Happy Mother's Day to all the great
moms across Maryland and America! I'm sending my best wishes and hoping your day is filled with family, love, and gratitude.

An acclaimed talent in his own right, mixed media artist Levi Robinson has also lent his artistic eye to judging our student Congressional Art Competition with other local artists. Thanks to this Local Hero for sharing his talent and expertise with #MD08 .
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Thanks to MoCo Board of Education President Karla Silvestre for her thorough testimony in the House Committee on Education and the Workforce and for MoCo’s strong opposition to antisemitism in our schools.

The Fourteenth Amendment makes the census and reapportionment apply to “all persons.” Constitutional originalists, textualists and followers of precedent must reject unlawful GOP attempts to confine the census and Congressional apportionment to citizens.

I’m proud to cosponsor Rep. Dan Goldman’s Showing Up for Students Act, which doubles funding for U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights to protect students against antisemitism, racism & anti-Muslim discrimination at school. This is critical to a positive learning environment for all.

I strongly support President Biden’s efforts to eliminate junk fees and to make buying a plane ticket more transparent and straightforward. It’s time the airlines stopped making travelers foot the bill for flight delays and cancellations.

Happy to celebrate gifted young artists at my 2024 Congressional Art Competition reception with #MD08 students, teachers, families and competition judges. Thanks VisArts for hosting the dazzling gallery—open to the public through this week!

It's my honor to nominate exceptional #MD08 students to our US Service Academies, including the Military Academy in West Point, the Naval Academy in Annapolis and the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. Applications are open until October 1, 2024.
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On Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, we mourn the loss of the millions of people who were killed in the Holocaust. Let us recommit to defeating the dangerous antisemitism, fanaticism and fascism threatening humanity today.

This Jewish American Heritage Month, let’s recognize the remarkable contributions American Jews have made to every facet of society and reject the curse of antisemitism threatening our democracy.

Congratulations to Dr. Zadia Gadsden, the The Washington Post's 2024 Principal of the Year and our #MD08 Local Hero! Her uplifting and inspired leadership at Takoma Park Elementary School has earned her the admiration and love of the community.
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Our expansive Oversight Committee Democrats and Senate Budget Committee investigation revealed that Big Oil has been pushing climate disinformation since the 1960s. They knew their emissions fueled climate change, but they obscured the science in a shocking betrayal of our people.

Join me and Rep. Jared Huffman in celebrating May 4 as a #NationalDayofReason in America. With democracy under siege by authoritarians, theocrats and frauds, we're putting truth, critical thinking and common sense back on the public agenda—and on the calendar. raskin.house.gov/2024/5/raskin-…

I strongly support Leader Jeffries’ request to bring the bipartisan, bicameral Countering Antisemitism Act to the floor as soon as possible to bolster President Biden’s National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism. Let us act in unity against this ancient hatred & resurgent threat.

Americans are suffering the consequences of climate change, but there’s no help from the carbon kings who profit from it. Senate Budget Committee’s hearing will expose Big Oil's efforts to shirk responsibility for overheating the planet and to block real climate action.

Justine Wood has donated 600+ hours of her time to @everymindinc, supporting our community through the 988 Crisis Lifeline. During National Volunteer Appreciation Week, we're saluting this #MD08 Local Hero for her deep devotion to mental health and wellbeing.

Justice Alito suggested this week that holding presidents accountable for their crimes could encourage them to commit more crimes to stay in power and avoid prosecution!

If the Court embraces this masochistic Trumpian nonsense, they should move their chambers over to the RNC HQ.

Deeply saddened to learn of my colleague Rep. Donald M. Payne, Jr.’s passing. His legacy will be a lifetime of conscientious service & an unswerving commitment to delivering results for America & NJ. I’m sending my sympathy to his family, friends & staff as they mourn this loss.