MARYLAND STATE SENATE

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ULYSSES CURRIE, Democrat, District 25, Prince George's County.

Member of Senate since 1995. Assistant Deputy Majority Whip, 1996-. Member, Budget and Taxation Committee, 1995- (capital budget subcommittee; public safety, economic development and natural resources subcommittee); Joint Committee to Study Mandates on Local Government, 1995-; Joint Committee on Welfare Reform, 1996-. Senate Chair, Joint Committee on the Management of Public Funds, 1995-. Senate Chair, Joint Audit Committee, 1997-. Chair, Prince George's County Delegation, 1997-.

Member, House of Delegates, 1987-94. Majority Whip. Member, Appropriations Committee, 1990-94 (vice-chair, human resources & public safety subcommittee); Legislative Policy Committee, 1991-94; Joint Budget and Audit Committee, 1991-94; Joint Subcommittee on Program Open Space and Agricultural Land Preservation, 1991-94; Rules and Executive Nominations Committee, 1992-94.

Member, Governor's Commission on Black Males, 1990-96; Task Force on Education Funding in Prince George's County, 1995-96; Child Care Administration Advisory Council, 1995-; Task Force on Law Enforcement of Cabinet Council on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, 1995-; Governor's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities, 1995-; Task Force to Examine the Welfare Reform Legislation on Legal Immigrants in Maryland, 1996-97.

Born in Whiteville, North Carolina. North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State College, B.S., 1959. Served in U.S. Army, 1960-63. The American University, M.A., 1968. Educator, Prince George's County, 25 years. Charter member, Coalition for Handicapped Children. Member, Association of School-Based Administrators and Supervisors of Prince George's County, Maryland; Mental Health Association of Prince George's County, Inc. Board member, First Generation College Bound. Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention, 1996. Married; two sons.

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