VIDEO LIBRARY OF PAUL SCHWARTZ
Paul Schwartz has been married for more than 40 years to his lovely wife Ruthy, has two children and six grandchildren, and currently resides in an historic little town in Montgomery County, Maryland which just happened to have served as the capital of the United States for one day on August 26, 1814 during the War of 1812.
He was an official with the federal government for 37 years working for U.S. Customs at the World Trade Center in New York and, later, Headquarters in Washington. He served in the Department of Homeland Security when that department was created in 2003 and completed his federal career at FEMA post Katrina.
After his retirement from federal service, he became a member of a subcommittee for the National Commission on Children and Disasters, worked as an advocate for gun safety in the aftermath of the Newtown tragedy and worked to have passed Maryland’s Firearms Safety Act of 2013, worked on President Obama’s 2012 campaign and Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh’s successful 2014 campaign, has worked in support of Congressman John Sarbanes’ efforts to reform campaign financing, is serving as the State Legislative Committee chairperson for the NARFE Maryland Federation, and is currently a member of Montgomery County’s Committee on Public Election Funds…AND he is very proud to have been a weekly columnist for the Montgomery County Sentinel.
Charles County Maryland Democratic Central Committee Town Hall March 8, 2025
Paul Schwartz Candidate Statement Video
District14 MCDCC Forum January 3, 2023
Greater Olney Civic Association District 7 Forum June 9, 2022
Olney Chamber of Commerce Forum May 24, 2022
GREATER OLNEY CIVIC ASSOCIATION DISTRICT 7 CANDIDATE FORUM April 7th WITH PAUL SCHWARTZ (58 min. mark)
Podcast with Dr. Jessica Hasson, May 25, 2022
Paul Schwartz Addressing the Guru Gobind Singh Foundation
Sandy Spring Civic Association District 7 Candidate Forum March 21st.
https://youtu.be/ybQxDqbA_6I
https://youtu.be/luPrehfPuOE
https://youtu.be/6_tsrnlVBUM
https://youtu.be/nYGEjquY8HM
https://youtu.be/UtrG2DrLV90
White Paper on Senior Migration/Tax Relief
https://mdnarfe.org/the-maryland-federation/committees/legislative-state/
Paul Schwartz Testimony Before Senate Budget & Taxation Committee:
SB 405 Retirement Tax Elimination Act of 2022 and SB 344 Retirement Tax Reduction Act of 2022
https://www.youtube.com/embed/Sf0wN-_f8y8?start=3909&end=4054
Montgomery
https://youtu.be/sF5P5QaG_fI
https://youtu.be/_EciMcz3s3g
https://youtu.be/KvUyScrJE_o
https://youtu.be/tQ2dUnKZCbA
INTERVIEWS I HAVE CONDUCTED:
With Congressman Jamie Raskin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lxtr0nOozw&t=1376s
With Senator Chris Van Hollen:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=haueN4GEFjo
With Congressman John Sarbanes
PAUL’S VIEW VIDEOS I HAVE DONE:
164 Years of The Sentinel – https://youtu.be/RTZ2tZ9nWAw
On impeachment – https://youtu.be/ZWlq8YnsBns
On White House press briefings – https://youtu.be/Zkvu9y_M7vg
On gun control – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cinBTyA5C-o
On tariffs – https://youtu.be/mQyH4V5519I
On taxes – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjGvihzwv1Y
On Nixon/Trump – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2ItseRvlLs
Successful businessman – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-GwkypyYnw
Investigate or legislate – https://youtu.be/eNTWM23JPBc
Trump Foreign Policy – https://youtu.be/QkCXWVL4sHE
July 4th Speech – https://youtu.be/8wuOV93UJ_A
Biden’s the one – https://youtu.be/K5MK9qrAVnI
Controlling the Narrative – https://youtu.be/J6jy_d2BAmE
Gun Safety – https://youtu.be/R-4sbT00SuA
America – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5-tBeruxF4
Aunt Esther – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3JyLOF4qAs
INTERVIEWS I HAVE GIVEN:
A Miner Detail Podcast
November 9, 2020.
https://fb.watch/1H2Wl2lyeg/
https://soundcloud.com/paul-schwartz-927898630/a-miner-detail-podcast-with-paul-schwartz?fbclid=IwAR0zsqYsWk-hS4AvIprOF6VoTTgMhv1PjLe7BMTZIiNIDr-6t3f0E8wkCmU
A Miner Detail Podcast Interview – August 4, 2020
https://www.facebook.com/AMinerDetail/videos/2748496358713194/
Just Ask the Question Podcast
Just Ask the Question Podcast Interview – July 22, 2020
Takoma Radio
https://mont.thesentinel.com/2019/02/08/the-federal-tax-plan-issue/
Is there any doubt that there exists waste, fraud and abuse in the federal government? Undoubtedly, no. Look no further than the myriad government contracts, especially with the Department of Defense, which are intended to bring in experts to address a specific issue or need but somehow find a way to continue to exist in perpetuity.
However, the question we need to face is not whether there is waste, fraud or abuse in government, but, rather, are the efforts to dismantle the federal government intended to root out waste, fraud and abuse? The answer to that question is an unequivocal no. How do we know that? Because if it were, one of the first steps of the new administration would not have been to fire the slate of inspectors general whose sole responsibility is to root out waste, fraud and abuse in the government agencies they oversee. Nor would there have been a focus on firing government employees with probationary status since those employees have not been in their present positions long enough to have committed any extensive waste, fraud or abuse.
So, let’s set the record straight. The reason behind the attempts to remove so many career employees and the experience they have gained over their years of service is found in Project 2025 and Schedule F, the policy now called Schedule Policy/Career. Schedule P/C calls for replacing some 50,000 or more career federal employees with political appointees. Why, you ask? Clearly, stocking the federal government with political appointees makes it easier to circumvent the rules and regulations that some elements of the business community find so problematic.
So, who, then, are the victims of the government-wide effort to dismantle so many federal agencies? Certainly those federal employees who lost their jobs are victims. So too are the federal employees who may have kept their jobs but whose benefits are being threatened. Likewise, so too are federal retirees whose benefits are constantly at risk since they fall under discretionary spending.
What too many Americans do not yet realize is that everyone is a potential victim of the dismantling of our government. With the across-the-board cuts to agency staff, many of the government services we have all become accustomed to relying on are being threatened. Remember, the goal of business may be to make a profit, but the goal of government is to provide services. The food safety inspectors who inspect our food, the rules in place to ensure safe drinking water and clean air, the delivery of our mail and at an affordable price, our reliance on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to help us prepare for oncoming weather events before they hit us, the Social Security Administration issuing social security checks in a timely manner, the air traffic controllers who manage the safety of incoming and outgoing flights, and so many more too numerous to list are all at risk of diminished effectiveness with drastically reduced staffs.
So, what can you do about it? Raise your voice to your elected officials regardless of whether you are in a blue, red or purple state. Tell your friends and neighbors in other states to do the same because of what is at stake for them as well as for you.
The Washington metropolitan area, including much of Maryland, accounts for more than 20% of the federal workforce. That means some 80% can be found in the rest of the country. Everyone from sea to shining sea will to some extent be impacted by this chainsaw to our federal government. Every state needs to be made aware that no one is “immune” to the damage being done.
Maryland took a major step forward by passing the Protect Our Federal Workers Act this past legislative session. This bill, signed by Gov. Wes Moore into law, not only provides financial support for many of Maryland’s federal employees impacted by these budget cuts but also authorizes our attorney general to represent many of those impacted.
Lastly, I want to pull back the curtain on the claim that the federal government is “bloated.” As of Jan. 20, 2025, there were fewer federal employees than there were when the population of the country was two-thirds of what it is today. Automation contributed greatly to reducing the federal workforce. Let’s continue to streamline to make the government more efficient, not less.
Paul K. Schwartz is a regional vice president for the nonprofit National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association. He lives in Maryland.
