Silver Spring, MD - This morning Senator Roger Manno was guest speaker at the Alliance for Retured Americans (ARA) national conference held at the National Labor College.

Roger, a member of the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee and the Health and Human Services Subcommittee, discussed Maryland's budget and revenue challenges, and related challenges from the nation's federal budget deficit-cutting measures of the congressional "Supercommittee." Roger is one of Maryland's leading labor advocates, and represents the state's largest population of seniors and retirees -- including areas of Silver Spring, Olney, Leisure World, Kemp Mill, Derwood, Gaithersburg and Laytonsville.

Founded in  2001 by a broad coalition of AFL-CIO affiliated unions and community-based organizations, ARA unites over three and a half million retirees and seniors who are committed to one common goal- to advocate for and truly benefit America's elderly population.

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