News from the House In the past five months since her election, House Speaker Adrienne Jones has taken a steadfast and thoughtful approach to laying the foundation for her time as Speaker of the House of Delegates. She recently announced new leadership appointments. I am pleased to report that Speaker Jones has appointed me as Vice Chairman of the Democratic Caucus. I am grateful to the Speaker and excited about this new opportunity to serve my fellow delegates and the people

Fun to spend time with my Senator tonight Katie Fry Hester, Maryland Senate D9 at the Maryland LCV Awards dinner tonight. We have a lot of work to do, but it was good to celebrate the accomplishments for the environment made this year by the General Assembly. #LCV #WatsonHester #Environment #Maryland

‪Somber morning with some of my colleagues at MD General Assembly but uplifted by the beautiful music from the choir of New Psalmist Baptist Church as we await the funeral of our beloved Congressman @RepCummings #RestinPower ‬Delegate Shelly Hettleman Katie Fry Hester, Maryland Senate D9 #ElijahCummings #HowardCounty

As part of an Economic Matters Committee tour today, I visited a six year old distillery in St. Michael’s, one of only a few in Maryland owned by a woman, Lyon Distilling Company. Just four years ago, there were only a handful of craft distilleries and now there are 30 in operation or planning to open in the next year. Lyon made the first Rye whiskey in MD in over 40 years, but their very successful specialty is Young American Rum for which they won 2nd Best Craft Rum Distill

Thank you Indian Origin Network of Howard County, IONHoCo, for a wonderful celebration last night and for all of the good work you do in our county! #IONHoCo #EllicottCity #HowardCounty #Stronger9B