The State House in Annapolis (msa.md.gov)
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The Maryland General Assembly session ended in April. But that doesn’t mean your elected representatives are wholly inactive. 2010 budget issues, numerous public policy discussions, public works meetings and matters concerning each and every Marylander continue well after Sine Die.
As lawmakers face ballooning deficits, tax shortfalls, the exhaustion of 2009’s stimulus money and in some cases, reelection campaigns, it is just as important to let them hear you when they are not in session.
Tell your lawmakers what’s on your mind. Let them know what you, their constituents, think.
Tell them how higher taxes, escalating energy costs and perpetually shrinking personal freedoms affect you, your family and your business.
You hired them, you pay them and you have the right to demand a certain level of job performance from them.
And if they don’t meet expectations, you certainly have the right to fire them.
Keep close the words of the Sage of Baltimore, H.L. Mencken, written in the 1926 offering, “Notes on Democracy”:
“It is [a politician's] business to get and hold his job at all costs. If he can hold it by lying, he will hold it by lying; if lying peters out, he will try to hold it by embracing new truths. His ear is ever close to the ground.”
Give them something to hear.
Governor Martin O'Malley
100 State Circle
Annapolis, Maryland 21401-1925
(410) 974-3901 or 1-800-811-8336 (toll free)
The Governor's Website
click here for a list of the executive department offices email addresses
Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown
100 State Circle
Annapolis, Maryland 21401-1925
(410) 974-3901 or 1-800-811-8336 (toll free)
The Lieutenant Governor’s Website
Michael Busch, Speaker of the House of Delegates
Democrat, District 30, Anne Arundel County
State House, H-101
Annapolis, MD 21401 - 1991
(410) 841-3800, (301) 858-3800, 1-800-492-7122, ext. 3800 (toll free)
e-mail: michael.busch@house.state.md.us
fax: (410) 841-3880, (301) 858-3880
Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr., President of the Senate
Democrat, District 27, Calvert & Prince George's Counties
State House, H-107
Annapolis, MD 21401 - 1991
(410) 841-3700, (301) 858-3700, 1-800-492-7122, ext. 3700 (toll free)
e-mail: thomas.v.mike.miller@senate.state.md.us
fax: (410) 841-3910, (301) 858-3910
Majority Party (Democrat) Leadership
Kumar P. Barve, Majority Leader (appointed by House Speaker)
361 House Office Building
Annapolis, MD 21401-1912
phone: 301-858-3464
email Delegate Barve
Dan K. Morhaim, Deputy Majority Leader
(410) 841-3054
email Delegate Morhaim
James W. Hubbard, Assistant Majority Leader
(410) 841-3103
email Delegate Hubbard
Talmadge Branch, Majority Whip (appointed by House Speaker & Majority Leader)
(410) 841-3398, (301) 858-3398
email Delegate Branch
Minority Party (Republican) Leadership
Anthony J. O'Donnell, Minority Leader (elected by Republican Delegates)
(410) 841-3314, (301) 858-3314
email Delegate O’Donnell
Nancy R. Stocksdale, Assistant Minority Leader
(410) 841-3371
email Delegate Stocksdale
Christopher B. Shank, Minority Whip (elected by Republican Delegates)
(410) 841-3447, (301) 858-3447
email Delegate Shank
Jeannie Haddaway, Assistant Minority Whip
(410) 841-3429, (301) 848-3429
email Delegate Haddaway
Senate Standing Committees
(click the committee name for member roster, subcommittees and contact info)
Budget and Taxation Committee considers legislation relating to State operating and capital budgets, including revenues, expenditures, and supplementary appropriations; legislative budgetary procedures; State and county bond authorizations; taxation and property assessments; education financing; and pension and retirement matters.
Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee reviews legislation relating to agriculture and land preservation; alcoholic beverages; licensing and regulation of businesses and labor, including business, health and related occupations and professions; education policy; elections; energy; environment; ethics; fire prevention; local government; natural resources; procurement; State government organization, procedures, and administrative law; and veterans affairs.
Executive Nominations Committee reviews and interviews gubernatorial appointees for all appointments made by the Governor which require Senate advice and consent. The Committee then reports its recommendations on those nominations to the Senate (Const., Art. II, secs. 10-15).
Finance Committee reviews legislation relating to banking and financial institutions; credit regulation and consumer financing; economic and community development; and health and welfare matters, as well as bills concerned with horse racing and lotteries; insurance; labor and employment; State personnel issues; social programs; transportation; unemployment insurance; utility regulation; and workers' compensation.
Judicial Proceedings Committee is assigned legislation relating to the Administrative Procedures Act; commercial code; constitutional amendments; corrections; criminal and civil laws, penalties, and procedures; equal rights and opportunities; ethics; family law; judicial administration and court structure; juvenile justice; landlord and tenant laws; law enforcement organizations; legal profession; legal rights and immunities; public safety; real property; trusts and estates; and vehicle laws.
Rules Committee considers proposals regarding rules, organization, and procedures of the Senate or the General Assembly. The Committee reviews proposed legislation introduced after the bill introduction deadline in a regular session and determines which of those bills it will refer to standing committees.
House Standing Committees
(click the committee name for member roster, subcommittees and contact info)
Appropriations Committee reviews legislation relating to State operating and capital budgets, including supplementary appropriations; State and county bond authorizations; collective bargaining; fiscal procedures; higher education; State personnel and pension matters; and social services.
Economic Matters Committee considers legislation relating to alcoholic beverages; banks and other financial institutions; commercial law; corporations and associations; economic development; electronic commerce; licensing and regulation of businesses, including related occupations and professions; labor and employment; property and casualty insurance; unemployment insurance; utilities, including electric, gas, and telecommunications; and workers' compensation.
Environmental Matters Committee is assigned legislation relating to agriculture; bi-county agencies; environmental matters, including agricultural land preservation, Program Open Space, and vehicle emissions; ethics; local government; motor vehicles; natural resources; real property and housing; and transportation (non-revenue related).
Health and Government Operations Committee considers legislation relating to child and elder healthcare; civil rights; emergency medical services; health and life insurance; health policy and planning, including facilities, occupations and public health; long-term care; and State government organization, procedures, and administrative law, including procurement.
Judiciary Committee considers legislation relating to courts and judicial proceedings. It also is concerned with administrative law; corrections; criminal and civil laws, penalties, and procedures; drunk and drugged driving; estates and trusts; family law; juvenile cases; the legal profession; legal rights and immunities; and jailable motor vehicle offenses.
Rules and Executive Nominations Committee considers proposals concerning the rules, organization, and procedures of the House and the General Assembly. The Committee reviews legislation introduced after the bill introduction deadline, and decides on re-referral of those bills to other standing committees for consideration. In addition, the Committee examines gubernatorial nominations requiring House confirmation and reports its recommendations.
Ways and Means Committee is responsible for legislation relating to children, youth, and families; education financing, including primary and secondary education, community colleges, and scholarships and financial aid; election law; gaming and horseracing; State and local taxes; and transportation funding and revenues.
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