Sometimes you keep quiet.

My bill was being debated on the House floor. It would authorize the Maryland Attorney General to ask a judge to issue an order prohibiting an imminent violation of the law that would affect a pending election.

Republicans have opposed the bill in the past. They did so today.

I might have answered their questions differently than did the chair of the Election Law Subcommittee.

But I’m waiting until the debate just before the vote that would send the bill to the Senate.

My bill on police body cameras “seeks to find the appropriate middle ground between the various complex and competing interests” on this issue, I wrote in my testimony for today’s public hearing.

I drafted this legislation with the American Civil Liberties Union. I have encouraged the ACLU and the police chiefs to seek compromise.

When I was asked about specific provisions in my bill, I replied that those questions could be better answered by the negotiators.