The 2021 General Assembly responded to the pandemic by making vaccines available to you and your family and providing financial assistance to Marylanders in need. We also passed major legislation. Vaccines were made available at Sinai, now at Northwest Hospital, and at CHAI’s senior apartment communities throughout Park Heights. Testing was …more >
We were debating a bill that would allow a medical professional to provide mental health care to a child as young as 12 years old without informing the child’s parents – if that disclosure would lead to harm to the child or deter the child from seeking care. Delegate Dan Cox compared the legislation to …more >
“This bill is appropriate middle ground. It will do some good.” We were debating the same legislation as yesterday, the police reform bill. The speaker was not myself or another Democrat asserting that House Bill 670 was a reasonable compromise – that the bill would reduce the likelihood of unlawful acts by police officers without …more >
Republican delegates offered ten amendments to the Maryland Police Accountability Act of 2021 at this morning’s floor session. All failed on votes that were overwhelmingly based on party affiliation. If you’re a Republican, the place to get an amendment adopted is when the committee is considering a bill. The unwritten rule of the Democratic majority …more >
Margaret W. Rose, was denied the opportunity to attend high school in Baltimore County because of her race. Her lawyer was Thurgood Marshall. Maryland’s highest court ruled in 1937, “Admission to the white school could be required only upon a showing that the equality of treatment is not obtainable separately.” Ms. Rose was the aunt …more >
On Opening Day in 1975, Frank Robinson hit a home run in his first at bat as the player-manager of the Cleveland Indians – breaking the color barrier as Jackie Robinson had done in 1947. I saw that game on tv. Despite its historic significance, It was not on cable. There was no such animal. …more >
All federally funded capital projects are ultimately local. Biden’s infrastructure bill will include $137 billion for public schools, community colleges, and child-care facilities. After I read that this morning, I shared it with a City Schools administrator, the chair of the Baltimore City delegation in the House of Delegates, and an alumnus of a school in …more >
One of the most difficult parts of my job is representing a neighborhood when a group home or a drug treatment center moves in. NIMBY – Not In My BackYard is the slogan. At the same time, these facilities provide a valuable service. Senate Bill 96 was heard in my committee today. It would require …more >
“If something is not to be, and you can’t get it done, then you look for the way in which it can partially get it done,” Congresswoman Rose DeLauro said. “What are the things can you get, so it’s not my way or the highway? That’s not what the legislative body is all about.” https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/28/us/politics/patty-murray-rosa-delauro-stimulus.html …more >
“Before I had finished speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder, and went down to the spring and drew, and I said to her, ‘Please let me drink.’ Genesis 24:45 “All those who drink this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water that I will …more >
