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I'm honored to be participating in this forum, and I want to thank St. Mary's College of Maryland, its Center for the Study of Democracy, the National Center on Institutions and Alternatives, and the St. Mary's Arts Council for organizing it.

I want to thank reform advocates and law enforcement officials in Maryland for joining me at a critically important roundtable to discuss a matter that Congress must address: comprehensive criminal justice reform.

I was pleased to join the business community in Prince George's County for a luncheon today to discuss the outlook for Congress in 2016 and to thank them for all they are doing to help make the County a great place to do business.

I want to thank the U.S. Capitol Police for their quick response to today's threat at the U.S. Capitol.

I am deeply disappointed on behalf of the thousands of Fifth District commuters, including federal employees, who rely on Metro every day to get to work but will have to find another way tomorrow.

I was pleased to welcome Joy to Capitol Hill today and to hear about the positive things they are doing at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maryland.

I'm pleased that Greater Baden Medical Service will receive this critical funding to help combat heroin use and opioid overdose, epidemics that have been on the rise throughout Maryland and our country.

As members of the Maryland Congressional Delegation, we have been united throughout this process in urging the President to issue a Disaster Declaration for Maryland in the wake of such severe weather.