1. United States
2. Md.
3. Letter

You’ve received a version of this letter many, many times, and you will receive it hundreds of times more. I am just one constituent adding my voice to the chorus of angry, scared, determined Marylanders, all of us outraged at the way both houses of Congress appear to have ceded their role as a co-equal branch of government—in a moment when even the least informed person can see the imperial presidency needs to be blocked from its destructive agendas, at home and abroad. I write to you today to ask that you use every tool at your disposal to obstruct this administration’s appointees, judges, EOs, warlike actions, and certainly its unconstitutional spending. As Coleman Rogers has written, “You possess constitutional tools created for exactly this scenario: oversight hearings, subpoenas, inherent contempt, appropriations authority, enforcement of statutory mandates—including the Epstein Files Transparency Act—and, where warranted, impeachment. These are not radical measures. They are the ordinary defenses of a republic under extraordinary assault.” Yes, of course, Trump administration officials will ignore Congress’s tools. That does not mean your constituents think you can just give up.