Andy Harris: “I want to thank you again for holding the hearing. And I am going to apologize to Mr. Royer and Mr. Erby right up front…”

When you want to control — for instance, you want have the grocery stores run by the government — that's the way it is in Russia. That's the way is in China. That's the way in communist-controlled countries.

It absolutely sets up a double standard for redistricting in the state of Maryland. And again, the blatant attempt is to eliminate the Republican representation.

I think Mr. Mamdani in New York says exactly where the party is. He wants government-run everything. That's called communism. That's way beyond socialism. That's communism.

I don't think it is good for anyone. It's not good for democracy. You get to know your constituents, your constituents get to know their representative. That's important in a representative government like we have.