First elected to the Senate in 2014. Member of the Senate since 2015.Current Assignments2019Budget and Taxation Committee 2021Public Safety, Transportation, and Environment Subcommittee of the Budget and Taxation Committee 2015Joint Committee on the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Areas 2019Joint Committee on Protocol 2019Joint Committee on Ending Homelessness 2015Veterans Caucus Past Senate Service Public Safety, Transportation, and Environment Subcommittee, Budget and Taxation Committee, 2019; Health and Human Services Subcommittee of the Budget and Taxation Committee, 2020-2021; Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee, 2015-2018; Environment Subcommittee of the Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee, 2015-2018; Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, 2019-2020. Past House Service Joint Committee on Fair Practices and State Personnel Oversight, 2015-2017. Public Service Two-Generation Family Economic Security Commission, 2017-; "Reform on Tap" Task Force, 2017-. Memberships Waterman's Caucus, 2018-; Maryland Military Installation Caucus, 2017-; United Steelworkers of America; Native American LifeLines; Moose Lodge, #1228, Dundalk. Biographical Information Born, Baltimore, Maryland, 1961; Sparrows Point High School, 1979; United States Army, Combat Engineer, 1979-1981; Steelworker, LaFarge of North America; Five children, two grandchildren. |