Politics is a contest among people of diverse backgrounds and philosophies, advocating different solutions to common problems. The system only works when principled, energetic people participate.

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.

I generally believe in polls. Scientific polls are accurate.

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

Serving in Congress has been the honor of a lifetime.

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.

I support stem cell research, including embryonic stem cell research.