Blog Post
April 30, 2006
While driving the roads of Southern Maryland, you will inevitably notice the recent spike in gas prices. They are high and rising, squeezing the pocketbooks of the average Maryland family. This week families are paying $3.00 a gallon on average for regular gasoline -- double the cost when President Bush took office, and up nearly 70 cents a gallon in the last seven weeks.________________________________________________________________________
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Environment
April 28, 2006
Prince George's County officials expressed outrage and frustration Friday about a story line on the ABC television show "Commander in Chief," depicting Hyattsville as a backward, crime ridden community.________________________________________________________________________
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Jobs & the Economy
April 28, 2006
President George W. Bushs plan to suspend the introduction of ethanol-laced gasoline is too little, too late, said one petroleum industry official.________________________________________________________________________
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Environment
April 26, 2006
Four months after a new federal prescription drug plan went into effect, Vinny Ippolito is finding life difficult as an independent pharmacist.________________________________________________________________________
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Health Care & Seniors
April 22, 2006
On April 22, 1970, the first Earth Day, 25 million people joined around the country to demand a safer, cleaner and healthier world. The impact of that first Earth Day was astonishing. In rapid succession, and with large, bipartisan majorities, Congress passed the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, and the Superfund Act.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Environment
April 14, 2006
U.S. Rep. Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md., 5th) marked National Small Business Week on April 11 by holding a roundtable luncheon in Clinton with representatives of the chambers of commerce from his district, which includes Anne Arundel, Prince Georges, Charles, Calvert, and St. Marys counties.________________________________________________________________________
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Budget & Fiscal Responsibility
April 9, 2006
Last month, a tragic fire fueled by fierce winds battered downtown Solomons Island largely destroying two of the island's landmarks, the Lighthouse Inn and Bowen's Inn.________________________________________________________________________
April 9, 2006
WASHINGTON -- Volunteers spread over 241 sites in Maryland, Washington, Virginia and West Virginia collected more than 131 tons of garbage Saturday during the annual cleanup of typical and unusual trash from the Potomac River watershed.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Environment
April 6, 2006
It wasnt a Harley-Davidson, but National Park Service Ranger Wayne Phillips and his colleagues managed to put together a motorcycle.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Environment
March 26, 2006
On March 10, I hosted a town hall meeting in La Plata to discuss some of the challenges facing seniors as they enroll in Medicare Part D.________________________________________________________________________