Washington Jewish Week has endorsed John Delaney for Congress in Maryland’s Sixth District.
In the Nov. 4 vote, the Jewish community in the Maryland suburbs has two outstanding members of Congress who deserve re-election. Chris Van Hollen (D-District 8) and John Delaney (D-District 6) serve their districts well, and we endorse them.
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Like Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Delaney has worked to publicize the plight of a Jewish constituent unjustly imprisoned. Three years ago, Warren Weinstein, also a USAID worker, was kidnapped by al-Qaida in Pakistan. In August, Mr. Delaney introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives calling for President Obama’s administration “to use all the lawful tools at its disposal to bring Warren Weinstein home.”
A first-term legislator, Mr. Delaney has put forward legislation to address the nation’s crumbling roads and bridges. In lieu of congressional agreement on rescuing the national infrastructure, Mr. Delaney proposed a public-private infrastructure bank to pay for this critical need.
Both legislators are good friends of Israel. They share similar views about threats from Iran and the Islamic State: Cautious optimism about negotiations over Iran’s nuclear ambitions and support for Mr. Obama’s no-American-boots-on-the-ground strategy against ISIS.
Both men represent our area well. And from the apparent lack of serious competition, it appears that others acknowledge the same thing.