I’ve been elected to be the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee.
It’s a very tough choice but a great choice. I’m learning to live with some political and personal uncertainty here. Senate?Ī: It’s an odd position for me because I have only run for two offices before, the Maryland state senate and the U.S. Q: What can you share about your current thinking about a possible run for the U.S. There were days during chemotherapy when I probably had only 5 percent of my energy. So I don’t feel neuropathy or nausea, my sense of taste is mostly restored, food is really good! I don’t have a 100 percent of my energy back, but I have 80 percent. But having rung the bell more than three weeks ago, I also feel great because the side effects of chemotherapy have abated. Q: How are you feeling following your battle with chemotherapy, which you’ve described as a “best friend and worst enemy” because it had such a debilitating impactĪ: I’m feeling great now because the doctors say the cancer is in remission and they see no signs of cancer cells left, so that’s a remarkably good feeling to have. So, there’s real unhappiness over the whole evolution of this controversy. We understand that President Biden has been put into a difficult position by the Republicans being driven by the MAGA right. Nobody on the Democratic side is happy about the situation we’re in. There is a general unease about making any deal with the MAGA right, which had no problem with Donald Trump’s adding [$8 trillion) to the nation’s debt, one-quarter of everything we owe, and then turn around and use the debt ceiling as a bludgeon in order to dismantle social spending on health care, veterans, education and the environment. There’s a plan for a two-year extension of the debt ceiling but we haven’t seen the details. Treasury can no longer pay its bills?Ī: We have had indication that there has been real progress towards a framework for a resolution. Q: What’s your view on the very delicate negotiations to avert a default if the debt ceiling is not raised before the U.S. The cancer is now in remission.Įxcerpts from the interview follow, lightly edited for length: Raskin, 60, has recently recovered from grueling but successful chemotherapy treatment for lymphoma. It was the second time Trump was acquitted on impeachment charges.) But two-thirds, or 67 votes, were needed to convict. 13, 2021, although majority of senators voted 57-43 to convict him, including seven Republicans. (Trump was acquitted by the Senate on Feb.
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In the House, he was the lead manager during the impeachment trial of former President Trump for his role in the attempted insurrection. He’s in his fourth term representing part of Montgomery County and is the ranking member of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability. Senate from Maryland next year and expects to make a decision in early June. “I’m thrilled to reconnect with the people in your part of New England.” “It’s a part of our country that has always been fertile soil for movements for democracy and freedom,” he said. During an interview with The Eagle on Friday afternoon while en route to the Berkshires from Maryland, Raskin said he was looking forward to his return visit.
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