“For seven years, Maryland has been leading on rebuilding crumbling infrastructure and advancing vital investments for the future like cyber security, broadband, and resiliency. Now, this bipartisan bill will put America’s infrastructure on the right track to grow jobs and make our economy competitive for the twenty-first century without raising taxes or adding to the debt, including $6 billion for Maryland to improve transit systems, railways, clean water systems, roads, bridges, and tunnels. 

“After decades of gridlock, I’m proud to have helped push the federal government to finally act. When Washington had given up on getting anything done, we rallied all 50 governors in support of common sense principles for federal action. When the conventional wisdom said that a bipartisan infrastructure bill was a pipe dream, we hosted the Annapolis infrastructure summit with a bipartisan group of governors, senators, and members of the House Problem Solvers Caucus where we hammered out a compromise on the scope of this bill. 

“This legislative success proves that it’s still possible for leaders of goodwill to overcome toxic politics and work together to solve serious problems, but it does not fix what is broken in Washington. The extreme partisan tax hike and spending bill currently being debated by the House represents the very worst of Washington. The last thing our nation needs while inflation is rising and the national economic recovery is stalling is this massive grab bag of tax hikes, Democratic wish list items, and handouts to special interests. 

“Let’s not squander the momentum from the bipartisan infrastructure bill. I urge the Congress to reject this divisive and reckless legislation.” 

In a historic moment for the state of Maryland and “for democracy,” Governor Hogan submitted fair redistricting maps to the legislature that were drawn by a non-partisan independent citizens commission.

This is the first time in the history of the state that the governor has submitted fair maps that were drawn by independent citizens, not politicians or party bosses. Maryland is the most gerrymandered state in the country. Just one example is Maryland’s 3rd congressional district, which is known as “the nation’s most bizarrely gerrymandered district” according to the Washington Post and is held by Congressman John Sarbanes — the lead sponsor of HR 1.

According to Governor Hogan, “free and fair elections are the foundation of American democracy and the most basic promise that those in power can pledge to citizens…These fair maps finally bring an end to decades of gerrymandering in Maryland, which has made a mockery of our electoral system.”

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