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U.S. Representative from Maryland's 7th District, dedicated to serving and empowering the people I’m sworn to represent. RT's and Follows are not endorsements.

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Jun 19

    We all should be able to agree that in the United States of America, we will not intentionally separate children from their parents. We will not do that. We are better than that! We are so much better!

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  2. Oct 19

    This decision is momentous news for student loan borrowers who were cheated by their colleges. It is shameful that this evidence based rule was delayed for so long by the Trump administration.

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  3. Retweeted
    Oct 18

    . on soon! Tune in!

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    Oct 18

    It’s official! Our Board Room has been dedicated to !

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  5. Oct 18

    “You are on the front line of making people’s lives better.”

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  6. Oct 18

    “Organizations like Healthcare Access Maryland are so important to get the word out. To give people opportunities....what you do here is give people hope.”

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  7. Oct 18

    “Healthcare should not be a privilege. Healthcare is a right.”

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    Oct 18

    “We must carry on!l says of the Jacques Initiative Journey Center. Grand opening. Changing the destiny of people’s lives

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    Oct 18

    “I’m so proud of what you are doing here at the Journey Center. You have brought life to life.” -

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  10. Oct 18

    “The same person whose hand you held today, the same one whose tears your dried, who you helped into medical treatment...That may be the same person who saves your life at some point.”

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  11. Oct 18

    “That is how we are effective: figure out what people need, allow them to dialogue with you, and allow them to be in a space that is safe and stigma free. Then they can emerge.”

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  12. Oct 18

    “Here at the Journey Center what we have been able to do is realize that our diversity is not our problem, it is our promise.”

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  13. Oct 18

    “Come here and we will help you. You do not have to feel ashamed. You will be empowered.”

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  14. Oct 18

    I am honored to be at the grand opening of The Jacques Initiative Journey Center.

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  15. Retweeted
    Oct 15

    . : It’s time for the President to make good on his campaign promise and support efforts to allow the government to negotiate directly with drug companies.

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  16. Retweeted
    Oct 15

    . : Meanwhile, PhRMA isn’t even willing to take the most basic step toward transparency. The industry’s proposal should come with its own warning label: WILL DO NOTHING TO LOWER DRUG PRICES.

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    Oct 15

    .⁦⁦⁩ : I’m all for greater transparency, but the American people already know they are paying way too much for prescription drugs.

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  18. Oct 12

    TPS recipients in Baltimore and throughout the U.S. call this country home, and their families would be torn apart if they are forced to leave. Last week, a federal court halted the Trump Administration’s cruel decisions to end TPS for many. Now it is up to Congress to .

    A federal judge in California granted a preliminary injunction temporarily blocking the government from terminating temporary protected status for hundreds of thousands of immigrants from Sudan, El Salvador, Haiti and Nicaragua
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  19. Oct 11

    Since the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act in 2013, many states have renewed efforts to block people from voting. Voter suppression strikes at the soul of our democracy. We must fight back and we must protect the right to vote.

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  20. Retweeted
    Oct 10

    Under , there were 96 price hikes for every price cut. should keep his campaign promise and allow the government to negotiate directly with drug companies to lower prices.

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    Oct 10

    .: Removing gag orders on pharmacists is a small step I support, but it won't lower drug prices.

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