My first real meeting with Mike Miller was about 30 years ago. I was a lowly delegate. He was President of the Senate.
I had a very controversial bill. It would have had Maryland adopt California’s vehicle emission standards. To the shock – and horror – of the House leadership, it passed the House of Delegates by one vote.
I got an immediate call from Sen. Gerald Winegrad [an Anne Arundel Democrat and environmental leader]. He told me to go see Mike Miller right away. He said that the President could assign the bill to the Education and Environmental Affairs Committee (EEA) or the Judicial Proceedings Committee (JPR). If it went to EEA. Winegrad could get it through. If it went to JPR, it was dead.
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