Fighting for our civil rights in Annapolis for over 30 years.

My reelection mailer with that slogan hangs above my desk.

Two of the civil rights bills I introduced and helped enact were heard by the Government Operations and Long Term Care Subcommittee.

One protects workers who are denied equal pay, and the other resulted in the French national railroad company making public its records of transporting Jews and others to Nazi concentration camps.

I will be the new chair of that subcommittee.

If the Trump Administration is lax in its administration of civil rights laws, my subcommittee would hear legislation to strengthen Maryland’s laws.

My guiding principle on civil rights issues: In a society that respects differences, that welcomes the minority, we all benefit.

When I first ran for the House of Delegates, my endorsement by Jacob Edelman was featured in my campaign literature.

He was the chair of the Maryland Human Relations Commission.

I’m following in his footsteps.