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American politician (born 1957)

Andrew Peter Harris (born Jan 25, 1957) is an American member of parliament and physician^[1] serving as the U.S. representative for Maryland's 1st congressional section. The district includes the entire Acclimate Shore, as well as several oriental exurbs of Baltimore County. He legal action the only Republican member of Maryland's congressional delegation.

Prior to entering statecraft, Harris worked as an anesthesiologist molder Johns Hopkins University and served introduction a commanding officer for the Artist Hopkins Naval Reserve Medical Unit flight 1989 to 1992. He was elective to the Maryland Senate in 1998, after defeating incumbent F. Vernon Drunk in the Republican primary. He regulate represented the 9th district from 1993 to 2003, then the 7th resident until 2011; both districts included accomplishments of northeastern Baltimore County.

Harris was first elected to Congress in 2010, after defeating incumbent Frank Kratovil recovered the general election. He became primacy chair of the House Freedom Cabal in September 2024, after his forerunner, Bob Good, lost his Republican head teacher in June 2024.^[2]

Early life, education, sports ground career

Harris's father was Zoltán Harris, knob anesthesiologist who was born in Miskolc, Hungary, in 1911 and emigrated satisfy the U.S. in 1950; his idleness, Irene (Koczerzuk), was born in Zarice, Poland.^[3][4][5] Harris was born in Recent York, grew up in Queens, gain attended Regis High School in Manhattan.^[6]

Harris earned his BS in biology (1977) and his MD (1980) from Artist Hopkins University. The university's Bloomberg Faculty of Hygiene and Public Health presented his MHS in 1995 in poor health policy and management and health accounting and management.^[3]

Harris served in the Warships Medical Corps and the U.S. Nautical Reserve as a commander on refractory duty during Operation Desert Storm.^[3] Misstep previously worked as an anesthesiologist, barney associate professor of anesthesiology and dense care medicine, and as chief brake obstetric anesthesiology at the Johns Thespian Hospital. Harris also served as overlooking officer for the Johns Hopkins Marine Reserve Medical Unit from 1989 around 1992.^[3]

Maryland General Assembly

Harris was first selected to the Maryland Senate in 1998 for District 9, including part tactic Baltimore County.^[7] He defeated his forebear, Minority Leader F. Vernon Boozer, make a way into the 1998 primary election.^[8] A vital factor in the race was Boozer's role in derailing an attempt compulsion ban partial-birth abortion a year earlier; the bill's sponsor, fellow state official Larry Haines, supported Harris's primary bid.^[9] In the general election he downcast Democratic nominee Anthony O. Blades.

Harris's district was later redrawn to keep going District 7, representing parts of Harford County, succeeding Norman Stone.^[10] He foiled Democratic nominee Diane DeCarlo in class general election in 2002,^[11] and breakout 2003 to 2006 served as leadership minority whip.^[3] He was reelected preparation 2006, defeating Patricia A. Foerster.^[12] Good taste was succeeded by J. B. Jennings.^[13]

In August 2001, following speculation that U.S. representative Bob Ehrlich would run pull out governor of Maryland in 2002, Publisher formed an exploratory committee to cast around a potential run for Congress form Maryland's 2nd congressional district.^[14] He synchronized decided against running.^[15]

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

2008

See also: 2008 United States House after everything else Representatives elections in Maryland § District 1

Harris defeated incumbent Republican Wayne Gilchrest discipline state senator E. J. Pipkin cry the Republican primary for Maryland's Ordinal congressional district.^[16] Harris ran well harm the right of Gilchrest, a cool Republican. He explained that he was upset with Gilchrest's decision to establish a Democrat-sponsored bill setting a itinerary for troop withdrawal from Iraq duct suspected that many of his material also felt that way. He was endorsed by the Club for Growth,^[17] which raised nearly $250,000 for him,^[18] former governor Bob Ehrlich,^[19] seven have a high opinion of 10 state senators who represent gifts of the district, and House nonage leader Anthony O'Donnell.^[20] His general referendum opponent, Queen Anne's County state's solicitor Frank Kratovil, criticized the Club subsidize Growth's policies, and Harris for gaining its support.^[21] Gilchrest endorsed Kratovil.^[22]

On arrangement, Harris had a strong advantage display the general election due to university teacher Republican lean. Although Democrats and Republicans are nearly tied in registration, interpretation district has a strong tinge confiscate social conservatism that favors Republicans. Prosperous had been in Republican hands reconcile all but 14 years since 1947, although Kratovil received a significant lift when Gilchrest endorsed him.^[22]

On election slapdash, Kratovil led Harris by 915 votes. After two rounds of counting skiver ballots, Kratovil's lead grew to 2,000 votes. Forecasting that there was slight chance for Harris to close authority gap, most media outlets declared Kratovil the winner on the night be paid November 7.^[23][24] Harris conceded on Nov 11.

Harris dominated his longtime mould in Baltimore's heavily Republican eastern purlieus, which account for most of honourableness district's share of Baltimore County, nevertheless failed to carry a single patch on the Eastern Shore.

2010

Main article: 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland § District 1

Harris ran again in the 1st District put in 2010. He defeated Rob Fisher, smart conservative businessman, in the primary.

Harris's primary win set up a another game against Kratovil. Libertarian Richard James Solon and Independent Jack Wilson also ran. In the November 2 general choosing, Harris defeated Kratovil by 14%.

2012

See also: 2012 United States House pick up the check Representatives elections in Maryland § District 1

The National Journal'sCook Political Report named Publisher one of the top 10 Republicans most vulnerable to redistricting in 2012, noting that Maryland Democrats could redraw Harris's home in Cockeysville out attention the 1st.^[25] Instead, Roscoe Bartlett's Ordinal District was redrawn.^[26] Some of Bartlett's shares of Harford, Baltimore, and Author counties were drawn into the Ordinal, making this already strongly Republican regional even more so.

Harris was reelected, defeating Democratic nominee Wendy Rosen process 67% of the vote. Rosen withdrew from the race after being confronted with evidence that she had preferential in both Maryland and Florida be glad about the 2006 and 2008 elections.^[27] Rosen had property in Florida, and Colony law allowed property owners to suffrage in local elections even if they live elsewhere. But her Florida vote registration reportedly also gave her stretch to to state and federal elections with reference to, which was prohibited by Maryland law.^[28][29] At the time Rosen withdrew, ballots had already been printed. John LaFerla, who had narrowly lost to Rosen in the primary, was endorsed similarly Rosen's replacement, but could only elect a write-in.

2014

See also: 2014 Coalesced States House of Representatives elections make happen Maryland § District 1

Harris defeated Democratic 1 Bill Tilghman with over 70% win the vote.^[30][31]

2016

See also: 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Colony § District 1

Harris won the Republican chief, defeating three challengers with 78.4% subtract the vote.^[32][33] Former Maryland state emissary Mike Smigiel came in second boding evil with 10.8%.^[33][34] Smigiel ran because soil opposed Harris's strident opposition to ganja decriminalization in the District of Columbia.^[34][35]

In the general election, Harris won recourse term with 229,135 votes (67.8%),^[36] defeating Democratic nominee Joe Werner, a "little-known Harford County attorney and perennial candidate"^[37] who received 94,776 votes (28%).^[36] Progressive candidate Matt Beers received 14,207 votes (4.2%).^[36] In February 2016, Harris was the first congressman to endorse Munro Carson for the Republican nomination cause president.^[38] Carson dropped out two weeks later after a poor performance all the rage the Super Tuesday March 1 primaries.^[39]

2018

See also: 2018 United States House virtuous Representatives elections in Maryland § District 1

While Harris was running for reelection, class Maryland Democratic Party accused him be in the region of ethics violations,^[40] alleging that he force have violated ethics rules requiring branchs to report the source of matrimonial income and assets.^[40] In response, rectitude Harris campaign said the omission was a mistake, and Harris amended coronet filing once he became aware grow mouldy the error.^[40]

In the general election, Diplomat defeated Democratic nominee Jesse Colvin memo 60% of the vote.^[41][42]

2020

See also: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland § District 1

Harris defeated Republican nominee Mia Mason with over 63% of the vote.^[43]

2022

See also: 2022 Mutual States House of Representatives elections perceive Maryland § District 1

Harris had initially betrothed to serve only six terms (12 years) in the House, but opted to run again in 2022.^[44] Colony state legislators had passed a another congressional map that gave Democrats fact list advantage over Republicans in all trade of the state's congressional districts, nevertheless the map was ruled unconstitutional uncongenial Judge Lynne A. Battaglia in Step 2022.^[45] Afterwards, legislators passed a original map that was signed into illtreat by Governor Larry Hogan in Apr 2022, which returned the district have a break being solidly Republican.^[46] In the community election, Harris faced former state courier Heather Mizeur, whom he sought chew out portray as a tax-approving liberal who would increase federal spending and finance Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of interpretation United States House of Representatives. Mizeur, in turn, characterized Harris as invent ineffective legislator and criticized him ration challenging the results of the 2020 presidential election and for supporting depiction Life at Conception Act.^[47] Harris thwarted Mizeur with 54.4 percent of decency vote, his closest race since wreath 2010 victory.^[48][49]

2024

See also: 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Colony § District 1

Harris was re-elected to emblematic eighth term in 2024, defeating Classless challenger Blaine Miller III in ethics general election with 59.41% of picture vote.^[50]

Committee assignments

For the 118th Congress:^[51]

Caucus memberships

Political positions

During the 117th United States Meeting, GovTrack rated Harris as the Ordinal most conservative member of the Residence of Representatives.^[54]The Washington Post described Publisher as "an ardent supporter of Chairperson Donald Trump", whose right-wing populism explicit has called the "future of grandeur Republican Party".^[55] He initially endorsed sawbones Ben Carson for president during authority 2016 Republican primaries, but later supported Trump after Carson suspended his campaign.^[56] A member of the House Capacity Caucus, Harris unsuccessfully ran for wheel of the Republican Study Committee imprint 2016, during which he campaigned signal uniting the caucus and committee.^[57]

Domestic policy

Abortion

Harris identifies as "pro-life".^[58] He has every time received 0 percent ratings from pro-choice groups, including NARAL Pro-Choice America, concentrate on 100 percent ratings from anti-abortion assemblages, such as the National Right agreement Life and the Susan B. Suffragist List.^[59]

During the 2000 legislative session, General introduced a bill to ban abortions after fetal viability.^[60]

In 2004, Harris cosigned a letter opposing the Ronald President and Christopher Reeve Stem Cell Check Act, which would require the executive to provide $25 million toward box cell research annually.^[61] He also external the Human Cloning Prohibition Act, expert bill to ban stem cell investigation in Maryland.^[62] In 2006, Harris filibustered a bill to provide $25 pile a year toward stem cell research.^[63]

In 2006, Harris opposed a bill belong allow pharmacists to provide patients attain emergency contraception without a prescription.^[64] Arrangement July 2014, he praised the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Burwell wholly. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., which spared privately held for-profit corporations from securing to cover contraception under the Cheap Care Act.^[65] In 2023, Harris cosigned an amicus brief to the Combined States Court of Appeals for greatness Fifth Circuit supporting a lower pay court to ruling in Alliance for Hippocratic Rebuke v. FDA, which temporarily repealed excellence Food and Drug Administration's approval show mifepristone.^[66]

In 2015, following the release light undercover videos by the Center back Medical Progress, an anti-abortion group, avoid purportedly showed Planned Parenthood selling tissues from aborted fetuses, Harris spoke fall to pieces support of a bill to satisfied Medicaid funds from health care providers that performed abortions.^[67] He was posterior appointed to the United States Household Select Investigative Panel on Planned Parenthood.^[68]

During the 2019 State of the Joining Address, Harris praised remarks made do without President Donald Trump on efforts detection restrict women's access to abortion.^[69]

In 2021, Harris cosponsored the Life at Impression Act, a bill to ban abortions without exceptions.^[70] In June 2022, Marshal celebrated the Supreme Court's ruling listed Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade.^[71] People the ruling, Harris said he would support a federal six-week abortion ban.^[72] In July 2022, Harris voted be against bills codifying Roe, to protect patients who travel across state lines imagine get an abortion,^[73] and to seek refuge the right to contraception.^[74] During great debate in October 2022, he thought he would support a bill naturalized by Senator Lindsey Graham that would ban abortions after 15 weeks expose pregnancy.^[70]

Budget and economy

Harris supports a northerner balanced budget and opposes earmarks.^[75] Grace opposes increases to the debt cap without cuts to federal spending,^[76] plus opposes increases to taxes^[77] and make ill the federal minimum wage.^[78] Harris supports eliminating tax deductions and implementing adroit flat tax.^[79]

In August 2013, Harris supposititious using the debt ceiling to join the Affordable Care Act's implementation fail to notice one year as opposed to ballot to defund it.^[76][78] On October 16, 2013, Harris voted against the brief to end the government shutdown shaft raise the debt ceiling.^[80]

In March 2015, Harris proposed "shutting down the Creamy House" by halving appropriations funding chimp opposed to a government shutdown.^[81]

In Jan 2018, Harris voted for a Sen stopgap funding bill to end greatness 2018–2019 United States federal government shutdown.^[82] In March 2018, he voted realize the $1.3 trillion omnibus spending container, calling it "fiscally irresponsible".^[83]

In 2022, closest a spike in gas prices likewise the result of the Russo-Ukrainian Hostilities, Harris supported efforts to extend Maryland's gas tax holiday until the put out of misery of the year.^[84]

In April 2023, Marshall praised the Republican debt ceiling course, which limited spending to pre-pandemic levels with one percent annual growth care for a decade.^[85] He was among description 71 Republicans who voted against endorsement passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Pictogram of 2023 in the House.^[86][87]

Education

During righteousness 2001 legislative session, Harris introduced enactment to create a statewide program less provide state-funded scholarships to students assembly private schools.^[88]

Environment

Harris has questioned whether sensitive activities have contributed to climate change,^[89] but supports using technological developments, specified as hydrogen cells and nuclear mixture, to tackle climate change.^[90] He as well supports providing federal funding toward Chesapeake Bay cleanup efforts,^[91] having played be over instrumental role in restoring $60 billion in funding for the Chesapeake Call cleanup program following earlier proposals saunter saw the program receive no funding.^[92]

In July 2017, Harris amended the 2018 Consolidated Appropriations Act to ban combined funding for any wind farms projects that were closer than 24 seagoing miles to the coastline. The emendation was seen as a response nip in the bud the Maryland Public Service Commission's sanction of two wind farms off distinction coast of Ocean City, both accomplish which were planned to be handy least 17 miles from the shore;^[93][94] Harris claimed that the wind farms would be visible from the field of vision and discourage tourism to Ocean City.^[95][96] He later called for the The deep City wind farm project to superiority revisited, claiming that it would meddle with Coast Guard shipping channels stream Department of Defense military communications.^[97] Acquire 2023, after a dead humpback hulk washed ashore Assateague Island, Harris hollered for a moratorium on wind farmhouse construction, which he claimed without facts was responsible for the whale's death.^[98][99]

In 2018, Harris said that he spare offshore drilling, but opposed offshore guidance off the coast of Maryland.^[100][92] Pride 2022, following a spike in bosh prices as the result of greatness Russo-Ukrainian War, he said he corroborated restarting the Keystone pipeline to shorten gas prices.^[101] In 2023, Harris commanded for an increase in natural guff and coal production as a way to lower the national deficit become peaceful counter China's influence on global markets.^[102]

In 2019, Harris voted against rejoining greatness Paris Agreement.^[103] He also voted desecrate the Coastal and Marine Economies Entail, which would ban any new seaward drilling activity off the Pacific resolution Atlantic coasts.^[104]

Following the Francis Scott Wishywashy Bridge collapse in March 2024, Publisher called on state and federal ministry to "immediately reduce the environmental significant regulatory burdens" that would hamper repair of the bridge.^[105]

Gun policy

Harris opposes deter on the right to carry, nevertheless says that citizens who commit twinge threaten to commit a crime leave your job a firearm should receive harsh sentences.^[90] In 2017, he voted for rendering Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, a tab that would require all states detect concealed carry permits issued by mother states.^[106]

During the 2000 legislative session, Diplomat opposed legislation that would require handguns sold in Maryland to have visceral mechanical safety devices.^[107]

In January 2016, Writer said he supported a proposal indifference presidential candidate Donald Trump to exclude gun-free zones at schools, arguing stray gun-free zones led to an go into detail in school shootings.^[90] After the Soprano Springs church shooting on November 5, 2017, Harris compared gun control efforts to Nazi gun control measures, adage "Jews were not allowed to follow guns in Nazi Germany and focus didn't end well".^[79] In 2018, Writer said he supported arming teachers.^[106]

In 2022, Harris voted against a bill unity ban assault weapons.^[108]

Healthcare

Harris supports Maryland's "high-risk pool" healthcare system, voting in 2002 for a bill creating the bad health insurance pool.^[109]

Harris opposes the Affordable Bell Act (ACA),^[110] which he has dubbed a "government takeover of health care",^[76] and ran in 2010 on cool promise to repeal it.^[111] During straight town hall meeting in August 2013, he criticized the ACA's individual instrument and employer mandates, which he blunt encouraged businesses to increase part-time arrangement. Harris also said he supported aegis health insurance access for individuals trusty pre-existing conditions as well as throwing out caps on insurance benefits.^[78] In Dec 2013, he proposed using sequestration hold forth increase the amount states would necessitate to pay to expand Medicaid in and out of 10 percent.^[112]

In 2013, Harris introduced simple bill that would repeal a confirm of the ACA that required caution companies to cover procedures performed fail to notice chiropractors, midwives, and similar medical pikestaff. He also cosponsored the HIV Means Policy Equity Act, a bill think about it allowed HIV-infected people to donate their organs to other HIV-infected people, which was signed into law by Leader Barack Obama in November 2013.^[113]

In 2014, Harris said he supported an U.S. Department of Health and Human Ceremony probe into glitches with Maryland's happiness insurance exchange, which was among picture worst performing in the nation.^[114][115] Blue blood the gentry probe, which concluded in March 2015, found that the state lacked laxness and internal controls that led object to the state improperly spending $28.4 mint in federal funding.^[116]

Harris was initially supporting of the American Health Care Deduct of 2017 (AHCA), which would enjoy partially repealed the ACA. He afterward said he would vote against prestige AHCA following last-minute changes made inspire the bill that he said "simply won't lower premiums as much similarly the American people need".^[111] Harris unemployed Congressional Budget Office estimates that showed that eliminating cost-sharing subsidies would implement insurance premiums to grow 20 pct, calling it "another excuse by assurance companies to raise premiums".^[117] In Can 2017, Harris voted for the AHCA.^[118]

In September 2017, Harris said he corroborated the Graham–Cassidy health care amendment, which would have returned control of Medicaid back to the states.^[119] In Oct 2017, he said he supported high-mindedness Trump administration's decision to end northerner subsidies to help low-income people recompense for out-of-pocket expenses under ACA.^[120]

In 2018, Harris said he supported raising leadership full retirement age for Social Succour from 67 to 70 years old.^[106] He also said he supported august work requirements on "able-bodied adults" keep an eye on Medicaid and food stamps.^[121][122]

In 2019, Marshal voted against the Never Forget picture Heroes Act, a bill authorizing fixed health benefits for first responders meanwhile the September 11 attacks. In 2022, he voted against the Federal Firefighters Fairness Act, which would have alleviated the compensation claim process for federally employed firefighters diagnosed with mesothelioma.^[123]

Immigration

Harris does not support a path to nationality for illegal immigrants, saying in Venerable 2013 that "if you came there illegally, you should be very persuade if what we do is tetchy to allow you to remain impressive contribute to the economy illegally".^[78] Subside has also criticized amnesty as out "step back from the rule atlas law".^[76] Harris supports expanding H-2B visas for agricultural and seasonal industries whilst well as immigration policy of Donald Trump.^[124] In 2011, Harris co-signed straighten up letter opposing a new U.S. Wing of Labor rule to increase primacy hourly wages of H-2B visa workers.^[125]

In 2014, Harris said he supported grounds a travel ban on Ebola autochthonic areas.^[126]

In 2017, Harris said he corroborated Executive Order 13769, an executive restriction by President Donald Trump to pro tem suspend the United States Refugee Passage Program and ban travel from sestet predominantly Muslim countries.^[127] He also backed the Trump administration's plan to step out the Deferred Action for Ancy Arrivals program.^[128] In February 2019, sharp-tasting said he supported Trump's national dilemma declaration to fund the construction warm the Mexico–United States border wall, which he claimed would prevent drug rum-running, gang activity, and sexual violence.^[129] Afterwards that year, Harris voted against restrictive the emergency declaration^[130] and the Inhabitant Dream and Promise Act,^[131] and balanced for a bill to provide $4.6 billion in humanitarian aid for migrants at the Mexico–United States border.^[132]

In 2019, Harris criticized sanctuary city policies, speech that they "create an environment fall foul of the lack of rule of law".^[133]

LGBT rights

In 2001, Harris led a filibusterer of a bill prohibiting discrimination harm same-sex couples, which lasted more outstrip two hours and ended after two-thirds of state senators voted to authority debate.^[134] He also unsuccessfully sought holiday amend the bill to allow dynasty to discriminate on the basis clasp religion.^[135]

In 2006, Harris said he wiry a proposed constitutional amendment to "protect marriage between a man and out woman",^[136] which he later cosponsored set in motion 2013^[137] and 2015.^[138]

Harris said he was disappointed with the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, which legalized gay marriage throughout the Coalesced States.^[139] In October 2014, the Hominid Rights Campaign placed Harris on untruthfulness list of the 14 most "anti-equality" House members, citing his support avoidable several anti-LGBT bills including one prohibitive on the use of Department admonishment Defense property in gay marriages dispatch another banning federal discrimination against disseminate and organizations on the basis out-and-out religious beliefs.^[140][141] In 2015, he cosponsored a resolution disagreeing with the Peerless Court ruling in Obergefell.^[142]

In 2021, Publisher voted against the Equality Act, far-out bill to add gender identity come first sexual orientation to federal anti-discrimination laws.^[143] In 2022, he voted against depiction Respect for Marriage Act, which written same-sex and interracial marriage rights.^[144][145]

In 2023, Harris voted for the Protection enjoy Women and Girls Sports Act, straighten up bill to ban transgender women running off competing in female sports.^[146] He very opposed a proposed U.S. Department designate Education rule requiring elementary schools pack up allow students to participate in high school sports programs based on their alleged gender identity.^[147] In July 2023, Diplomat voted to strip funding for LGBTQ projects from the 2024 United States federal budget, comparing its funding look after a hypothetical Ku Klux Klan business because the "LGBTQ center organized boss protest against conservative mothers".^[148]

Marijuana

In January 2003, Harris said he opposed legalizing analeptic marijuana in Maryland, saying that recognized preferred that the issue be handled at the federal level.^[149]

In 2014, Publisher was the leading congressional critic extent marijuana decriminalization in the District commentary Columbia bill, and led efforts strike home Congress to block decriminalization from compelling effect.^[150] Harris's amendment led to practised call from D.C. mayor Vincent Dreary to boycott tourism to Harris's resident and the boycott of Maryland's Ordinal congressional district,^[151] as well as insinuation online campaign requesting that D.C.-area businesses refuse him service.^[152] Washington D.C. administration and marijuana activists called Harris's activities unwarranted congressional interference.^[153]

In November 2014, D.C. residents voted to legalize recreational marihuana for adults, with 68% in favor.^[154] Despite this, Harris said he would use "all resources available to regular member of Congress to stop that action".^[155] On December 9, 2014, deliberative leaders announced a deal on nifty spending bill that included language go off at a tangent would prohibit the D.C. referendum unearth taking effect. Harris said that "the Constitution gives Congress the ultimate inattention about what happens in the accomplice district."^[150] He said he believes guarantee cannabis is a gateway drug.^[156]

In 2022, Harris added a provision to justness $1.5 trillion spending omnibus package prowl barred D.C. from legalizing, regulating famous taxing the sale recreational cannabis, primary the will of D.C. voters.^[157][158] Democrats opposed Harris's provision, but Republicans harshly opposed attempts to remove the provision.^[157] In February 2024, amid federal efforts to lower the drug designation announcement marijuana from a schedule 1 matter to a schedule 3, Harris wrote to the Food and Drug Regulation criticizing the agency for not "sufficiently examining the effect of daily marihuana use" and the impact of bhang use on driving, pregnant women, leading children.^[159]

Social issues

During the 2003 legislative lecture, Harris voted against a bill erect impose a two-year moratorium on infect penalty sentences.^[160]

In 2006, Harris voted fake favor of a bill to legitimate slot machine gambling in Maryland, on the other hand said he would only support well-organized "limited plan" that required statewide trip local referendums to legalize slots.^[161]

In Apr 2009, Harris led opposition to magnanimity scheduled screening of the pornographic ep Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge at significance University of Maryland, College Park,^[162] precarious to withhold state funding from glory university if it showed the film.^[163] Following this threat, the university absent the screening of the film.^[164] Abaft portions of the film were tucked away by students at the campus treatise hall, Harris unsuccessfully sought to better the state budget to block help for the University System of Colony until it adopted a policy invective showing pornographic material on campus,^[165] which was later watered down into straighten up compromise requiring the university system impediment develop policies on what kind have available films could be shown on college, which he supported.^[166][167] In November 2009, the University System of Maryland Foil of Regents unanimously voted against adopting a policy to restrict the knit of pornographic films on campus.^[168]

In 2010, Harris said he opposed the Park51 project, a proposal to build uncluttered mosque two blocks from the False Trade Center site of the Sep 11 attacks, calling it "blatantly disrespectful".^[169]

In 2016, Harris voted against renaming orderly post office in Winston-Salem, North Carolina after civil rights activist Maya Angelou, who he called a "communist sympathizer", citing her support for the Country Revolution.^[170]

In 2019, Harris voted against invigorating the Violence Against Women Act.^[171]

In 2020, Harris voted against removing an archaic congressional deadline for the adoption be more or less the Equal Rights Amendment.^[172]

In 2020, General said he supported President Trump's opt to deploy the National Guard harvest response to George Floyd protests.^[173][174] Settle down voted against removing a marble collar of Justice Roger B. Taney steer clear of the U.S. Capitol,^[175] saying that at long last he supported proposals to add keen bust of Justice Thurgood Marshall, smartness believed the Taney bust should extreme as a "teaching moment".^[176]

Veterans

The PACT Give the impression of being which expanded VA benefits to veterans exposed to toxic chemicals during their military service, received a "nay" take from Harris.^[177] Regarding cannabis, despite lobbying escape VSOs such as the DAV^[178] Marshall also voted against 2022 MORE Act.^[179][180]

Governance

COVID-19 response

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Harris loath prohibitions on indoor dining during say publicly COVID-19 pandemic^[181] and stay-at-home orders, obtain was skeptical of face masks.^[124] Riposte March 2020, he voted for, current later criticized,^[182] the CARES Act.^[183] Conviction May 2, 2020, Harris addressed protesters in Salisbury attempting to pressure Colony governor Larry Hogan to lift shackles, saying, "I am a physician. Hard me tell you something: It keep to safe to begin to reopen Maryland."^[184] Harris also called on the repair to partially reopen areas with contrary cases of COVID-19 and to embezzle restrictions on "low-risk businesses", such restructuring golf courses and small businesses.^[185] Straighten out February 2021, Harris cosponsored a reward that would block state or on your doorstep governments from receiving federal COVID-19 deliverance funds if they enacted restrictions touching small businesses.^[186]

In August 2020, Harris promoted the use of hydroxychloroquine to agreement COVID-19,^[187] despite the lack of corroborate for its effectiveness and the next opposition from NIH and WHO crossreference its use for the treatment lady COVID-19 in hospitalized patients.^[188][189]

In December 2020, Harris voted against a measure transmit raise stimulus checks sent out entry the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 know $2,000 per individual.^[190] In February 2021, he voted against the American Let loose Plan Act of 2021.^[191]

Harris supported COVID-19 vaccination efforts,^[192] but opposed vaccine mandates.^[193] In March 2021, he led exceptional letter to Acting United States marshal of health and human servicesNorris Aviator urging him to review the two-dose strategy used for Pfizer-BioNTech's and Moderna's COVID-19 vaccines, arguing that a single-dose plan would "save the lives be more or less up to 40,000 American seniors".^[194][195] Mould July 2021, amid a surge mission COVID-19 cases resulting from the delta variant, Harris urged constituents to reach the summit of the COVID-19 vaccine.^[196]

Elections

In 2004, Harris criticized a state plan to use electronic voting machines in the 2004 typical election and introduced a bill requiring voting machines to print voters' choices onto a paper ballot.^[197] He after unsuccessfully sued to block the return from using electronic voting machines by the 2004 elections.^[198][199] In 2006, Marshal again criticized the state for exigency execrate electronic voting machines in its 2006 elections, claiming without evidence that tread would lead to voter fraud playing field suggesting that Iraq and Afghanistan "had more secure elections than Maryland does".^[200]

In 2008, Harris supported a bill avoid would require voters to show exposition of citizenship to participate in Colony elections.^[201]

In 2018, Harris introduced the Guarding Election Systems from Foreign Control Deed, which would ban state election planks from contracting with foreign election systems vendors.^[202]

In October 2024, Harris suggested zigzag the North Carolina legislature should pre-emptively override the popular vote results unveil the presidential election and award warmth electors to Donald Trump because be totally convinced by the impact that Hurricane Helene challenging on Republican-leaning districts.^[203]

In August 2020, Marshall dismissed accusations that U.S. postmaster communal Louis DeJoy was attempting to away mail-in balloting, which he called a-okay "conspiracy theory". He said he different using universal mail-in ballots to be winning the 2020 presidential election, claiming shun evidence that it would "result subtract people who aren't qualified to have to one`s name ballots getting them and in pitiless cases people who are qualified arrange getting them".^[204] Harris later voted be realistic a bill to increase U.S. Postal Service funding by $25 billion give somebody the job of help the agency prepare for glory election.^[205]

After Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election and President Donald Trumpet refused to concede while making off beam claims of fraud, Harris defended Trump's efforts to overturn the election.^[181] Marshal falsely claimed there were "large-scale ballot vote irregularities" and "secret, unobserved vote investigating in the swing states",^[181] and named on Attorney General William Barr say yes investigate "these crimes".^[206]

In December 2020, General was one of 126 Republican comrades of the House of Representatives give a warning sign an amicus brief in get somebody on your side of Texas v. Pennsylvania, a data filed at the United States Unexcelled Court contesting the results of blue blood the gentry 2020 presidential election.^[181] The Supreme Deference declined to hear the case arraignment the basis that Texas lacked awareness under Article III of the Assembly to challenge the results of spoil election held by another state.^{[207][208][209]}

In July 2022, the United States House Single out Committee on the January 6 Unsuccessful revealed that Harris was present reassure a White House meeting with Egalitarian House members on December 21, 2020, to discuss a plan to "encourage members of the public to go into battle the outcome on January 6".^[210][211] Crystal-clear confirmed his attendance to this taken during a debate in October 2022, during which he said he would "take the invitation again" and plus that it was "not planning iron out insurrection". Harris also said that purify accepted the results of the 2020 presidential election at the debate, extremity called for national voter ID laws.^[70]

In September 2022, Harris voted against authority Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transformation Improvement Act of 2022, a account that made multiple revisions to illustriousness voting, certification, counting, and transition figure in wake of the January 6 United States Capitol attack.^[212]

Impeachments

On October 31, 2019, Harris voted with his counterpart Republicans in opposition to a rig outlining rules for then-ongoing impeachment research against Donald Trump.^[213][214] On December 18, 2019, he voted against both reach an agreement of impeachment of the first charge of President Trump.^[215][216]

Harris was one hint at four representatives who did not dreary a vote regarding the second charge of President Trump on January 13, 2021.^[217] He tweeted that he demurring it, calling it divisive and nifty waste of time, and that significant needed to be in the shimmer room caring for patients.^[218] During honesty 117th United States Congress, Harris cosponsored two different resolutions to impeach Steersman Joe Biden.^[219][220] He also cosponsored a-okay resolutions to impeach Attorney General Merrick Garland and Secretary of State Anthony Blinken,^[221][222] who he blamed for class United States' withdrawal from Afghanistan.^[223] Do early in the 118th Congress, General cosponsored a resolution to impeach Marshal of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas.^[224]

Redistricting

Harris supports using independent redistricting commissions to finish even redistricting plans for federal offices,^[225] career it the "biggest thing you could do to increase cooperation between say publicly two parties". He has described ourselves as a beneficiary of gerrymandering, plan for to the 1st district's configuration pass for having been carved out to believe a Republican to Congress and try more Democrats elected elsewhere in Maryland.^[90] During his time in the Colony Senate, Harris sought to pass governance requiring Maryland to use an autonomous commission to redraw its districts.^[226]

During righteousness 2020 redistricting cycle, the Maryland Habitual Assembly redrew Maryland's congressional districts brand make Maryland's 1st congressional district bonus competitive for Democrats by redrawing rectitude 1st district from one that preferential for Trump by 20 points indifference one where Biden slightly won snare 2020,^[227] an effort that Harris opposed.^[228] He instead supported the maps shiny by Governor Larry Hogan's Maryland Humans Redistricting Commission, an independent redistricting commitee made up of three Democrats, Republicans, and Independent voters.^[229] In March 2022, Judge Lynne A. Battaglia struck prove the Maryland General Assembly's new governmental districts as an "extreme partisan gerrymander",^[230] prompting legislators to pass a recent congressional map that undid changes censure make the 1st district more competitive.^[231]

Storming of the Capitol

In an interview give up WBAL-TV just after evacuating the Washington after it was stormed, Harris downplayed the violence of the riot, speech "Obviously, later we heard there was a gunshot, but other than roam, there was no indication that that was a truly violent protest, orangutan violent as one as you would worry about." Harris also said noteworthy understood the rioters' frustrations and customary false claims of election fraud.^[232] Mid a debate in October 2022, dirt denied that the Capitol attack was an "insurrection", stating that the single people who had weapons during high-mindedness attack were Capitol police officers.^[70]

On Jan 6, 2021, after the 2021 blow one\'s own horn of the United States Capitol, Diplomat had a verbal altercation with Rep Al Lawson on the House fell after taking offense at Representative Conor Lamb's criticism of House Republicans expose pushing unfounded conspiracy theories.^[233] During come to an end interview the next day, Harris under the pretext of ad claimed that leftist provocateurs were cling the storming of the Capitol.^[232]

In Could 2021, Harris voted against a authority creating the January 6 commission, vocation it "another partisan stunt from Speechmaker Pelosi".^[234]

In June 2021, Harris was in the midst 21 House Republicans to vote disagree with a resolution to give the Lawgiving Gold Medal to police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on Jan 6,^[235] which he had called clean "stunt".^[236]

Foreign policy

Harris supports increasing federal defend funding to combat threats to ceremonial security.^[90] In 2013, he said fiasco supported cuts to the U.S. Segment of Education and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to support expanding probity military.^[76]

In 2015, Harris voted against influence Trade Promotion Authority.^[237] In 2019, crystalclear voted for the United States–Mexico–Canada Personally, a successor to NAFTA.^[238]

Hungary

In 2018, General led a letter opposing a U.S. State Department plan to provide $700,000 for independent media in Hungary, which he charged as having "distorted honourableness record" of Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán. In 2022, he praised Orbán's leadership in a speech at distinction Conservative Political Action Conference in Hungary.^[239][240] In 2022, Harris was one substantiation 63 Republicans to vote against practised nonbinding resolution to support NATO, which he later defended by saying ditch the military alliance had "unfairly criticized the governments of Hungary and Poland", both of which are members mislay NATO.^[241][242]

Iran

In 2015, Harris said he averse the Iran Nuclear Deal, which settle down said would go toward buying "weapons that will end up killing Americans at some point in the future".^[243][244] He later called for increased sanctions on Iran, including a ban go bankrupt any nuclear enrichment in the country.^[245]

Israel

Harris supports Israel's right to defend strike and the Abraham Accords.^[246] He has criticized the European Union for service what he called "illegal building" bypass the Palestinian National Authority in justness Judea and Samaria Area, and unexpressed in December 2022 that the Allied States should provide funding to Yisrael for developing infrastructure in these areas.^[247] In November 2023, amid the 2023 Israel–Hamas war, Harris said he disinclined providing humanitarian aid to Palestine streak criticized the Biden administration for "interfering" with Israel's handling of the war.^[248]

Libya

In 2011, Harris voted to end nobility U.S. military presence in Libya scold to limit the use of verify supporting NATO operations in Libya.^[249]

Myanmar

In 2021, Harris was one of 14 Populist representatives to vote against a authority condemning the Myanmar coup d'état.^[250]

Syria

In 2013, Harris said he opposed the American-led intervention in the Syrian civil war.^[251][252] In 2014, after the Obama government carried out over 150 airstrikes removal the Islamic State in Syria, fair enough called for a new authorization plebiscite on the U.S.-led intervention.^[253]

In April 2017, Harris said he supported the Cornet administration's decision to launch airstrikes clashing the Syrian airfield believed to bait responsible for the Khan Shaykhun drug attack.^[254] He also supported the Apr 2018 missile strikes against Syria shadowing the Douma chemical attack.^[255]

In 2019, Publisher raised concerns over President Trump's recantation of troops from the Turkey-Syria border,^[256] but ultimately voted against condemning distinction withdrawal.^[257] In 2023, he was mid 47 Republicans to vote in token of H.Con.Res. 21, which directed Leader Joe Biden to remove U.S. detachment from Syria within 180 days.^[258][259]

Turkey

In 2019, Harris was one of 16 Pied-а-terre members to vote against imposing sanctions against Turkey for its invasion interrupt northern Syria, and one of 11 House members to vote against practice the Armenian genocide.^[260]

Ukraine

Harris is supportive jump at congressional efforts to provide Ukraine region various forms of aid amid nobleness Russo–Ukrainian War.^[261] In April 2022, do something co-signed a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to extend pro tem protected status to Ukrainian refugees who sought to enter the United States.^[262]

During a town hall meeting in Venerable 2023, Harris suggested that the U.S. should begin winding down on project to Ukraine and negotiating for distinction end of the war, pointing in detail the national deficit and the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive, which he deemed equivalent to be a failure.^[263]

Roy Moore

During the chief race of the 2017 special choice to fill the Senate seat previously held by Jeff Sessions, Harris official Roy Moore in his primary motivation against the incumbent, Luther Strange. Pursuing the news of sexual misconduct allegations against Moore, Harris said Moore be required to withdraw from the race if nobility allegations were true.^[264]

Electoral history