MARYLAND & THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

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[photo, John P. Sarbanes, U.S. Representative, Maryland] JOHN P. SARBANES (Democrat), U.S. Representative, 3rd Congressional District (parts of Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Howard & Montgomery counties, & Baltimore City), Maryland

Capitol Hill:
2444 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-4016; fax: (202) 225-9219
web: http://sarbanes.house.gov

Anne Arundel County:
Arundel Center, Suite 349
44 Calvert St., Annapolis MD 21401
(410) 295-1679; fax: (410) 295-1682

Member of U.S. House of Representatives since January 4, 2007. Member, Natural Resources Committee, 2007- (energy & mineral resources subcommittee, 2009-; national parks, forests & public lands subcommittee, 2007-); Science, Space and Technology Committee, 2011- (research & science education subcommittee, 2011-; technology & innovation subcommittee, 2011-). Member, Committee on Education and Labor, 2007-08 (early childhood, elementary & secondary education subcommittee, 2007-08; healthy families & communities subcommittee, 2007-08); Oversight and Government Reform Committee, 2007-08 (federal workforce, postal service, & district of columbia subcommittee, 2007-08); Energy and Commerce Committee, 2009-11 (commerce, trade & consumer protection subcommittee, 2009-11; health subcommittee, 2009-11).

Special Assistant to State Superintendent of Schools, State Department of Education, 1998-2005.

Resident of Towson. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, May 22, 1962. Attended Gilman School; Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, A.B., cum laude, 1984; Fulbright Scholar, Greece, 1985; Harvard University School of Law, J.D., 1988. Law clerk to Judge J. Frederick Motz, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, 1988-89. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1988. Attorney, Venable, LLP, 1989-2006 (chair, health care practice; hiring committee, 1992-96). Member, American Bar Association; Maryland State Bar Association. Founding member, Board of Trustees, Dunbar Project, 1990-94. Board of Directors, Public Justice Center, 1991-2006 (president, 1994-97); Institute for Christian and Jewish Studies, 1991- (past chair, membership committee). Board of Trustees, Maryland Historical Society, 2007-. Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention, 2008, 2012. Unsung Hero Award, Maryland Chapter, Association of Fundraising Professionals, 2006. Arthur W. Machen, Jr., Award, Maryland Legal Services Corp., 2006. Married; three children.

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