Fight to protect Maryland's Disadvantaged Business Enterprises and grow their access to federally funded highway, transit, and airport contracting opportunities.

Maryland has more Disadvantaged Business Enterprises than any other state, with over 9,000. So I will always fight to protect them and grow their access to opportunity

Alsobrooks committed to continuing to fight to protect Maryland's Disadvantaged Business Enterprises and expand their access to opportunity in federal transportation contracting.

ALSOBROOKS, WARNOCK LEAD COLLEAGUES IN EFFORT TO PROTECT JOBS AND SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESSES
primary · press_release · model gpt-5.5

Alsobrooks, as EPW Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee ranking member, joined Warnock and 31 senators asking DOT Secretary Sean Duffy to reconsider the DBE/ACDBE interim final rule. Her statement specifically referenced fair access to federally funded highway, transit, and airport contracts and said Maryland has more than 9,000 DBEs.

Concrete same-term action in the lookback window: Alsobrooks publicly led/joined a Senate effort to defend DBE and ACDBE programs from DOT changes, but the release describes advocacy and a demand to DOT rather than enacted protection or expanded access.

partial same_term A for effort

ALSOBROOKS, WARNOCK LEAD COLLEAGUES IN EFFORT TO PROTECT JOBS AND SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESSES
primary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 96%

The signed letter lists Angela D. Alsobrooks as a signer and urges DOT to work with Congress instead of unilaterally dismantling DBE and ACDBE programs. It says the IFR risks destabilizing transportation contracting and that DBE/ACDBE firms remain sidelined.

Shows serious concrete effort within the lookback window to protect DBE/ACDBE access, but also confirms the underlying program disruption remained unresolved as of the letter.

partial same_term A for effort

Caucus Letter to Secretary Duffy on USDOT DBE and ACDBE Programs
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 97%

DOT’s status table, last updated June 18, 2026, lists Maryland’s UCP reevaluation process as not complete.

Latest lookback evidence that Maryland DBE/ACDBE recertification under DOT’s new rule was still incomplete, indicating the access/protection issue had not been fully resolved for Maryland businesses.

unresolved same_term

UCP Directory and Certification Reevaluation Status
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%

DOT’s interim final rule took effect October 3, 2025 and removed race- and sex-based presumptions from DBE and ACDBE regulations. The rule requires UCPs to reevaluate current DBE/ACDBE firms under new standards.

Federal rulemaking created the policy obstacle Alsobrooks later opposed; it does not show delivery of the promise and supports that protection/growth of DBE access remained contested.

unresolved same_term

Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise in Airport Concessions Program Implementation Modifications
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 96%

The Solicitor General told the House Speaker that DOJ concluded parts of USDOT’s DBE program violate the Constitution and would no longer defend race- and sex-based presumptions in court, while continuing to defend race- and sex-neutral DBE criteria.

Official DOJ position explains the administration’s legal reversal that undermined existing DBE access mechanisms; it is a blocker/countervailing development, not delivery by Alsobrooks.

unresolved same_term

Race and Sex-Based Presumptions 530D Letter
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%