{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mfume.house.gov/media/press-releases/today-congressman-mfume-maryland-leaders-to-urge-biden-administration-to-select-maryland-for-next-fbi-headquarters", "Today: Congressman Mfume, Maryland Leaders to Urge Biden Administration to Select Maryland for Next FBI Headquarters", "2022-11-04", "2022", "2022-11", "Democrat", "House", "MD", "Kweisi Mfume", "M000687", "mfume.house.gov", "mfume", "https://mfume.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "BALTIMORE, MD \u2013 Congressman Kweisi Mfume will speak and stand with Prince George\u2019s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks, U.S. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen, Congressman Anthony Brown, and other Maryland local and state leaders at a press conference on Friday, November 4, to advocate for Prince George\u2019s County, Maryland as the selection process for the new FBI headquarters continues. Prince George\u2019s County is the only majority-Black jurisdiction under consideration.\n\nMaryland leaders will stress that the criteria used for the past decade, including access to transit, security, cost, environmental impact, and equity considerations, are achieved at each of the two Prince George\u2019s County sites in the final phase of federal consideration.\n\nSee President Biden\u2019s Executive Order on advancing racial equity here as an example.\n\nMore on equity from the Biden Administration can be found here.\n\nIn August, Congressman Kweisi Mfume and other top Maryland leaders, including Congressman Anthony Brown, Speaker Adrienne A. Jones of the Maryland House of Delegates, and Prince George\u2019s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks led a letter urging President Biden to choose a Prince George\u2019s County site for the new consolidated FBI headquarters on their merits and as part of the federal government\u2019s broader equity and empowerment initiatives.\n\nMore recently, Congressman Mfume authored a strongly-worded October 20, 2022 Twitter statement, garnering more grassroots and grasstops attention to this issue and the need for the final location to be in Maryland.\n\nWHAT: Press Conference to Discuss FBI Headquarters Selection Process\n\nWHEN: Friday, November 4, 2022, at 11:00 AM\n\nWHO: Prince George\u2019s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks\n\nCongressman Steny Hoyer, U.S. House Majority Leader\n\nU.S. Senator Ben Cardin, U.S. Senator for Maryland\n\nU.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen, U.S. Senator for Maryland\n\nCongressman Anthony Brown, Maryland Congressional District 4\n\nCongressman Kweisi Mfume, Maryland Congressional District 7\n\nDelegate Nick Charles, Chair, Prince George\u2019s House Delegation\n\nSenator Malcolm Augustine, Legislative District 47\n\nCouncilman Mel Franklin, Prince George\u2019s County Council\n\nWHERE: Greenbelt Metro Station (Media should park in the Kiss & Ride Lot)\n\n5717 Greenbelt Metro Drive\n\nGreenbelt, MD\n\nLIVESTREAM: To watch a livestream of the press conference, click here.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:24:37Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://mfume.house.gov/media/press-releases/today-congressman-mfume-maryland-leaders-to-urge-biden-administration-to-select-maryland-for-next-fbi-headquarters"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6245008446276188, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}