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MARTIN G. MADDEN, Republican, District 13, Howard & Prince George's Counties.
Member of Senate since 1995. Minority Leader, 1998-. Senate Chair, Joint Committee on Welfare Reform, 1996-. Member, Finance Committee, 1995- (chair, welfare reform subcommittee); Rules Committee, 1995-; Legislative Policy Committee, 1999-; Special Joint Committee on Pensions, 1999-. Member, Special Joint Committee on Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program, 1995-98; Joint Subcommittee on Program Open Space and Agricultural Land Preservation, 1995-98; Spending Affordability Committee, 1998.
Member, House of Delegates, 1991-94. Member, Economic Matters Committee, 1991-94 (workers' compensation subcommittee).
Member, Governor's Commission on Baltimore City Automobile-Insurance Rate Reduction, 1995-96; Task Force to Examine the State's Cemetery and Funeral Industry, 1996; Task Force to Study Patient and Provider Appeal and Grievance Mechanisms, 1996; Task Force to Examine the Welfare Reform Legislation on Legal Immigrants in Maryland, 1996-97; Task Force to Examine the Mortgage Lending Business, 1997; Commission on Inadvertent Displacement, 1997-98; Governor's Work Force Investment Board, 1998-.
Born in Washington, DC, May 24, 1949. Iona College, B.A. (economics), 1971. Insurance agent. Elected member, Prince George's County Republican Central Committee, 1982-83. Board of Directors, Literacy Council of Prince George's County, 1989-90; St. Vincent Pallotti High School, Laurel, 1989-; Martin C. Punke Foundation, 1991-. Member, Citizens Against Spousal Abuse (CASA); Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD); Sierra Club; Kiwanis Club of Laurel; Knights of Columbus; Elk Ridge Heritage Society; Clarksville Ridge Citizens Association. Member, St. Louis Church. Married; four children.
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