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Yesterday I was proud to stand with my colleagues in the Congressional Black Caucus and introduce the Justice in Policing Act, critical legislation to bring transparency and accountability to our police departments, improve police training and practices, and address systemic racial discrimination.

We have previously weighed in with both the U.S. Department of Labor and your administration to urge you to address a myriad of problems preventing or delaying workers getting their benefits.

These are serious times.

The economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic mean that more Marylanders need help keeping a roof over their heads than ever before.

The primary election in Maryland on Tuesday was conducted under extraordinary circumstances that required timing changes and significant adjustments to voting methods.

Our nation is experiencing great pain and frustration.

Delivering basic health services to medically underserved and vulnerable communities must be a priority in our response to this public health crisis.

President Trump’s behavior in the District of Columbia in recent days, as well as his threats to impose his dangerous and callous will on a city about which he has proven again and again he has no understanding of, has underscored in dramatic terms the urgency of giving the District the same constitutional rights and authorities that the nation’s 50 states have had since 1789. DC must be granted statehood.