It doesn’t matter who sponsors the bill.
When the Governor signs it, he gets credit for its enactment.
Nonetheless, this is what Governor Hogan wrote to Maryland’s Congressional delegation yesterday.
Maryland’s current course [for vaccinations] has brought the state “from 2,000 shots per day to over 22,000 shots per day in a matter of weeks,” Hogan wrote to the Democratic federal lawmakers from Maryland who last week called on him to improve the state’s vaccine rollout. The Republican governor suggested congressional staffers spend more time reviewing relevant federal vaccine policies and briefing their bosses, “as opposed to writing press releases disguised as letters.”
Vaccinating Marylanders safely, fairly, and efficiently is our number one obligation – at all levels of government.
We won’t solve the problem by encouraging people to sign up on multiple vaccine lists, as acting state Health Secretary Schrader suggested yesterday.
One way to improve this process is to have a single website where everyone can make an appointment – wherever you live in Maryland.
See http://www.delsandy.com/2021/02/02/doing-this-better/.
That idea will be discussed at the hearing on my legislation, House Bill 1263, Maryland Department of Health – COVID–19 Vaccination Plan
I hope that the Governor and his Department of Health will get involved – before any bill signing.
