Maryland’s leaders — its governors and congressional delegation — routinely put partisanship and ego aside to pursue the state’s interests in Washington, D.C., two former governors told an audience of college professors in Baltimore this week.
“It’s a very under-reported but positive aspect of how the delegation operates,” said Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. (R), who served eight years in Congress before being elected governor in 2003. “We’re really good” at working collaboratively.
“When Gov. [Parris N.] Glendening came over and said ‘these are our priorities’ — bay cleanup, transportation [funding], whatever it was — everybody sat down, figured out what are the asks, which committee, what subcommittee, and we worked together.”
