Two office visits and a group photo on the House rostrum are worth sharing.
I had just finished a zoom when a lobbyist met with me in my office.
“I find it difficult to pay attention during a zoom,” I told him. “Too many options are available on my laptop.”
“Plus, you can’t read the room,” he replied, “to see how the legislators are reacting.”
The bill we were discussing would make any FDA-approved opioid reversal drug available in Maryland.
“Unfortunately, there’s a market,” I said.
Five mothers from Moms Demand Action met with me later in the day.
One by one, they told me they had lost a child to gun violence.
“Too many mothers in this situation,” I thought to myself.
This year is the 200th anniversary of the law school at the University of Maryland.
The school’s dean and alumni were on the Speaker’s rostrum for a photo.
As an adjunct professor, I joined the group.
Afterwards, I said to the dean, “I’m a Bamberger scholar.”
“I know,” she replied.
Clint Bamberger founded the clinic program at the law school.
He was my mentor on lead poisoning prevention and many other issues.
And he was a friend.
