COVID-19 Health Resources Learn more from MD Department of Health Accessibility Information Search Search Contact Us THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR LARRY HOGAN Biographies Governor Larry Hogan Lt. Governor Boyd K. Rutherford First Lady Yumi Hogan Stay Informed COVID-19 Response Accountability Session 2020 Renewable Energy Task Force Citizens Redistricting Commission Governor’s Photos Intern Leadership Program Maryland General Assembly Maryland.gov Submit PIA Request PIA Compliance Board Governor Larry Hogan’s Newsletter State Transparency and Accountability Reform Commission Governor Hogan Discusses Vaccines, Violent Crime, Legislative Session on WBAL Radio’s “The C4 and Bryan Nehman Show” ANNAPOLIS, MD—During an appearance on “The C4 and Bryan Nehman Show” today, Governor Larry Hogan discussed Maryland’s continued progress on COVID-19 vaccinations, the 2021 legislative session, and violent crime in Baltimore City. (Listen) On Vaccines: “The good news is, we’ve now hit 3.2 million vaccines. We did 76,000 of them yesterday. We’ve already got 78% of all the people over 65 vaccinated, [and] 48% of all the people over 18, so we’re almost 80% of all the folks that were at the highest risk, and we’re almost 50% of everybody that’s eligible, so we’re making great progress. Just yesterday we registered 100,000 more people for our mass vax sites with pre-registration. We’ve done 650,000 of those already, so we’re making progress. “We’ve said from the beginning we’re going to build an infrastructure. All we were waiting for was the vaccines, and we’ve got now 3,000 points of distribution: 485 pharmacies, we’re sending them out to doctors’ offices, we have more mass vax sites than I think any other state. We just got one of the few in the country that FEMA’s put up with us. … Our rate of vaccination is blowing away the national numbers. We’re number four in America for vaccinating African Americans, our rate of doing that. We were praised for having the best equity plan in the country out of all 50 states. So I know a lot of people at the beginning were frustrated—so were we when we didn’t have enough vaccines—but I thank all the thousands of people [who] are working to get millions of people vaccinated, and they’re all doing an incredible job.” On the Legislative Session: “We are interested in some reasonable reforms. Police reform is an important topic, and I think there were a number of positive steps that the legislature had proposed. There’s been back and forth between the Senate and House. The Senate had passed nine different bills, some of which were really good. They all got totally rewritten over the past day or two by the House and they basically put some poison pills in each of the bills and combined them all together with some of the worst possible stuff, along with some positive reforms. We’re just going to have to take a careful look at each one.” On Violent Crime: “Last year we had a tough crime package to get the violent repeat offenders off of the streets. We had bills for tougher sentencing for people who commit crimes with guns and who repeatedly shoot people on the streets of Baltimore. It passed the Senate overwhelmingly and it got stopped in the House. The same thing is happening this year. I hope your listeners will weigh in with the House members. We still got a few days left here. But a good anti-crime bill did pass the Senate once again, it’s being held up in the House and it has not come up for a vote. Instead they’re focused on a bunch of things that are going to make it harder for police to do their jobs and make it easier for violent criminals to continue committing crimes, and it’s crazy. “This is the number one issue in every single poll, and the people of Baltimore are very concerned about the violent crime, as are people all around the state. The city leaders and the legislators continue to fight every effort to stop this crime. I was shocked and outraged yesterday by the mayor’s crazy comments about his desire to defund the police and to slash their budget and shrink them for the next five years. That is the worst possible thing we could do to stop the violent crime in Baltimore City.” -###– Press Release Archives Select Month December 2021 (6) November 2021 (35) October 2021 (35) September 2021 (33) August 2021 (41) July 2021 (26) June 2021 (52) May 2021 (53) April 2021 (53) March 2021 (71) February 2021 (64) January 2021 (42) December 2020 (35) November 2020 (28) October 2020 (27) September 2020 (30) August 2020 (39) July 2020 (23) June 2020 (33) May 2020 (27) April 2020 (25) March 2020 (53) February 2020 (34) January 2020 (33) December 2019 (22) November 2019 (20) October 2019 (20) September 2019 (19) August 2019 (12) July 2019 (19) June 2019 (15) May 2019 (18) April 2019 (13) March 2019 (25) February 2019 (13) January 2019 (20) December 2018 (17) November 2018 (23) October 2018 (26) September 2018 (17) August 2018 (20) July 2018 (20) June 2018 (18) May 2018 (26) April 2018 (20) March 2018 (19) February 2018 (16) January 2018 (21) December 2017 (14) November 2017 (15) October 2017 (19) September 2017 (16) August 2017 (17) July 2017 (10) June 2017 (23) May 2017 (16) April 2017 (14) March 2017 (16) February 2017 (15) January 2017 (22) December 2016 (20) November 2016 (14) October 2016 (16) September 2016 (30) August 2016 (21) July 2016 (16) June 2016 (17) May 2016 (15) April 2016 (16) March 2016 (23) February 2016 (16) January 2016 (28) December 2015 (19) November 2015 (9) October 2015 (14) September 2015 (12) August 2015 (12) July 2015 (12) June 2015 (20) May 2015 (27) April 2015 (18) March 2015 (7) February 2015 (15) January 2015 (3) Customer Service Promise The State of Maryland pledges to provide constituents, businesses, customers, and stakeholders with friendly and courteous, timely and responsive, accurate and consistent, accessible and convenient, and truthful and transparent services. 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