WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Angela Alsobrooks and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.), and a bipartisan group of 265 lawmakers wrote a letter to President Trump demanding he immediately reinstate National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Member Gwynne Wilcox. The lawmakers called on the president to restore the NLRB’s ability to protect the rights of American workers to organize and collectively bargain, which have already been impaired by understaffing at the agency and now are effectively lost by the lack of quorum on the NLRB. “We are writing to express our deep frustration at the unprecedented and illegal firing of National Labor Relations Board Member Gwynne

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) issued the following statement after news that the Trump Administration is directing federal agencies to fire probationary staff.  “This callous and cruel witch hunt isn’t about making government more efficient. It’s about enacting this President’s retribution on civil servants and the people they serve — the American people. It’s a disgraceful series of actions meant to upend American lives, cut American jobs, and destroy the American spirit that calls so many of us to serve in this way.”

WASHINGTON, DC – Senators Chris Van Hollen, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Angela Alsobrooks, a member of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee (both D-Md.) along with Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the HELP Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security, and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today wrote to President Donald Trump demanding the Trump administration, Elon Musk, and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) make no cuts to Medicare and Medicaid to pay for tax cuts for billionaires. This follows reports that Elon Musk and DOGE officials have gained access to key payment and contracting systems at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). CMS administers