Dear Fellow Marylanders, The 118th Congress started its first session in earnest this week, with senators able to introduce legislation and resolutions that are personal passions and at the top of their priority list. For me, among early legislation on tax policy and health care, I am continuing the fight against a pernicious practice that is debilitating to the world’s economy, good governance and global security: corruption. Corruption threatens our national security, economic equity, global anti-poverty and development efforts, and democracy itself. Corruption is a crime in the U.S., but in many other countries, it unfortunately is the cost of doing business. In 1977, led by Senator...