Congressman Jamie Raskin

Ahead of U.S.-China Summit, Raskin, Meeks, McGovern Urge Trump to Condemn CCP Law Designed to Repress Religious Minorities and Attack Critics Around the World

Wed, 266 Sep 2026 12:00:00 EST

Lawmakers: “At stake are our national security, sovereignty and basic human rights all over the world.”...

Raskin, Spartz Legislation to Finally Construct a National Memorial Honoring American Patriot Thomas Paine Successfully Passes Out of Committee

Wed, 259 Sep 2026 12:00:00 EST

Bipartisan bill is one step closer to becoming law...

Raskin, Bice, Johnson, Boebert Introduce Legislation to Install New Plaque at Lincoln Memorial Honoring Where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Gave His “I Have a Dream” Speech

Wed, 259 Sep 2026 12:00:00 EST

The new plaque, entirely funded by private donations, will replace the existing worn and nearly unreadable plaque to honor Dr. King’s life and legacy in the spot where he delivered his famous speech. ...

Raskin, Panetta, McGovern Proposal Providing Tax Relief for Scam, Disaster Victims Passes House

Tue, 258 Sep 2026 12:00:00 EST

The legislation moves to the Senate...

Raskin, Beyer, DeGette Led 68 Colleagues Demanding AHRQ Reverse Cancellation of More Than $200 Million in Health Care Research Grants

Wed, 224 Aug 2026 12:00:00 EST

WASHINGTON, D.C.– Representatives Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Don Beyer (D-VA) and Diana DeGette (D-CO) led 68 House Democrats in demanding that the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) immediately reverse the cancellation of more than 150 grants supporting over $200 million in critical health care research. Among the research projects affected by the cancellations are efforts to integrate behavioral health services into routine pediatric care; use telehealth to expand access to care and reduce costs, including in rural communities; improve postpartum care for patients with chronic medical conditions; and reduce the overuse of antibiotics following hospital discharge to combat antimicrobial resistance.

In a letter to AHRQ Director Roger Klein, the lawmakers noted that Congress provided AHRQ with $345.38 million in funding as part of the Fiscal Year 2026 Consolidated Appropriations Act, reflecting bipartisan support for the agency’s work to improve health care access, affordability, and quality. The lawmakers warned that the mass cancellation of grants may constitute an illegal impoundment of Congressionally authorized and appropriated funding and raised concerns that the agency failed to follow federal regulations governing the termination of awards.

“Given the disastrous impact of these notices, the potential procedural defects in issuing them, and our concerns surrounding AHRQ’s use of Congressionally-appropriated funds, we ask that you immediately withdraw these notices and fully fund the grantees that have waited for committed funds for over a year,” the lawmakers wrote. “Additionally, we ask that you provide Congress with a comprehensive list of all awards for which notices referenced above have been issued and, for each of the canceled grants, list grant-specific information regarding the grantee’s progress, management practices, and other factors considered before issuing the notice.”

The letter is also signed by Representatives Jake Auchincloss (MA-4), Nanette Barragán (CA-44), Joyce Beatty (OH-03), Wesley Bell (MO-01), Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Julia Brownley (CA-26), Troy Carter (LA-02), Kathy Castor (FL-14), Yvette Clarke (NY-09), Steve Cohen (TN-09), Herb Conaway (NJ-03), Angie Craig (MN-02), Jasmine Crockett (TX-30), Jacon Crow (CO-06), Danny Davis (IL-07), Madeleine Dean (PA-04), Suzan DelBene (WA-01), Chris Deluzio (PA-17), Mark DeSaulnier (CA-10), Maxine Dexter (OR-03), Debbie Dingell (MI-06), Dwight Evans (PA-03), Maxwell Frost (FL-10), John Garamendi (CA-08), Jesús "Chuy" García (IL-04), Dan Goldman (NY-10), Maggie Goodlander (NH-02), Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05), Adelita Grijalva (AZ-07), Van Hoyle (OR-04), Jonathan Jackson (IL-01), Hank Johnson (GA-04), Robin Kelly (IL-02), Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08), Greg Landsman (OH-01), Summer Lee (PA-12), Ted Lieu (CA-36), Stephen Lynch (MA-08), John Mannion (NY-22), Doris Matsui (CA-07), April McClain Delaney (MD-06), LaMonica McIver (NJ-10), Grace Meng (NY-06), Gwen Moore (WI-04), Kelly Morrison (MN-03), Seth Moulton (MA-06), Kevin Mullin (CA-15), Jerry Nadler (NJ-12), Richard Neal (MA-01), Brittany Pettersen (CO-07), Mike Quigley (IL-05), Delia Ramirez (IL-03), Andrea Salinas (OR-06), Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05), Kim Schrier (WA-08), Terri Sewell (AL-07), Lateefah Simon (CA-12), Haley Stevens (MI-11), Tom Suozzi (NY-03), Mark Takano (CA-39), Bennie Thompson (MS-02), Dina Titus (NV-01), Rashida Tlaib (MI-12), Ritchie Torres (NY-15), James Walkinshaw (VA-11), Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12), Frederica Wilson (FL-24) and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC-AL).

Full text of the letter follows below, and a signed copy is available here.

Dear Director Klein:

We write to request the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Grants Management Office immediately reverse the mass cancellation of grants issued July 15, 2026. AHRQ has a statutory responsibility to support research to improve the quality and effectiveness of health services for the American people. The cancellation of more than 150 meritorious grants violates this duty and is likely an illegal impoundment of Congressionally-authorized and appropriated funds. The Grants Management Office also failed to follow federal regulations governing the termination of awards. We urge you to realign your Agency with federal law and the best interests of the American people and reverse these grant cancellations.

On July 15, 2026, AHRQ reportedly sent an estimated 150 cancellation notices to grant recipients. This action is expected to eliminate more than $200 million in lifesaving healthcare research that AHRQ funds as the lead federal agency directing studies into delivering care efficiently, effectively, and safely. At a time when the United States spends $5.3 trillion on healthcare annually, accounting for 18% of national gross domestic product, it is shocking that AHRQ would choose to end its support of that critical research.

Congress consistently authorizes and appropriates federal dollars to AHRQ, and most recently received $345.38 million in the FY26 Consolidated Appropriations Act, demonstrating bipartisan support for improving healthcare access, affordability, and quality, including in areas of priority for AHRQ like rural healthcare, artificial intelligence, and the prevention of healthcare associated infections. Examples of canceled research grants include programs to:

Integrate behavioral health services into routine pediatric care offerings.
Use telehealth to improve access and reduce costs of unscheduled care, making healthcare more affordable and accessible for the communities who rely most on telemedicine, including in rural areas.
Improve postpartum care in primary care settings for patients with chronic medical conditions.
Reduce overuse of antibiotics upon hospital discharge, reducing the well-recognized, long-term risks of antimicrobial resistance.

The above list is a small sample of the myriad topics addressed through canceled AHRQ grants that would improve healthcare quality, safety, and cost for the American people.

Withholding federal dollars from grant recipients across nearly 30 states without seeking Congressional approval under the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is likely illegal and continues what is now a multi-year violation of federal law. The cancellation notices issued on July 15 fail to meet basic standards for grant cancellation notices. The notices cite 42 C.F.R. § 67.17(d) and 42 C.F.R. § 67.17(e), styling the notices as “non-awards” of future funding, rather than cancellations of ongoing research. However, the notices then assign recipients specific obligations under 2 C.F.R. § 200.344, which only applies when grants are canceled. The authorities to cancel ongoing grants provided under 42 C.F.R. § 67.17 require that specific factors are taken into account to cancel individual awards, including “the grantee's progress and management practices and the availability of funds.” Applying blanket language across up to 150 grants covering more than $200 million in awards is not consistent with careful consideration of individual grantees’ progress or performance.

Given the disastrous impact of these notices, the potential procedural defects in issuing them, and our concerns surrounding AHRQ’s use of Congressionally-appropriated funds, we ask that you immediately withdraw these notices and fully fund the grantees that have waited for committed funds for over a year. Additionally, we ask that you provide Congress with a comprehensive list of all awards for which notices referenced above have been issued and, for each of the canceled grants, list grant-specific information regarding the grantee’s progress, management practices, and other factors considered before issuing the notice. We request an update on AHRQ’s plans to withdraw these notices, as well as the full list of requested grantee information, no later than August 21, 2026.

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Raskin, DeLauro, Casten, Jacobs and 111 Colleagues Demand Netanyahu Remove Barbed-Wire Fence Blocking Students’ Path from West Bank Village Umm Al-Kheir to School

Fri, 212 Jul 2026 12:00:00 EST

Majority of House Democratic Caucus calls for end to settler obstruction, violence and intimidation...

Raskin, Beyer, Norton, Ivey Oppose Trump Administration’s Rushed “Redevelopment” of Historic East Potomac Park

Thu, 211 Jul 2026 12:00:00 EST

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Representatives Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC-AL), Don Beyer (VA-08) and Glenn Ivey (MD-04), along with 43 of their colleagues, demanded transparency about the Trump Administration’s new vanity project, the proposed redevelopment of East Potomac Park designed by President Trump’s handpicked architect, Tom Fazio. The letter, written to Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum and Acting Director of the National Park Service Jessica Bowron, called on the Administration to preserve the park’s historical features and affordability.

In this latest letter, the lawmakers are demanding the administration disclose the cost of the golf course’s redevelopment and how any changes would affect bike and walking paths. They also demanded the administration comply with historic preservation laws and disclose how the golf course’s pricing may change.

“We write with strong objections to your rushed ‘redevelopment’ of East Potomac Park, as well as the lack of clear public communication as to the changes planned for a beloved historic and recreation site,” the lawmakers wrote. “Any significant construction… requires compliance with bedrock environmental and historic preservation laws, robust public consultation and review, and protection of the existing uses of the site.”

East Potomac Park, which includes East Potomac Golf Links, lies on federal land in Washington, D.C. The existing golf courses are well-used and popular, and hosted 130,000 rounds of golf in 2025. The courses are known for both their affordability—a tee time costs as little as $17—and their rich history and accessibility for players of all skill levels. In addition to the golf courses, East Potomac Park is also a beloved recreation site for thousands of residents in D.C., Maryland and Virginia who use the park’s biking and walking paths and picnic on scenic Hains Point. In the spring, the park hosts visitors who travel to see D.C.’s oldest stand of cherry blossoms.

The courses became a core part of the nation’s civil rights history in 1941 when three Black golf players insisted on playing a round of golf, making East Potomac Golf Links one of the first desegregated public golf courses in the country.

In addition to public access considerations, the lawmakers raised transparency concerns surrounding the redevelopment project’s financing.

“A private entity called the National Garden of American Heroes Foundation has sent brochures of the redesign to prospective donors and advertised the option for these donors to remain anonymous,” the lawmakers wrote. “The only information available about this shadowy foundation is that interested donors can contact President Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign finance director if they have any questions."

The lawmakers first sounded the alarm on threats to East Potomac Park in response to the 35,000 cubic yards of toxic debris that the Trump Administration dumped on the golf courses following the illegal demolition of the White House’s East Wing. The proposed East Potomac Park redevelopment follows the Trump Administration’s pattern of unauthorized demolition and construction projects. Following the personal involvement of President Trump, the Administration has defaced other cultural and recreational spaces in the Nation's Capital, including the East Wing of the White House, the Kennedy Center and the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

The letter is also signed by Reps. Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03), Joyce Beatty (OH-03), André Carson (IN-07), Sean Casten (IL-06), Emanuel Cleaver (MO-05), Steve Cohen (TN-09), Jasmine Crockett (TX-30), Danny Davis (IL-07), Lloyd Doggett (TX-37), Sarah Elfreth (MD-03), Veronica Escobar (TX-16), Dwight Evans (PA-03), John Garamendi (CA-08), Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04), Robert Garcia (CA-42), Sylvia Garcia (TX-29), Adelita Grijalva (AZ-07), Steny Hoyer (MD-05), Jared Huffman (CA-02), Jonathan Jackson (IL-01), Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Henry “Hank” Johnson (GA-04), Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08), Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), Stephen Lynch (MA-08), April McClain Delaney (MD-06), Betty McCollum (MN-04), James McGovern (MA-02), Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Dave Min (CA-04), Jerry Nadler (NY-17), Johnny Olszewski (MD-02), Chellie Pingree (ME-01), Emily Randall (WA-06), Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05), Robert “Bobby” Scott (VA-03), Mark Takano (CA-39), Shri Thanedar (MI-13), Bennie Thompson (MI-02), Paul Tonko (NY-20), Nydia Velázquez (NY-07), James Walkinshaw (VA-11) and Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12).

Read the full text of the letter here and below:

Dear Secretary Burgum and Acting Director Bowron:

We write with strong objections to your rushed “redevelopment” of East Potomac Park, as well as the lack of clear public communication as to the changes planned for a beloved historic and recreation site. Any significant construction at East Potomac Park, which was expressly created by Congress in 1897 to be “forever held and used as a park for the recreation and pleasure of the people,” requires compliance with bedrock environmental and historic preservation laws, robust public consultation and review, and protection of the existing uses of the site. Removing or diminishing any of those uses, including the existing affordable public golf course, the biking and running trails around the course, and the historic grove of cherry trees along Hains Point, is unacceptable and potentially illegal. We urge you to immediately abandon those efforts and protect this essential site for generations present and future.

East Potomac Golf Links has been an indispensable public asset since 1921. The National Park Service (NPS) responded to popular demand that year to create one of the country’s first public golf courses. The three courses—Red, White and Blue—were designed or inspired by the designs of Walter Travis, who rejected Victorian-style designs favored by the rich and powerful to create links-style courses that all players could enjoy. The courses opened with rounds of golf priced at just 25 cents. This legacy of inclusive pricing continues to this day. Visitors can book a child’s tee time for just $9 and enjoy a hamburger at the Potomac Grille for under $10—an enjoyable afternoon that won’t break the bank. The courses became a core part of our national civil rights history in 1941 when three Black golf players insisted on playing a round of golf, making East Potomac Golf Links one of the first desegregated golf courses in the country. For 85 years, residents of all backgrounds in the District of Columbia and the surrounding area have enjoyed the golf course and the biking and running trails that surround it.

This all changed on August 1, 2025, when you met with President Trump to discuss destroying the Red, White, and Blue courses and replacing them with a single “championship- style” layout designed to host professional tournaments. This recently released “Washington National Plan,” credited to Tom Fazio—who has previously designed golf courses for President Trump—would be a wholesale redevelopment of a property that has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1973. To make this design a reality, the existing 36 holes, split across the Red, White and Blue courses, would need to be destroyed, trees would be cut down, and an entirely new clubhouse would likely be constructed. All of this would yield just one large course, an 18-hole course designed for professionals, and one 9-hole pitch and putt course, leaving little room for the cycling, running and picnicking activities that are equally important to the park’s character.

On June 28, this already expansive redesign became catastrophic when President Trump toured East Potomac Golf Links and examined new renderings of a far more expansive redesign proposal than what you disclosed on social media. If the high-resolution photos of the plan clutched by the President during the tour reflect the Administration’s real intentions, the redesign would create just one 18-hole course for professionals, provide no 9-hole pitch and putt course, and completely eliminate Hains Point and the walking and biking trails surrounding the park. The Administration has not publicly released cost projections for this massive undertaking. The limited information shared about public access after the redesign includes estimates that the weekend price for local golfers could nearly double as a result of this complete transformation, even as the number of available courses to play on is cut by a third. This undermines the longstanding principles of affordability and public access which have driven East Potomac Golf Links since its founding.

While the courses are certainly in need of significant maintenance and repair following decades of underinvestment, this work must be accomplished in compliance with the law and with respect for the historic nature of this beloved public resource. NPS itself has performed a Cultural Landscape Report on East Potomac Golf Links, determining in 2019 that the Red, White and Blue courses are “essential” to the “design integrity at East Potomac” and that the historic design reflects “an egalitarian institution within the city of Washington, D.C., as originally intended.” Furthermore, the biking and running trails circumnavigating East Potomac Park—in addition to providing crucial public access to the waterfront—are core components of the park. Hains Point is a beloved and scenic picnic area that is also critical to residents and visitors alike, who come each spring to enjoy Washington, D.C.’s cherry blossom season.

To raise funds for the Washington National Plan, a private entity called the National Garden of American Heroes Foundation has sent brochures of the redesign to prospective donors and advertised the option for these donors to remain anonymous. The only information available about this shadowy foundation is that interested donors can contact President Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign finance director if they have any questions. We have seen this hollow promise before. Previous construction efforts that President Trump has touted as privately funded have both ballooned in cost and in fact been paid for by taxpayers.

Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) requires federal agencies to assess the effects of any proposed project on “historic federal properties.” It also requires federal agencies to publicly release development plans of this level of significance and incorporate sufficient time for public comment. Instead of engaging with the public about this design as required by law, the Administration began setting plans in motion to close the existing golf courses and clear stands of trees within them in May 2026. The trees have only been spared and the course only remains open due to pending litigation.

To learn more about your plans to redevelop the park, and how you will address our concerns about the redevelopment and its negative impact on multi-purpose recreation access, we request written answers to the following questions by no later than August 14, 2026:

What is the cost of redeveloping East Potomac Golf Links?
Will the beloved and heavily-used walking and biking paths and lanes through the Park be preserved? If so, will any changes be made to those paths and lanes?
Will the similarly beloved and heavily-visited cherry trees within the Park be preserved? If so, are there anticipated impacts on health or access to those trees?
How much more will it cost for the public to play golf at East Potomac Golf Links under the “Washington National Plan”? The similar courses that you have cited as cost models in your redesign proposal feature prices that are as much as double the current East Potomac Golf Links prices. What justifies this increase?
What is the relationship between the National Garden of American Heroes Foundation and members of the Trump Administration and specifically President Trump?
What are the Department’s plans to assess project compliance under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act for the wholesale redevelopment of East Potomac Golf Links?

If these plans move forward, what is the Department’s anticipated public comment schedule?

We appreciate your consideration and look forward to your prompt response.

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Raskin, Bacon, Dexter Celebrate House Passage of Bipartisan Legislation Protecting Pension Payments for NOAA Corps, U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps

Thu, 204 Jul 2026 12:00:00 EST

This legislation will ensure on time pension payments for more than 1,150 Maryland residents and more than 7,500 people across the country ...

Raskin, Whitehouse Introduce Legislation to Safeguard Elections, Close Major Campaign Finance Loophole as Foreign Ownership of American Corporations Skyrockets

Wed, 203 Jul 2026 12:00:00 EST

Bicameral legislation would restore the votes and the voices of the American people against the reign of foreign oligarchs...

Raskin Statement on Massie Amendment #8 to the National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act

Wed, 196 Jul 2026 12:00:00 EST

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, Representative Jamie Raskin (MD-08) released the following statement on Massie Amendment #8 to the National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act:

“The Republican Majority is advancing a foreign assistance budget bill that slashes humanitarian assistance, undercuts American diplomacy and dramatically reduces our soft power.

“Meantime, the Majority advanced a classic ‘Gotcha’ Amendment to this bill, introduced by Representative Massie, which was designed not to promote peace or save civilian lives in the Middle East but simply to try and split Democrats.

“All the voting options here were, of course, designedly bad and therefore each one was minimally defensible in its own way. This Amendment, even though it was clearly going to fail, was still a bad way to make complicated foreign policy judgments and to organize a reset of American policy toward the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

“The problem for me is that a ‘No’ vote will be characterized as a vote for the status quo and for supporting Netanyahu and his war of mass destruction and displacement in Gaza, which has killed more than 70,000 Palestinians and brought mass disease, hunger and suffering to the Palestinian people. This war was brought in response to the appalling terrorist attack in southern Israel on October 7, 2023, which involved the murder of more than 1,200 Israelis and the brutal capture of more than 250 hostages, including family members and loved ones of my constituents. But voting ‘No’ was indigestible for reasons I have been repeatedly spelling out ever since it became clear that Netanyahu’s prosecution of the war in Gaza—which was properly justified at inception as an operation to disarm and disable Hamas—was becoming a cauldron of civilian atrocities and human rights violations, some of them involving the families of my own constituents. A constituent from the Gaithersburg area lost dozens of members of her family to a bombing attack on their family compound in Gaza City, and my constituent Chef José Andrés lost ten of his colleagues with World Central Kitchen to armed attacks. I have done everything in my power to move Prime Minister Netanyahu and his government away from policies that implicate them—and us—in mass human rights violations and shameful actions, but they have not engaged in serious dialogue with me or other Members of Congress.

“A ‘Present’ Vote would also be justifiable under these circumstances because this whole amendment is plainly a political trick designed to divide the Democrats with full knowledge it will not pass. But voting ‘Present’ in this context could be seen by millions of people as a refusal to take a position on furnishing more weapons for Netanyahu’s war in Gaza and the violent chaos being perpetrated by settlers on the West Bank. It could also be read as indifference to the catastrophic folly of the Iran War that was the joint project of President Trump, Prime Minister Netanyahu and Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman. I am not neutral on the violence engulfing the Middle East. We must advance the cause of peace.

“So I came to a ‘Yes’ vote to register my profound objection to providing billions of dollars of more weaponry and support to the Netanyahu government which has been shockingly reckless and deliberately indifferent towards human life and international human rights and humanitarian law governing the proper treatment of civilians in a military conflict.

“This, to be sure, is also not an ideal solution. Although the Massie Amendment does not affect defensive weapons systems like Iron Dome and David’s Sling (which would be disqualifying in my mind), its blunt-instrument language potentially cuts some funding for valuable non-military diplomatic programs. I support these programs and believe we need to dramatically expand them and revitalize them as many of them have, in large part, been defunded by the Trump Administration. I reject Congressman Massie’s nativist, categorical opposition to foreign aid and extremist rhetoric.

“But our funds and our weapons have been used in shameful violence and human rights violations against Palestinians by the government of Prime Minister Netanyahu, who has brought terrible isolation to Israel in the process. I am a passionate champion of democracy, national security and peace for all the people of Israel, as I am a passionate champion of democracy, security and peace for all the Palestinians. For the sake of everyone involved, I believe that we cannot blithely allow these dynamics of war and violence to continue. We need a reset in this relationship. There is a titanic struggle taking place on earth today between democracy and authoritarianism. As we fight to defend democracy, basic human rights and the rule of law in America, we must work to defend democracy, basic human rights and the rule of law all over the world, including amongst our closest allies.”

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Raskin Statement on “Trumped-up Charges” Facing Constituent, Three-time Olympian Canoeist Davey Hearn in Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Case

Thu, 190 Jul 2026 12:00:00 EST

Raskin: “I hope—and will do everything I can to guarantee—that Davey gets true due process and a fair trial on these absurdly trumped-up charges.”...

Raskin, Spartz Introduce Legislation Directing Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to Advance Plans for “Dazzling National Memorial” Honoring American Patriot Thomas Paine

Wed, 189 Jul 2026 12:00:00 EST

Raskin: “On the 250th anniversary of the publication of Common Sense, our legislation finally brings the great Tom Paine from the attics and libraries of history to a place of shining prominence on our National Mall, establishing the dazzling national memorial he deserves.” ...

Raskin, Beyer, Norton, Ivey Demand Trump Administration Remove Demolished East Wing’s Toxic Debris from East Potomac National Park

Fri, 177 Jun 2026 12:00:00 EST

Lawmakers: “The White House... knew there would be a high likelihood of toxins in the East Wing debris and still chose to dump them in a public place, creating massive exposure for both adults and children.” ...

Raskin, Schiff, Chu, Cohen, Gottheimer, Schrier, Suozzi Introduce Legislation to Honor Americans Who Rescued Holocaust Refugees

Thu, 176 Jun 2026 12:00:00 EST

Raskin: “With antisemitism and authoritarianism on the rise globally, we must remember undaunted American activists who fought for safety and human rights for persecuted and scapegoated people.” ...

Raskin, DelBene and Trahan Call on Trump Administration to Reverse Harmful Rule Changes Injecting MAGA Agenda into Government Grantmaking Process, Health Research

Thu, 176 Jun 2026 12:00:00 EST

Lawmakers: “We write in opposition to the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB’s) disastrous and likely unlawful proposed rule that would devastate American health care innovation for generations.” ...

Raskin Statement on MAGA’s Latest Billion-Dollar ICE Handout

Tue, 160 Jun 2026 12:00:00 EST

Raskin: “We need affordable health care, not an open money spigot for ICE corruption and masked federal agents killing American citizens and disappearing our neighbors from the streets.” ...

Raskin, National Capital Region Members Sound Alarm on Trump Administration’s Plans to Shutter USDA Childcare Centers in Maryland, D.C.

Wed, 147 May 2026 12:00:00 EST

Lawmakers: “We view USDA’s childcare center closures as an escalation of the Trump Administration’s attack on the National Capital Region workforce.”...

Raskin Road Safety Legislation Clears Committee Vote

Fri, 142 May 2026 12:00:00 EST

Washington, D.C.— Today, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure voted to advance key provisions of Representative Jamie Raskin’s (MD-08) bicameral, bipartisan Sarah Debbink Langenkamp Active Transportation Safety Act. These provisions will expand access to federal funding opportunities for local governments to make roadways safer for all, including bicyclists, pedestrians and roadside workers.

Now that the legislation has advanced out of committee, the next step is a vote on the House floor.

“Sarah Langenkamp—a loving mother, dedicated wife and patriotic diplomat—had just relocated to Maryland with her family from foreign service in Ukraine when she was struck by a truck while biking and killed,” said Rep. Raskin. “Sarah’s husband Dan, her father Dirk, and her entire family awe and inspire me and our entire community with their commitment to honor her memory by improving roadway safety. Together, we will keep pushing forward this legislation to save lives in Montgomery County and across the country.”

“Too many Americans, like the Langenkamp family, know the pain of losing a loved one tragically in a cycling or pedestrian road accident,” said Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), who leads companion legislation in the U.S. Senate. “That’s why it’s critical that we take action to improve biker and pedestrian safety. Today’s Committee passage of key provisions from our bipartisan Sarah Debbink Langenkamp Active Safety Transportation Act is an important step forward in making our roads safer and more accessible for everyone. I will continue working to pass this legislation in the Senate and honor Sarah’s legacy as a committed public servant and beloved member of our community.”

Specifically, this legislation will:

Expand the types of projects eligible under the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP), including projects that eliminate gaps in cycling and pedestrian infrastructure for vulnerable road users.
Enable communities to use HSIP funds as the statutorily required matching funds for Transportation Alternatives Projects (TAP) in certain cases and allow for a 100% federal cost share in these projects.

“Our family has been working for three years to pass this legislation, and we are grateful that members of Congress—on both sides of the aisle—agree that we don’t have to sit back and accept that people like Sarah have to die on our roads,” said Dan Langenkamp and Dirk Debbink, Sarah’s husband and father, respectively. “We are glad they agree that we have the power as a nation to do something about this problem.”

After Sarah’s tragic passing, Rep. Raskin met with her family to learn more about her inspiring life and their road safety advocacy. In 2023, Rep. Raskin introduced the Sarah Debbink Langenkamp Active Safety Transportation Act. In 2025, Rep. Raskin reintroduced the legislation making the fight for its passage bipartisan and bicameral. Now that key sections of the bill have advanced out of committee, they are one step closer to becoming law.

The House bill is co-sponsored by Representatives Mike Thompson (D-CA-04), Bryan Steil (R-WI-01), Derrick Van Orden (R-WI-03), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC-At Large), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01), Andre Carson (D-IN-07), Jack Bergman (R-MI-01), Chris Deluzio (D-PA-17), Mike Lawler (R-NY-17), Laura Gillen (D-NY-04), Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-05), Tony Weid (R-WI-08), Nick LaLota (R-NY-01), Jerry Nadler (D-NY-12), Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI-05), and Tom Suozzi (D-NY-03). The Senate bill is cosponsored by Senators Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Ron Johnson (R-WI), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Jack Reed (D-RI), Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Ed Markey (D-MA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ).

This legislation is endorsed by the Safe Routes Partnership and the League of American Bicyclists.

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Raskin Statement on H.R. 1329

Thu, 141 May 2026 12:00:00 EST

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Jamie Raskin (MD-08) released the following statement on H.R. 1329, a formerly bipartisan and noncontroversial bill which House Republicans loaded up with culture-war poison pills:

“After the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Act was introduced last year as a bipartisan bill to finally establish a museum to honor the remarkable achievements and contributions of women throughout our history, I joined 126 of my Democratic colleagues in cosponsoring it. Unfortunately, the legislation we are voting on today is a dramatic rewrite of the bill I supported.

“Because of the comic shamelessness of House Republicans, we are now voting on a bill to give adjudicated sexual abuser Donald Trump control over the portrayal of women’s history in America. Yes, the same Donald Trump who has been credibly accused of sexual assault by dozens of women, who was found liable for sexually abusing E. Jean Carroll and who has led a systematic coverup of the Epstein Files, which feature his name thousands of times. The amended legislation would also take site selection out of the Smithsonian’s hands and give it to the same board of Trump pawns overseeing construction of his Marie Antoinette ballroom.

“MAGA Republicans further torpedoed this once-bipartisan effort by turning the bill into their second legislative attack on transgender Americans this week. The bill prohibits transgender women from appearing in the museum and even empowers the aforementioned Trump cronies to object to including women they deem insufficiently feminine.

“Legions of women across the political spectrum fought for years to bring their history to the National Mall. Today’s vote should establish the arrival of a long-overdue museum. Instead, it has become one more dismal MAGA culture-war battleground. But, of course, the culture wars are all my Republican colleagues have to work with. As their poll numbers sink and gas prices soar, they’ve resorted to firing up their base and mollifying their dear leader. I’m voting against this legislative desecration.”

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Raskin Honors 19 High School Students Appointed to U.S. Service Academies

Tue, 139 May 2026 12:00:00 EST

Washington, D.C.— Today, Representative Jamie Raskin (MD-08) announced the names of 19 high school students who received his nomination and appointment offers to U.S. Service Academies. Rep. Raskin recognized the students during a reception on Capitol Hill on Friday.

“It’s deeply inspiring to nominate dynamic, patriotic and talented young people to attend our U.S. Service Academies,” said Rep. Raskin. “By stepping forward to serve their country, they participate in protecting our basic freedoms and institutions once they graduate to become members of our military.”

Members of Congress are empowered to nominate exceptional young people for appointments to U.S. Service Academies. These prestigious institutions—including the U.S. Air Force Academy, the U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S. Military Academy and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy—prepare graduates for careers as military officers.

Please find a complete list of Rep. Raskin’s 2026 MD-08 U.S. Service Academy nominees, who have received appointment offers, below. Students can receive appointment offers to multiple academies.

U.S. Naval Academy (9 Students):

Hannah Sophie O’Neill

Paige Mary Henry (USNA and ASAFA)

Dylan Pearl Weiss

Jack William Kreindler

Pavan Sudhin Bengeri

Daryn Kelly Maloni

Judah Wood Goodall

Haden Cole Wade

Dylan Imirowicz

U.S. Military Academy (5 Students):

Will Benjamin Fermaglich

Niccolo Hugh Petrilli

Cole James Reposa

Ojas Ashar Bailey

Kathryn Grace O’Boyle

U.S. Air Force Academy (4 Students):

Kira Rose Bardin

Paige Mary Henry (ASAFA and USNA)

Solomon Filipina Randall

Lindsay Jingling Shen

U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (2 Students)

Colten Luke Krause

Madison Louise LaMotteo

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