Serving in Congress has been the honor of a lifetime.

At some point - I care about charter schools and criminal justice reform and $20 trillion in debt and real growth. At some point, I want to hear that clash of ideas. I don`t care if it gets ugly. That`s what campaigns are all about.

I don't pay any attention to what the Baltimore Sun editorial page says about anything.

This crisis of long-term unemployment is having a profoundly damaging impact on the lives of those bearing the brunt of it. We know this thanks to a series of careful studies of the problem conducted in the depths of the 1930s Great Depression.

We have no more fundamental obligation in government than to ensure the safety of our citizens.

Some of the most important conversations I've ever had occurred at my family's dinner table.

Every Maryland family wants financial security, schools that work, quality healthcare, safer neighborhoods, and ever-expanding economic opportunity. These are the building blocks of a superior quality of life.