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October 7
This weekend is bittersweet for me. Today, Saturday, is my birthday, which brings with it precious opportunities to spend quality time with family and good friends. Birthday celebrations may change over the years, but the joy of my family is a gift. Monday, however, is the one-year anniversary of the horrific Hamas terror attack on Israel. The thought of that day still sends a shiver down my spine and a knot in the pit of my stomach. As the events of October 7 were unfolding, we did not have a clear picture of the horrible, unspeakable acts that were happening from the farmlands of the kibbutzim to the Nova musical festival campgrounds. In the days and weeks that followed, we learned the...
October 7
This weekend is bittersweet for me. Today, Saturday, is my birthday, which brings with it precious opportunities to spend quality time with family and good friends. Birthday celebrations may change over the years, but the joy of my family is a gift. Monday, however,...
Putting the IVF in Reproductive Freedom
Dear Fellow Marylanders, After over five decades in public service as Maryland’s Speaker of the House of Delegates, Congressman and U.S. Senator, my life’s greatest accomplishment will always be becoming a father. Raising our children has been the most difficult but...
Just Say No
Dear Fellow Marylanders, Maryland is home to over 150,000 federal civilian workers and I am proud to represent them every day in the United States Senate. These are dedicated individuals who are not at their jobs for fame or fortune but because they believe in public...
Hateful Rhetoric
Dear Fellow Marylanders, I don’t know about you, but I am sick and tired of people attacking immigrant or ethnic communities with make-believe stories intent on scaring Americans and distracting them from other issues they might care about or that have more impact on...