Ellis Colvin
DemocraticQ1 Maryland residents are facing sharply rising electricity bills driven by a combination of power plant retirements, surging market prices, and rapidly growing demand (including from the proliferation of data centers across the region). If elected, what specific steps will you take to address the causes of high energy costs for Maryland residents and businesses, including data centers?
“My America@Work plan is to deliver $100B in FDI for high tech jobs in semiconductors manufacturing, robotics production, quantum computing, and industrial AI and to provide new 21 Century employing over 50,000 people.”
Q3 Maryland faces public health challenges ranging from stark socioeconomic health disparities, a behavioral health and opioid crisis that disproportionately impacts communities of color, gaps in rural mental health access, and a strained public health infrastructure. What evidence-based policies do you support to improve community health for your constituents?
“Support policies with evidence-based models for type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and obesity.”
Q4 Across the state of Maryland, science and STEM education cultivate interest at a lower rate than intended, too few community-college students successfully transfer and complete bachelor’s degrees, and college affordability remains vulnerable to shifts in federal student aid and support. What evidence-based policies do you support to build a strong science and STEM pipeline from public schools and K-12 programs through colleges and universities for the next generation of Marylanders?
“Strongly support K-12 STEM pipeline program with industry.”
Q5 What policies, if any, do you support or envision for managing land-based resources in your district (i.e. water, open-space preserves, parks)?
“Support managing land based programs that sustain agriculture, food access, clean water.”
Q6 What advisory mechanisms will you implement to ensure that evidence and scientific findings play a crucial role in your policymaking process?
“Implement legislation and Congressionally Directed Actions (CDA) to advance science programs.”
Q7 What initiatives will you take to support investment in innovation via federal science funding?
“My initiative will be sponsor legislation cutting DoW and DHS funding and to advance science investments and funding.”