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January 15, 2019

President Donald J. Trump
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500

Dear President Trump:

As elected representatives of over 147,000 federal employees from the State of Maryland, we write to you
to ask that you expeditiously initiate a bipartisan compromise that will reopen the federal government.
As you know, the State of Maryland hosts the fifth-largest number of federal employees in the United
States. These employees are currently facing indefinite uncertainty and extreme hardship as the shutdown
continues day after day. Many are faced with dire consequences as they have stopped receiving the
salaries that they depend upon to meet their most basic needs.

In the Maryland State Senate we have a proven track record of working across the aisle to serve the
residents of our state. We work daily to ensure that partisan aims do not take the place of responsible
decisions and we are hopeful that you would be willing to do the same. While it may sound simplistic,
everyone doesn’t always get everything that they want. That’s how compromise works and that’s what
we’re asking that you do.

Again, please join together with Congressional leaders to reopen the federal government for the good of
all of those that we mutually serve.

Sincerely,
Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr.
Senator Malcolm Augustine
Senator Pamela Beidle
Senator Bobby Zirkin
Senator Mary Washington
Senator Jeff Waldstreicher
Senator Brian Feldman
Senator Melony Griffith
Senator Guy Guzzone
Senator Obie Patterson
Senator William C. Smith, Jr.
Senator Cheryl Kagan
Senator Nancy King
Senator Benjamin Kramer
Senator Joanne C. Benson
Senator Craig Zucker
Senator Jill Carter
Senator Ron Young
Senator Sarah Elfreth
Senator Arthur Ellis
Senator Clarence Lam
Senator James Rosapepe
Senator Paul Pinsky
Senator Antonio Hayes
Senator Katie Fry Hester
Senator Susan Lee
Senator Douglas J.J. Peters
Senator Shirley Nathan-Pulliam