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After a disappointing roll-out both on the national level and here in Maryland, a new wave of evidence is suggesting that the healthcare reform law is finally working as intended. In fact, not only do more Americans have health insurance, they are getting better insurance at a lower rate.
In the Second District alone:
(Washington, DC) – U.S. Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger today joined an effort to postpone the House of Representatives’ August recess until critical legislation including immigration reform is complete. More than 70 members urged House Speaker John Boehner not to start the planned 5-week recess and remain in Washington.
(Timonium, MD) – Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger today presented awards to the winners of his first-ever annual high school “App Challenge,” three students from Chesapeake High School in Essex.
This week, I was proud to join my colleagues in supporting a bipartisan package of bills to combat human trafficking – a problem that is, unfortunately, proving more widespread here in Maryland than many other states because we are home to a convergence of international transportation options.
Forty-five years ago yesterday, the world watched as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first people to walk on the moon, instantly becoming national heroes. This historic landing of Apollo 11 sealed America’s global reputation as “number one” in space innovation and technology.
(Timonium, MD) – U.S. Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger today announced that the Baltimore County Fire Department and Abingdon Fire Company will receive nearly $2.4 million in federal funds to buy life-saving equipment.
Today, I will be voting in support of legislation that provides badly-needed funding to rebuild our nation’s aging infrastructure and create new jobs for Americans.
(Washington, D.C.) - Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD) today announced Edgemere teen Emerson Alfonso as the winner of the 2014 Congressional Art Contest for Maryland’s Second District. Emerson, a junior at Patapsco High School and Center for the Arts, submitted a charcoal sketch entitled “Mother and Child.” The piece will be displayed in the U.S.
“Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I yield myself as much time as I may consume.
Chairman Rogers, let me first say thank you for your leadership, which once again has produced not just a bipartisan, but a bi-cameral, Intelligence Authorization Act that we are taking up today.
This week, I am joining with my colleagues in Washington in marking the 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. It also put an end to unequal voter registration requirements.