Help Us Pack the Maryland House Online Hearing!

Breaking News:
COS Action Founder Mark Meckler Scheduled to Testify in Maryland Committee!

Last week we testified in committee in the Senate, now it's time for the House of Delegates!

Attending a public hearing on proposed legislation is one of the most important actions in civic duty. It is the best way to engage lawmakers who depend on your input for policy and decision making.

The right to petition your government is deep in the roots of our founding documents.To uphold our right to petition to make a difference, we must actually exercise it.

Your Convention of States Maryland team is asking you to join our volunteers online who will testify on the morning of Thursday, March 3, representing all of us who wish to see the COS resolution passed in Maryland and the country as a whole.

“Legislation is decided by those who show up.”

Here's how you can exercise your right to petition your government:

1. Together, with strength in numbers we can exercise polite, professional, positive, and persuasive influence by running the online viewership as high as we can!
   
   The first thing our legislators should be asking is, “how does this resolution impact my constituents?” To answer this question, we need to build the necessary framework connecting the People and their politicians by tuning in to the hearing.
   
   Help us fill the House Committee YouTube channel to let our legislators know you support the Convention of States House Joint Resolution HJ6. We have engaged volunteers willing to testify with succinct points during the testimony and we hope you will join us for the hearing at 8am on Thursday, March 3, 2022.
   
   We do not yet know the exact time we will be testifying- please tune in Thursday morning to get the latest information. We also plan to text all our COS petition signers, so ask everyone you know to sign the petition and tune in!
   
   
2. Contact your legislator NOW using this link. 
   We’ve made it easy for you to reach out to those who represent you through this link which automatically identifies your legislators.
   
   
3. If you are a constituent of a committee member hearing the resolution, please also consider writing them. We need a resounding number personal emails, hand written letters, and phone calls made to these committee members from their constituents - whether or not you join the House Hearing Thursday, March 3rd.
   
   The resolution is going before the Rules & Executive Nominations Committee made up of the following members.

Chair Delegate Anne Healey, D32	Vice Chair Delegate Marvin Holmes, D23B
Delegate Vanessa Atterbeary, D13	Delegate Ben Barnes, D21
Delegate Kumar Barve, D17	Delegate Talmadge Branch, D45
Delegate Jason Buckel, D1B	Delegate Mark Chang, D32
Delegate Luke Clippinger, D46	Delegate Brian Crosby, D29B
Delegate Jefferson Ghrist, D36	Delegate Anne Kaiser, D14
Delegate Nicholaus Kipke, D31B	Delegate Eric Leudtke, D14
Delegate David Moon, D20	Delegate Maggie McIntosh, D43
Delegate Joseline Pena-Melnyk, D21	Delegate Shane Pendergrass, D13
Delegate Teresa Reilly, D35B	Delegate Sheree Sample-Hughes, D37A
Delegate Haven Shoemaker, D5	Delegate Dana Stein, D11
Delegate Kathy Szeliga, D7	Delegate Kriselda Valderama, D26
Delegate Alonzo Washington, D22	Delegate C.T. Wilson, D28

 

“Public sentiment is everything.
With public sentiment, nothing can fail; 
without it nothing can succeed.”
 
-Abraham Lincoln

Join us in exercising your right to petition our government. Sitting on the sidelines at this important hour is not an option!