Dear Friend,

The horrific and unimaginable collapse of one of our state's most iconic structures, responsible for carrying 30,000 cars a day through our region, has left all of Maryland reeling and mourning. It has also changed the lives forever of six Maryland families who lost loved ones while doing work on behalf of our state. I grieve with them and will continue to support them in any way we can.

Earlier this week, I visited the site with Governor Wes Moore, Lt. Governor Aruna Miller, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, Baltimore County Executive John Olszewski, and U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, as well as many other elected officials. I am proud of the incredible coordination and dedicated response from our first responders who mobilized to do challenging and dangerous work to attempt to locate the six missing workers. I am grateful for the men and women who jumped in to coordinate this initial response and are still there, doing important work.

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I am grateful to all who are leading in navigating this catastrophic event, including Governor Moore, the Maryland Department of Transportation, and President Joe Biden. My agency and I remain ready to work in partnership with our state, local, and federal partners to assist those impacted by this tragedy, including small businesses, workers, and others connected and reliant upon the Port of Baltimore.

I fully support the efforts of the General Assembly as they consider legislation to help workers displaced by this tragedy. Our State’s economy and thousands of families depend on a fully functioning Port of Baltimore and we must work expeditiously with our federal partners to clear the channel and reopen the Port. We are working to ensure any businesses or families affected by this tragedy have the help they need from our revenue administration division as well.

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Maryland is strong and resilient. We will not forget the individuals who lost their lives in this incident, and we will honor their memory in the rebuilding process.

And rebuild, we will. I look forward to working as a united state government, building a new bridge, upgrading our Port facilities, and ensuring that we have the best transportation system and most productive port in the nation.

My best,

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(She, Her, Hers)

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Authorized by Brooke Lierman for Maryland; Chairman, Alvin Lee; Treasurer, Candace Dodson-Reed.

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Brooke Lierman for Maryland
PO Box 891
Baltimore, MD 21203
United States