Maryland Open Letters

From a verified voter in Bethesda, MD

Strip the Sable Offshore provision from the FY2027 National Defense Authorization Act before the Senate votes on it. This amendment from Representative Wesley Hunt of Texas cleared the House by a single vote. It would hand the Secretary of Defense eminent domain power to take permanent easements alo

From a verified voter in Arnold, MD

Investigate and Reform ICE After Plainfield Assault — Dismantle DHS Overreach

Demand a full investigation into the ICE assault in Plainfield, New Jersey, fire the agent who punched a restrained man in the back of the head, and begin the process of dismantling DHS as it currently operates. Any officer hired under this administration who has participated in warrantless detentio

From a verified voter in Arnold, MD

States-Investigate Iran's Water Infrastructure Attacks and Restore CISA Staffing

States-Investigate Iran's Water Infrastructure Attacks and Restore CISA Staffing States need to demand a full public investigation into the Iranian cyberattacks on Minnesota's water utilities, and immediately restore the cybersecurity personnel gutted from CISA. Over 30 municipal water and wastewat

From a verified voter in Arnold, MD

Investigate Iran's Water Infrastructure Attacks and Restore CISA Staffing

Demand a full public investigation into the Iranian cyberattacks on Minnesota's water utilities, and immediately restore the cybersecurity personnel gutted from CISA. Over 30 municipal water and wastewater systems were breached, boil-water notices were issued, and hackers reportedly aimed to cause l

From a verified voter in Arnold, MD

States- Ban retroactive subscription locks on products consumers already own

States- Ban Retroactive Subscription Locks on Products Consumers Already Own States-Pass legislation making it illegal for manufacturers to remotely restrict or disable features on products consumers have already purchased. What HP did — pushing a firmware update to brick printers unless owners pay

From a verified voter in Arnold, MD

States- pass binding AI Cyber security Laws before the Next Breach

Pass Binding AI Cybersecurity Laws Before the Next Breach States needs to pass binding legislation that holds AI developers legally accountable when their systems breach unauthorized networks. This is not a hypothetical risk. Anthropic recently disclosed that Claude gained unauthorized access to sy

From a verified voter in Arnold, MD

Pass Binding AI Cybersecurity Laws Before the Next Breach

Congress needs to pass binding legislation that holds AI developers legally accountable when their systems breach unauthorized networks. This is not a hypothetical risk. Anthropic recently disclosed that Claude gained unauthorized access to systems at three separate organizations during cybersecurit

From a verified voter in Arnold, MD

Ban Retroactive Subscription Locks on Products Consumers Already Own

Pass legislation making it illegal for manufacturers to remotely restrict or disable features on products consumers have already purchased. What HP did — pushing a firmware update to brick printers unless owners pay for branded ink — is not a business model. It's extortion. BMW tried charging a mont

From a verified voter in Baltimore, MD

I’m writing to urge you to co-sign Sanders’ bill “Audit the Pentagon Act.” Considering how much of our national budget is taken up by the Pentagon it is an absolute travesty that our military has never passed an audit. I agree with their budget being penalized and reduced until they can prove where

From a constituent in Forest Hill, MD

Remove Trump and stop the corruption! The cabinet is traveling to Camp David for their praise-Trump session. Trump and RFK Jr spending time cooking on HHS.gov They’re living a life of luxury while citizens starve, criminals are kidnapping and throwing people in concentration camps, and Congress m

From a verified voter in Arnold, MD

Investigate All COVID Misinformation — Not Just Fauci

If Congress is serious about investigating COVID, then the investigation needs to be complete and consistent. That means the personal diaries and communications of Rand Paul, RFK Jr., and every Trump administration official who spread COVID misinformation must be subpoenaed and examined with the sam

From a verified voter in Arnold, MD

Protect Public Health Science and Hold RFK Jr. Accountable

Stand up for public health science and take action against the dangerous misinformation coming from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. His anti-vaccine campaign has real consequences: measles outbreaks are spreading across communities that had been protected for decades, a diarrhea outbreak is sickening children

From a verified voter in Arnold, MD

Block ICE's Unauthorized Access to Child Welfare Family Records

Stop the Department of Homeland Security and ICE from accessing the private records of families who came forward to reunite with their children. A child welfare agency shared over 460,000 records with ICE — records that families provided in good faith to be reunited with their kids, not to be target

From a verified voter in Arnold, MD

Stop ICE's Attempt to Void State Oversight of Detention Centers

You need to act immediately to stop ICE from unilaterally nullifying state law. One day after a federal judge ordered an ICE detention center opened to state health inspectors, ICE posted new contract terms explicitly stating that state laws "shall not apply" to four detention facilities. That is no

From a verified voter in Arnold, MD

Demand Action Against the White House's Habeas Corpus Suspension Plot

The Trump White House actively studied suspending habeas corpus — one of the oldest legal protections in democratic history — to detain migrants without any judicial review. The New York Times confirmed this. You need to act now: demand a full congressional investigation and use every tool available

From a verified voter in Arnold, MD

Block CPSC's Illegal Seizure of Private Patient Medical Records

Block CPSC's Illegal Seizure of Private Patient Medical Records Stop the CPSC's scheme to collect private medical records from emergency rooms nationwide. The agency is pressuring hospitals to hand over names, addresses, diagnoses, and other personal details for over 10,000 diagnostic conditions —

From a verified voter in Arnold, MD

Stop AI Companies From Destroying Books for Training Data

Congress needs to act now to stop AI companies from bulk-purchasing and physically destroying books — including rare and potentially irreplaceable copies — to use as training data. This is happening at scale, right now, and there is no law preventing it. Here is what is happening: companies like An

From a verified voter in Arnold, MD

Defend Minnesotans' Right to Protest — Drop the Charges Against Direct Action Minnesota

Speak out against the federal prosecution of Erik Davis, Natasha Rakotz, and the 13 other Minnesotans indicted for organizing against ICE. This is not law enforcement — it's the Republican-led Justice Department using the courts to punish people for exercising their First Amendment rights. Davis is

From a verified voter in Arnold, MD

Demand Full Public Disclosure of Trump Family Financial Records

Release the Trump family's financial records — all of them. The public has a right to know whether a former president and his family engaged in payoffs, insider trading, or corrupt financial dealings while in or around public office. This isn't a partisan ask. It's a basic accountability standard th

From a verified voter in Bowie, MD

NDAA Provisions

I’m calling about three terrible provisions in the NDAA. I know that it has already passed the House and is now in the Senate, but if these items don’t get stripped out there then I want them removed in conference. The first provision is the Israel/US military partnership—Section 219 in the House.

From a verified voter in Bowie, MD

S.4814 & S.1404 & Clayton/Blanche & Hunt Amendment

First, please ask the Senator to co-sponsor and vote for S. 4814, which would extend Temporary Protected Status for Haitian nationals for three years. They are almost out of time—please protect our Haitian friends and neighbors now! Second, please ask the Senator to oppose S. 1404, otherwise known

From a verified voter in Arnold, MD

Protect AACPS Students and Staff from Politically Motivated Federal Targeting

Protect AACPS Students and Staff from Politically Motivated Federal Targeting Stand up for Anne Arundel County Public Schools and the students and staff being targeted by this administration's politically motivated federal probe. The Trump DOE and DOJ are threatening to strip federal funding from AA

From a verified voter in Arnold, MD

Protect AACPS Students and Staff from Politically Motivated Federal Targeting

Stand up for Anne Arundel County Public Schools and the students and staff being targeted by this administration's politically motivated federal probe. The Trump DOE and DOJ are threatening to strip federal funding from AACPS over its policy of treating a student's gender identity as confidential me

From a verified voter in Arnold, MD

Protect Maryland Election Integrity Against Federal Intimidation Tactics

Protect Maryland Election Integrity Against Federal Intimidation Tactics You need to act now to protect the integrity of the 2026 Maryland midterms and the 2028 presidential election. The threat isn't a Hollywood-style coup — it's DOJ loyalists manufacturing fraud narratives, federal pressure campa

From a verified voter in Arnold, MD

Protect Election Integrity Against Federal Intimidation Tactics

You need to act now to protect the integrity of the 2026 midterms and the 2028 presidential election. The threat isn't a Hollywood-style coup — it's DOJ loyalists manufacturing fraud narratives, federal pressure campaigns targeting local election officials, and a White House communications machine d