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This Sunday will mark the 70th Anniversary of one of Americas most successful and most popular programs: Social Security. Democrats created this program in 1935, recognizing that older Americans deserve integrity and independence in retirement, and that children and disabled Americans need security in the face of disastrous and tragic family events...________________________________________________________________________

This week, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a revised estimate for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 budget deficit and it ought to concern all Americans...________________________________________________________________________

The celebrations planned for Independence Day this year are both numerous and heartfelt, and justly so. While this is a day of fireworks, of barbecues and picnics, of friends and families, it is also much more. It is an opportunity to reflect on our nation, our history, our progress, and our future. Americans can wish a happy birthday to our country, to the principles on which it is founded, to the spirit of freedom that vitalizes it. It is also an opportunity to remember that independence is rarely easy, that it is an honor as well as a privilege, and that sometimes, as happened at the birth of our nation, it is necessary that we fight for it.________________________________________________________________________

On May 24, the House of Representatives passed the Fiscal Year 2006 Energy and Water funding bill which included $1 million for the Oyster Recovery Project, which is coordinating the revival of oysters in the bay.________________________________________________________________________

Last week, the President visited Calvert County to tour Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant. As a strong supporter of Calvert Cliffs, and a proponent of nuclear power, I am pleased that the President was able to tour this facility. However, I am deeply disappointed that he has failed to lead our country toward energy independence by establishing a real, forward looking energy policy.________________________________________________________________________

Fathers Day is a wonderful time for many fathers and families all across the nation to celebrate fathers and the role they play in shaping the lives of their children.________________________________________________________________________

Both on and off the job, we ought to set high standards for safety for ourselves, our families and the communities in which we live. June is "National Safety Month," and it is an appropriate time to recall the steps we can all take to be safer in our homes, places of work and on the road.________________________________________________________________________

The release of the BRAC recommendations on Friday was the crescendo of a multiyear, multifaceted effort by Rep. Steny Hoyer and Del. John Bohanan to preserve Southern Marylands military installations and the thousands of jobs that fuel the regions economy.________________________________________________________________________