crisfield was depending on a Federal grant to finally help fix the problem.”
Senate29 April 2025Source ↗
“Not one promise that this administration made to everyday, hard-working, working-class families, made at the outset of this administration, has been met. In fact, they have not even come close. And do you know what? What is worse is they don't seem to care. But do you know who does care? The American people care. If you are a working-class American who had hopes that this administration would lower costs as they promised, I will bet you are feeling betrayed by now by the impact of the Trump tariffs. If you spent your working life paying into Social Security, like so many of our seniors, in the hopes of having a reliable safety net in your later years, you are feeling helpless in listening to this administration's plans to raid Social Security.”
Senate29 April 2025Source ↗
“Mr. President, I would like to use my time tonight to talk, as well, about the first 100 days under this administration's leadership. You have heard my colleague already speak, and I concur with his remarks. Simply put, it has been chaotic; it has been disorganized; it has been an unmitigated disaster. Quite frankly--and I know that I am not alone in this--we are absolutely sick of it. This President and this administration rode in with promises of reducing costs for American families--families like the family I grew up in, with a father who worked through the night and into the morning as a newspaper delivery person and with a mother who worked as a receptionist. This President promised. He said, on day one, that he was going to reduce the cost to American families and improve their quality of life.”
Senate29 April 2025Source ↗
“Again, I don't believe that we have to consider the false choice about whether or not we protect our borders against fentanyl and also whether or not we protect the American people. The President has said this is liberation day. I want to know whom we are liberating. Are we liberating the billionaires who benefit from these tariffs that allow the tax cuts or are we really fighting for middle-class people? I yield the floor.”
Senate2 April 2025Source ↗
“Allow the bipartisan group, the International Trade Commission, to do the study and to give the American people the benefit of information about how these tariffs will impact their everyday lives, how it will affect the bottom line. Will it, in fact, cause the cost of groceries to rise? Will it, in fact, cause energy costs to increase? Will it, in fact, cause housing to increase? I think the American people deserve answers, and in this moment where chaos is ensuing all around them, where they are losing their jobs, where they are losing--many of them--the funding streams that help seniors and children to eat, the very least we could do would be to provide information to hard-working families, like the one I grew up in, answers about how these tariffs will, in fact, affect them.”
Senate2 April 2025Source ↗
“Madam President, in response to that, I say respectfully that I think we have been presented a false choice. In this moment, I think it is really important for us to be able to not only respond to the fentanyl crisis that we have certainly seen in our country--we have seen it in Maryland, and we have seen it all across the country--but I think the urgency of the moment requires to some extent that we are able to walk and chew gum. We have to fight fentanyl, but we also have to respond to the devastation and respond to the uncertainty and the pain that is created by the tariffs that do directly attack the middle class. All we are asking in this moment, if these tariffs are so harmless to the American people, well, let's prove it.”
Senate2 April 2025Source ↗
“So I ask unanimous consent that the Senate pass the Tariff Transparency Act. I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Finance be discharged from further consideration of S. 959 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration; that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.”
Senate2 April 2025Source ↗
“They know that these tariffs will raise prices and spike inflation and harm American businesses, but they want to hide it from the American people until it is too late. This is absolutely unacceptable. It is, in fact, wrong. The American people need someone to stand up for them, so I am here today to stand up for them, to speak for middle-class families across Maryland and across America, working people across the country, to defend the Americans who are fighting to keep a roof over their heads and food on their table and can't afford the chaos that is ensuing in their lives. I shouldn't be standing for them by myself. They are who we all should be fighting for. They are the ones who sent us here to represent them. They sent us here to make their lives easier. They should be on our minds before any actions that we take in this Chamber.”
Senate2 April 2025Source ↗
“What they don't deserve is to be subjected to this indiscriminate and chaotic approach to this economy that is already not working for everyone. If these tariffs do depress the economy and a recession comes, which many, many economists are now predicting, it will not be the billionaires who are affected the most. It will be American small businesses that are burdened. It will be American consumers that are harmed. At the end of the day, it will be the American people who are footing the bill for the Trump tariffs. When we talk about American people, let's be clear. This is the middle class. These are working-class, hard-working people who will be impacted. Do you know what? This administration knows the truth.”
Senate2 April 2025Source ↗
“Maybe it will only be minor to those who are billionaires, but to everyday Americans, to the people who go to work every day to provide for their families--the families like the family I grew up in, a blue- collar family, a father who is a car salesman and a mother who is a receptionist--well, they can't afford any disruptions, and they cannot afford any further pain. They deserve instead to know the truth about the Trump tariffs on the front end. They deserve to know exactly how the Trump tariffs will affect their day-to-day lives. They deserve to understand how these moves will change the price of groceries. They deserve to be told if the Trump tariffs will make energy costs more expensive or if their dream of owning a home or a car will be made more impossible.”
Senate2 April 2025Source ↗
“Mr. President, I stand before you all today to seek unanimous consent for S. 959, the Tariff Transparency Act, my bill that will demand a nonpartisan study on this administration's tariffs and how they will impact everyday Americans. This administration came in the door saying they would lower costs and ease burdens on American families. These tariffs would do the exact opposite. The President readily admits that these tariffs will disrupt the economy, but he claims two things: that there will only be a minor disruption and says that they will cause a little bit of pain.”
Senate2 April 2025Source ↗
“Mr. President, the State of Maryland has lost a giant. Okeysha ``Keysha'' Yashica Brooks-Coley, a Baltimore native, made significant contributions to our State and our Nation. Attending high school in Severn, she earned a bachelor's degree in sociology and political science from Towson University and a master's in political management from George Washington University. She began her impactful career here on Capitol Hill as a legislative assistant for Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur working on healthcare, aging, and education policy.”
Senate26 March 2025Source ↗
“Madam President, I, too, want to thank Senators Collins, Van Hollen, Warner, and Kaine. I am glad we can work together in this bipartisan way to ensure fairness for the residents of Washington, DC. I rise today to speak for the over 700,000 DC residents who do not have representation in this body. They are our friends and our neighbors. Beyond those who work in DC, Maryland partners with DC on resources like emergency services, police, water, and more. This bipartisan, stand-alone bill ensures that DC tax dollars stay in DC. Again, these funds that have been cut are tax dollars that have literally already been paid by DC residents. All this bill does is to continue to ensure that DC receives what it is owed. So I urge all of my colleagues today to join me in voting yes. Thank you.”
Senate14 March 2025Source ↗
“Mr. President, on rollcall vote No. 114, I was recorded as a ``yes.'' It was my intention to vote no. Therefore, I ask unanimous consent that I be permitted to change my vote since it will not affect the outcome.”
Senate12 March 2025Source ↗
“They are irresponsible, they are inefficient, and they are undeserved. What our civil servants deserve is a recognition of the work they do every day to make us stronger. What the American people deserve is for us to keep our obligation to ensure their health and their safety. I will continue to defend them and apply pressure to this administration until it happens. I yield the floor.”
Senate27 February 2025Source ↗
“Mr. President, I would like to use my time to highlight the attacks currently being thrown at our Federal workers and the unconscionable firings that are taking place. We have heard baseless and callous criticisms of our Federal workers from this administration for weeks now. They are wrong, and much of what they are built on is a lie. And they are dehumanizing. This is, in fact, a witch hunt. Our civil servants are among the best of what our Nation has to offer. They serve with no political motivation.”
Senate27 February 2025Source ↗
“I may not be able to stop this nominee from being confirmed, but I want every Marylander to know that I will never stop fighting for your health and for the health of your loved ones. I yield the floor.”
Senate12 February 2025Source ↗
“There is a Scripture that is so clear in the Bible, and it reminds us--and the President professes that he is a person of faith. It reminds us of one fact, irrefutable fact: The Bible tells us that they will know us by our love. In fact, it says, ``They will know you are my disciples if you show love,'' that we should love one another. I believe that ought to be the guiding principle that guides us in all that we do--the only thing that will last is what we have done--and that we will exude the light of God, and in so doing, we will have love one for each other. I yield the floor.”
Senate5 February 2025Source ↗
“Mr. President, while this may not be my maiden floor speech, I think it of vital importance that Marylanders hear from their elected leaders in this moment of chaos. One of my greatest inspirations growing up was my grandmother, Sarah Daisy Alsobrooks. She was my father's mother. She raised my father and his siblings in a one-bedroom apartment in Northeast Washington, DC.”
Senate29 January 2025Source ↗