Congratulations to our new Speaker Joseline Peña-Melnyk. This is a great day for Maryland, as Speaker Peña-Melnyk is a truly caring person who will fight to support and uplift all Marylanders. ❤️

Environment and Tranportation Committee virtual briefing “Update on Recent Federal Actions Impacting Climate and Energy Policy” starting soon at 9:30 this morning, jointly with Economic Matters Committee. Watch here: tinyurl.com/3rvuraaj

5 Reasons to Demand Universal Healthcare HUMAN RIGHTS Saves lives Economic Stability • Stops medical bankruptcies • Reduces overall admin waste Saves billions Better Public Health Stronger Workforce Simpler System: Patients focus on healing; Providers focus on care #DemandUniversalHealthcare

A shortage of affordable housing in Maryland hurts working families and puts homeownership out of reach for too many. My committee will have a virtual briefing on the state of residential development today at 1:00. Watch live here: tinyurl.com/zc2vjfb

There's still time to join me Monday for my event at The Chapel in Catonsville. I have never accepted donations from corporate PACs or corporate lobbyists, so I depend on contributions from regular folks like you to continue my work. More info and tickets here: go.sheilaruth.com/dec2025

It has been an honor and a privilege to serve under the leadership of Speaker Adrienne Jones. Please see my statement here.

I am running for re-election in 2026 where I will continue to work on clean air & water, climate change, holding polluters accountable, advancing healthcare for all, and investing in our communities. Please join me in this fight by purchasing a ticket! go.sheilaruth.com/dec2025

I got my flu shot yesterday and the latest COVID vaccine last month. Flu and COVID have been low but we’re headed into the winter surge. If you haven’t got your vaccines yet, now is a good time to protect yourself & those around you through the winter.

What kind of monsters withhold food assistance, appeal to the Supreme Court for their right to withhold it, then demand states take it back? Hell yes, I’m angry. Taking food away from hungry children is a red line for me, and should be for everyone.

Here are a few local orgs addressing hunger needs, but there are others: catonsvillehelp.org mdfoodbank.org studentsupportnetwork.org

After Friday, there will be no more SNAP support for families in need and the President refusea to use legal means to fund SNAP temporarily. We are headed into a hunger crisis. If you are financially able, please consider donating to a food bank, food pantry, church, or other org with food support.

Donald Trump found $40 billion to send to Argentina but he can’t find money for SNAP to feed hungry children. Allowing children to go hungry should be unacceptable to everyone and no government should tolerate childhood hunger.

This week, a Republican filed to run for Delegate in our district. Please watch and share this video, then go to sheilaruth.com and click the donate button to help me continue my work protecting clean water, healthy air, and our natural resources and ensuring that everyone has healthcare.

1/ It was with great sadness that I learned of the passing of my committee colleague, Delegate Charles Otto. We may have disagreed on many things, but I appreciated his kindness and gentle humor, and had the greatest respect for his commitment to his district.

The way to fix healthcare is to make it universal. 🩺⚕️🩻🩹

In America, we don't have kings, we have a Constitution, and everyone, even our President, must follow it. Only a large peaceful mobilization can stop the slide to authoritarianism. We need millions of people in the streets! I'll be at Catonsville No Kings. Find an event near you: www.nokings.org

I’m grateful to my senators @vanhollen.senate.gov and @alsobrooks.senate.gov for fighting back against Republicans who are trying to de-fund healthcare needed by millions of Americans to give tax breaks to wealthy donors. Stay strong, Senators. You have our backs and we have yours.

We flew back home Tuesday from visiting family, and experienced no delays. TSA lines were short & TSA employees were professional in spite of working with no pay. Thank you to TSA and air traffic controllers and all federal employees, whether working for no pay or furloughed during the shutdown.

Trump and Kristi Noem promised to go after the worst of the worst. How does zip tying children fit into that?

The suspension of Jimmy Kimmel - along with the state-sanctioned doxxing of ordinary Americans - is a dangerous escalation of our slide into tyranny. When the government uses its regulatory authority as a threat to coerce a private company to do its bidding, that is a shocking abuse of power.

Remembering the tragic events of 9/11. Today, 24 years later, I honor those who lost their lives and their loved ones, the survivors, and all still affected, physically and mentally, including the first responders who put their own lives and health at risk in service of others. You are not forgotten

My heart breaks for Charlie Kirk’s family, and I pray for them in this time of unimaginable loss. We don’t know the shooter yet, but it seems likely it was political. Political violence is never acceptable, and I condemn it unequivocally. This is not a left or right issue, it’s a human one.

Everything about our healthcare system is broken. If we had universal, single-payer healthcare, then by definition all doctors would be in-network. And no, I don’t mean privatizing doctors; just that the government would be the insurer. #healthcareforall www.thebanner.com/economy/john...

I saw this beautiful buckeye butterfly yesterday when I was weeding my garden!

Deploying American troops against Americans on American streets is not normal. Gangs of federal agents stopping people on the streets without probable cause is not normal. These are the actions of a dictator and we should never accept them.

Yesterday I was honored to receive the Leon G Billings Environmental Achievement Award at the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators conference, alongside my fellow west Baltimore County legislator Sen. Ben Brooks, who received the Renny Cushing Environmental Activism Award.

This morning, I was honored to join Congressman Ro Khanna, Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, and Senator Edward J. Markey, as well as state legislators from around the country at a press conference for the reintroduction of the State-Based Universal Health Care Act.

On the MARC train headed to DC to join press conference at 9:30 for reintroduction of @rokhanna.bsky.social and @edmarkey.bsky.social’s State Based Universal Health Care Act. At only $8 to DC from Halethorpe with no stress from traffic or parking, MARC is one of the best deals around!

Please join me for a breakfast fundraiser this Wednesday morning to help launch my campaign for reelection, so that I can continue my work for clean air and water, health care for all, better transit, protecting wildlife, and supporting our local communities. Tickets: go.sheilaruth.com/splash25

My heart breaks for the families who lost loved ones in the flooding in Texas, especially parents who suffered the unimaginable loss of a child. I send my deepest condolences and prayers, for the comfort of the bereaved families and that those still missing may be found alive.

Happy Pollinator Week! Pollinators like bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds are essential to the ecosystem, and needed to grow most of the food we eat. Thank you to @mdsha.bsky.social for your work on this issue. See what they've achieved so far at this link: www.roads.maryland.gov/mdotsha/page...

Juneteenth is a day of celebration, but also a day to recognize that the work of eliminating racial disparities is not yet done. This year is especially difficult as forces including our own federal government are working to dismantle progress. Today and always I commit to working for true equity.

Harvey Milk: warrior Harriet Tubman: warrior Thurgood Marshall: warrior Ruth Bader Ginsburg: warrior Cesar Chavez: warrior Dolores Huerta: warrior Medgar Evers: warrior Lucy Stone: warrior Pete Hegseth: Not a warrior www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I joined 87 of my colleagues in a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to urge them to correct policy failures by PJM, the regional grid operator, which would lead to increased rates and unnecessary payments to electric companies. Read it here: www.canva.com/design/DAGoA...

My heart breaks for the horrible murder of Yaron Lischinsky & Sarah Milgrim last night in DC. They were from all reports amazing, caring young people and their loss is a loss for the world. Hate, antisemitism, and violence are never acceptable. May their memories be a blessing.

The Reparations Commission bill was a priority for my constituents, and I'm disappointed at @govwesmoore.bsky.social's veto. Policies to address disparities are important, but so is acknowledging the centuries of harm and explicitly tying systemic repair to the consequences of that harm.

Four House Republicans just voted against Trump’s budget bill because it doesn’t cut enough from Medicaid. Let that sink in. Republicans are already cutting Medicaid healthcare and SNAP food assistance to give tax cuts to the rich. But some R’s think it doesn’t go far enough. 😡

What a moment. Kilmar is alive and Senator Van Hollen is a hero! Bring him home 🙏🏼 Bukele doesn’t want to let him go

Thank you @vanhollen.senate.gov for your tireless efforts and your courage. I appreciate your speaking truth plainly and clear. I pray that Kilmar Abrego Garcia is ok.

Be like Harvard

Nothing about this is OK. Why is ICE targeting a hard working mother who is legally allowed to stay & work while her application for asylum is pending? She is not a violent criminal, she came here to flee violence. They had no warrant & smashed her window www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...

My Republican colleagues claim to oppose taxes, but they’re strangely silent about the President’s tariff taxes that are increasing prices for consumers and driving us to a recession. Our state budget funds our values like education, vulnerable Marylanders, roads & transit.

Last night on the eve of Sine Die I was struck by the dramatic sky behind Justice Thurgood Marshall and the State House dome, both reminders of why we’re here and the important work we do here. Happy Sine Die, everyone. #working4maryland

I'm proud to be a supporting member of the @marylandlgbtqcaucus and to stand in solidarity with the transgender community - in Maryland and across the country - at a time when supporting our trans friends and neighbors is more critical than ever. #TransDayOfVisibility

The Maryland Transit Caucus has one priority this session: sufficient revenues to ensure that Maryland can maintain safe, efficient, and reliable transit systems across the state. Please read our statement here: www.marylandtransitcaucus.org/news/stateme...

While Maryland Democrats were fighting to protect our federal workers, Republicans voted to strip the AG of his power to protect: Over 11K federal workers in Baltimore County

Don’t believe the lies Musk & Co are spreading about government workers. Most federal workers are dedicated & hard working civil servants who make sacrifices because they believe in the mission. Losing them will hurt our nation in ways that will take a generation to repair, if at all.

It’s 4:00 on a Friday and the Environment and Transportation committee is in Annapolis working hard for our constituents. After an important briefing on Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, we’re now taking a deep dive into reserve studies for condos and HOA’s. #working4md

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we reflect on the importance of equality and access. The Baltimore Red Line is about more than transit. It’s about bridging neighborhoods, opportunities, and people.

Environment and Transportation committee briefing on Vision Zero highway safety starting now! www.youtube.com/live/pntzRJe...