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Related: About this forumMD water Inspections/Enforcement hits 20 year Low..
Take heed, Marylanders.
https://southernmarylandchronicle.com/2022/03/15/water-pollution-inspections-enforcement-hit-20-year-low-in-maryland-report-finds/

elleng
(138,404 posts)'has nosedived under the Hogan administration,'
whathehell
(30,066 posts)since it's been, according to the article, ongoing for 20 years.
elleng
(138,404 posts)whathehell
(30,066 posts)Are you talking about the water surrounding the state?
elleng
(138,404 posts)We've got the BAY and the OCEAN and several important rivers.
whathehell
(30,066 posts)I've spent almost no time in Maryland. That said, I'd think safe drinking water would be a big priority for everyone.
elleng
(138,404 posts)whathehell
(30,066 posts)This stuff could be a "life and death" issue.
If I lived there, I'd have to get up close and personal with my congressperson..Make a big frigging noise.
elleng
(138,404 posts)whathehell
(30,066 posts)about Jamie Raskin being on some committee addressing the issue..He seems like a good guy...Not really familiar with Steny Hoyer.
elleng
(138,404 posts)(born June 14, 1939) is an American politician and attorney serving as the U.S. representative for Maryland's 5th congressional district since 1981 and as House Majority Leader since 2019. A Democrat, Hoyer was first elected in a special election on May 19, 1981. As of 2022, he is in his 20th term as a member of the House. The district includes a large swath of rural and suburban territory southeast of Washington, D.C. Hoyer is the dean of the Maryland congressional delegation and the most senior Democrat in the House.
Since 2003, Hoyer has been the second-ranking Democrat in the House of Representatives behind Nancy Pelosi.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steny_Hoyer
whathehell
(30,066 posts)I did know he was second to Nancy, but I knew nothing else about him.