SAVING TAXPAYER DOLLARS & CREATING A MORE TRANSPARENT GOVERNMENT

As a member of the Senate’s Budget & Taxation Committee, it’s Sarah’s job to ensure Maryland passes a balanced, responsible budget that reflects our State’s priorities. Even with this balanced budget, Sarah always works to find efficiencies and build greater transparency for Marylanders.

What Sarah’s done: As your Senator, Sarah championed successful legislation to: save taxpayers $3 million annually of waste, fraud, and abuse in Maryland’s critically important 529 Save4College Program; ensure the public had more ability to weigh in on potential budget cuts before the Board of Public Works; mandate stronger reporting and accountability of the spending of Anne Arundel County’s hotel tax revenues; and require the Department of Environment and the Department of Natural Resources to publish data to the public concerning violations of environmental and conservation laws.

What’s next: Sarah will continue working to make Maryland’s government more transparent and accountable to its citizens.