WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, released the following statement on passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, which will allow […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and author of the Elie Wiesel Global Atrocities and Prevention Act (P.L. 115-441), and […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) today announced $5,000,000 to spur scientific and technological research at Morgan State University in […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) released the following statement in commemoration of Memorial Day, which will be recognized on Monday, May 29, 2023. “Today, we honor the brave […]
Read MorePHILADELPHIA (May 26, 2023) – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) joined the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today in announcing $1,791,543 for Maryland from President Joe Biden’s Investing in America Agenda to […]
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BALTIMORE – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Co-Chair of the U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission), a member of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, and Special […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), the second-ranking Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), released the following statement on the news that Chairman Tom Carper […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), joined Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), in writing a bipartisan letter to U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, Under Secretary of Commerce for […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, today released a report titled “Impacts of Budget Cuts and Brinkmanship on Small […]
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WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) reintroduced the Safe Environment from Countries Under Repression and in Emergency (SECURE) Act, legislation to […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Chris Coons (D-Del.) introduced the SCORE for Small Business Act today to reauthorize and improve the SCORE program and invest in the […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today reintroduced the Democracy Restoration Act of 2023 (DRA), which would finally end the permanent denial of voting rights nationwide for individuals with criminal convictions who […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, and Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) applauded the Biden Administration’s launch of a new workforce hub in Baltimore to […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, and Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) today announced $24,671,056 to help six Maryland-based community financial […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) wrote to U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas urging the Department to issue a new Temporary Protected Status (TPS) […]
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WASHINGTON – Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Congressman Kweisi Mfume (D-Md.) and U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman yesterday joined the Downtown Partnership […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) joined Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, in unveiling new legislation today – the Protecting Service Members […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) released the following statement following Senate confirmation Monday night of Marylander Brad Garcia for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Special Representative on Anti-Semitism, Racism, and Intolerance for the Organization for Security and […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) today praised the Judiciary Committee’s bipartisan approval of Judge Brendan Hurson to serve as U.S. District Court Judge […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, David Trone, and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) […]
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WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) joined their colleagues in submitting an amicus brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit […]
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a member of the Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight and John Thune (R-S.D.), ranking member of the Subcommittee on Taxation and Internal […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), John Boozman (R-Ark.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.) are leading the effort to create a refundable tax credit to help blind […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) have introduced legislation to expand hospital-based violence intervention services and prevention programs for survivors of violent crimes. The Bipartisan […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), along with Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), John Boozman (R-Ark.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) have introduced legislation to help […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) joined Senator Chris Van Hollen and Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger (both D-Md.) today in leading a bipartisan group of more than 20 of their Congressional […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and U.S. Representatives Jared Huffman (D-Calif.-2) and Jennifer González-Colón (R-P.R.), have introduced their bipartisan, bicameral legislation, the Coastal Habitat […]
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BALTIMORE – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, Maryland’s senior senator and Chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, announced today that he would not seek re-election at the end […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), who played a key role in the creation of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, released the following statement recognizing […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), led a majority of the U.S. Senate Thursday in supporting S.J.Res. 4, a resolution he coauthored with Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Ala.) that would remove […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) joined Senator Chris Van Hollen, Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger (both D-Md.) and more than 20 of their Congressional colleagues in writing to U.S. Secretary of […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin cosponsored bipartisan legislation to posthumously award a Congressional Gold Medal to East Tennessee native Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds, who put his life on the […]
Read MoreWASHINTGON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Patty Murray (D-WA), reintroduced legislation to protect abortion providers in states like Washington—where abortion remains legal—from Republicans’ attempts to restrict their practice […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Senator Bill Cassidy (R-La.), both members of the Senate Finance Committee, today introduced the Taxpayer Advocate Enhancement Act (S. 1283) to help […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) have introduced legislation directing the Treasury Department to mint a commemorative coin in honor of Golda Meir, Israel’s fourth […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen, Congressmen Kweisi Mfume and Dutch Ruppersberger (all D-Md.), and Baltimore City Mayor Brandon Scott were joined Monday by U.S. Under Secretary […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) voted to pass the Fire Grants and Safety Act, bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the U.S. Fire Administration along with […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman David Trone (all D-Md.) have introduced bicameral legislation to authorize the National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center (NBACC) […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today were joined by Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Dianne Feinstein […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) are urging the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) to increase access to dental surgical facilities for Medicare recipients, […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) Tuesday presented U.S. Magistrate Judge Brendan Hurson to the Senate Judiciary Committee for his hearing to be a […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), who served as a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee from 2007- 2011, released the following statement. “Senator Feinstein’s work on the Judiciary […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, and Special Representative on Anti-Semitism, Racism, and Intolerance for the Organization for Security and […]
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WASHINGTON – Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) joined Senators Jeff Merkley (D-Wash.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and 17 of their colleagues today in introducing the bipartisan, […]
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Odenton, Md. – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny Hoyer and John Sarbanes joined Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman Monday to present $16,771,500 in […]
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WASHINGTON –U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) today joined Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senators Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and Richard […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) joined Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senators Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and […]
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Ben Cardin issued the following statement in response to a Texas federal district court ruling that would block access nationwide to mifepristone, a drug used in […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, David Trone and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) joined Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Senate colleagues in introducing legislation to close a current loophole that allows […]
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WASHINGTON – The full Maryland congressional delegation, including U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Andy Harris, M.D., […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Andy Harris, M.D., Jamie Raskin, David Trone, and Glenn […]
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WASHINGTON — Following the arrest of American journalist Evan Gershkovich in Russia, Co-Chairman Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Ranking Member Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Ranking Member Representative Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.), and […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) Thursday reintroduced the End Racial and Religious Profiling Act of 2023 (ERRPA) that would ban discriminatory profiling by federal, state and local law enforcement nationwide. ERRPA […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin introduced a bill on Wednesday that would prospectively repeal the 2001 Authorizations for the Use of Military Force that was enacted in the aftermath […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie B. Raskin, David Trone, and Glenn Ivey (all […]
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), Chair of the Finance Subcommittee on Health Care, held the first hearing of the 118th Congress called “Oral Health: Identifying and Addressing […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today joined Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) led 10 of their Senate colleagues in submitting a public comment against the Biden Administration’s proposed […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin, Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Congressman Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.) today introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to help construct and upgrade fire stations across […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) joined Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, led a letter today with Senators Mazie Hirono (D-HI) […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin joined Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Congressman Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.) to introduce bipartisan, bicameral legislation to help construct and upgrade fire […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman John Sarbanes (all D-Md.) today announced $1,129,063 in Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funding to restore wetlands and expand […]
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WASHINGTON – In response to dramatic increases in attacks on human rights defenders around the world, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senior Member Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), author of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act; Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee; along with […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, David Trone and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin and Congressman David Trone (both D-Md.), joined together with Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (both […]
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Ben Cardin joined Metro’s General Manager and Chief Executive Officer Randy Clarke, Maryland Governor Wes Moore, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen, Prince George’s County Executive Angela […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) today praised President Joe Biden for acting on their recommendation to nominate U.S. Magistrate Judges Matthew Maddox and […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) joined Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and eight of their Senate colleagues today in re-introducing […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) joined forces with U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.)—members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee—to introduce the […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Bob Casey (D-Pa.) today are introduced legislation to enable more Medicaid and Medicare beneficiaries to access comprehensive dental, vision, and hearing coverage. […]
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on State Department and U.S. Agency, joined Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA), Chair of the Senate […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Kweisi Mfume, Jamie B. Raskin, and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) today announced $1,449,000 in federal funding for NeighborWorks America […]
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WASHINGTON – Members of Maryland’s federal, state, and local governments praised the NAACP Monday for the letter sent by NAACP President & CEO Derrick Johnson to President Biden urging the […]
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), with Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.), along with Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined 45 members of the Senate Democratic caucus Wednesday […]
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WASHINGTON – Following congressionally directed consultations with the General Services Administration and Federal Bureau of Investigation, Maryland Governor Wes Moore, Lieutenant Governor Aruna Miller, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) joined Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) to reintroduce the Paycheck Fairness Act, legislation that would combat wage discrimination and help […]
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Ala.) and Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-02), Elissa Slotkin (MI-07), and Larry Bucshon (IN-08) re-introduced bipartisan, bicameral […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin submitted the following statement concerning D.C.’s criminal code to the record before the Senate voted to overturn a capital city law for the first […]
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.) today introduced the Modern, Clean, and Safe Trucks Act of 2023. The bipartisan bill would repeal the federal excise tax (FET) on […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie B. Raskin, David Trone, and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) today sent a […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.), both members of the Senate Finance Committee, have introduced legislation to revitalize housing in distressed neighborhoods in Maryland, Indiana […]
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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie B. Raskin, David Trone, and Glenn Ivey (all […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.), Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) today re-introduced legislation to expand the Historic Tax Credit to foster economic growth and urban renewal. “The […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, yesterday reintroduced the Necessary Entrepreneurship Workshops via the SBA to Transform and Assist […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, David Trone and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday on their resolution (S.J.Res. 4) to remove the arbitrary deadline for ratification […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, David Trone and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) […]
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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Kweisi Mfume, Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Jamie Raskin, and David Trone (all D-Md.) announced […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, David Trone, and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), the second-ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement: “For 75 years, the United States of America has been […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) spoke from the floor of the U.S. Senate Thursday afternoon to recognize Black History Month. Video of his remarks can be downloaded or viewed at this link. […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin, (D-Md.), and Roger Wicker, (R-Miss.), today announced they have reintroduced the Holding Accountable Russian Mercenaries (HARM) Act, bipartisan legislation that would require the Secretary of […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin’s floor speech on the deadly earthquakes in Türkiye was submitted into the official Senate record on Feb. 14. “I rise today to honor the […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (MD) has been named Co-Chair of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the Helsinki Commission, for the 118th Congress. […]
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD), Ray Luján (D-NM) and Susan Collins (R-ME), alongside U.S. Representatives Tony Cárdenas (CA-29) and Gus Bilirakis (FL-12), today reintroduced the bipartisan Oral Health Literacy and Awareness Act […]
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WASHINGTON— U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) joined Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and 34 other senators on a letter to President Biden urging the Biden administration […]
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WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Ben Cardin joined Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representative Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) on Wednesday to reintroduce the Supreme Court Ethics Act, requiring the Judicial Conference of the United States to […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Angus King (I-Maine) and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), along with Representatives Michael Burgess (R-Texas) and Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) announced the reintroduction […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) joined 26 of their Senate colleagues in reintroducing the Keep Americans Safe Act, renewing efforts to ban the […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman Steny Hoyer (all D-Md.), and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Rules Committee Chair Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Senator […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, David Trone and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin today announced that Maryland Governor Wes Moore (both D-Md.) will accompany him to next Tuesday’s State of the Union Address by President Joe Biden. […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, today congratulated Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) on her new position as Ranking Member. […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Steven Daines (R-Mont.), both members of the Senate Finance Committee, today introduced legislation that will permanently extend the New Markets Tax Credit […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), along with Congresswoman Nanette Diaz Barragán (Calif.-44) today announced the reintroduction of legislation that would significantly expand dental insurance […]
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WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin joined Congressman Kweisi Mfume (both D-Md.) on the first day of Black History Month to introduce the National Council on African American History […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) today announced $1,819,600 in Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funding for the Maryland Coastal Bays Foundation to help the Atlantic Coast and […]
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WASHINGTON – On the eve of the two-year anniversary of the military coup in Burma, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.), with Senators Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, David Trone, and Glenn Ivey (all […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (Mass.-7), along with Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), and Congresswomen Sylvia Garcia […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie B. Raskin, David Trone and Glenn Ivey […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) joined Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) in introducing a pair of bills to protect communities from […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Representatives Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.) and Larry Bucshon (R-Ind.) urged the Biden administration to improve the health of millions […]
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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) announced $385,507 to improve outcomes for high school students in Baltimore City Public Schools. […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) released the following statement on the video footage depicting the brutal beating and subsequent killing of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols in Memphis, Tenn. “The […]
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WASHINGTON – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) yesterday announced Senate Democratic committee memberships for the 118th Congress, including U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) to continue as Chair of the […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.), both members of the Senate Finance Committee, have introduced the Small […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – Senator Ben Cardin, Senior Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (D-Md.), joined Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.), both members of the Senate Finance and Senate Foreign Relations committees, today re-introduced the Combatting Global Corruption Act, legislation […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today introduced bipartisan legislation in the United States Senate, the Witness Security and Protection Grant Program Act of 2023, to better protect and support witnesses […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and a member of the Senate Finance Committee, and Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Patty […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and a member of the Senate Finance Committee, and Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Patty […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) today announced $2,720,663 in federal funding for the Baltimore City Health Department to provide […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger and John Sarbanes (all D-Md.) urged the Biden Administration to include full funding for the critical infrastructure […]
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Maryland’s senior senator, offered the following remarks on the upcoming 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. The Supreme Court decision was rendered on […]
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman David Trone (all D-Md.) announced $150,000 in funding from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) and $150,000 provided by […]
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WASHINGTON — After disturbing Amtrak Auto Train passenger accounts from a delayed 37-hour-long journey, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Ben Cardin (D-MD), and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) […]
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WASHINGTON — Marking National Religious Freedom Day, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Special Representative on Antisemitism, Racism and Intolerance for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Parliamentary Assembly, […]
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Maryland’s senior senator, offered the following remarks on the two-year anniversary of the violent breach of the U.S. Capitol. “America has been a […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) today applauded President Joe Biden’s final approval of legislation that would remove the bust of the author of the […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) today announced that they have secured $18,640,000 in direct federal funding for local projects on the Eastern Shore within […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) today announced that they have secured $29,526,600 in direct federal funding for local projects in Anne Arundel County and […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) announced today that they have secured $35,694,377 in direct federal funding for local projects in Western Maryland within the […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) today announced that they have secured $43,547,299 in direct federal funding for local projects in Prince George’s and Montgomery […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) today announced that they have secured $82,945,902 in direct federal funding for local projects across the Baltimore region within […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-Md.-8), a member of the House Judiciary Committee, have introduced […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio), along with Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), praised Senate passage today of their provision that provides final authorization for […]
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) issued the following statement on today’s announcement from the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) on the […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes and Kweisi Mfume, (all D-Md.) today announced $7,109,500 in Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act […]
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman David Trone (all D-Md.) announced $97,600 to boost broadband services and support educational programming at the Evergreen Heritage […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen, Chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government (FSGG), and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, (all D-Md.) […]
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio), members of the Senate Finance Committee and co-authors of the Retirement Security and Savings Act, lauded inclusion in the […]
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U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) today announced the upcoming introduction of the SNAP Theft Protection Act, federal legislation that would modernize the […]
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BALTIMORE –U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), chair and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on State Department and USAID Operations, today released the following […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after the Senate approved the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today announced introduction of the Continued Presence Improvement Act (S. 5261) to make common-sense […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) secured Senate passage of provisions from their Service to the Fleet Act in the Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act to […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) convened a hearing yesterday on improving access to capital in underserved communities. The hearing examined the […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23), Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-1), and Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11) introduced The Comprehensive Cancer Survivorship […]
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BALTIMORE – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the U.S. Helsinki Commission and Special Representative on Antisemitism, Racism and Intolerance for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe […]
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), along with Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) praised final approval by the Senate Thursday of legislation […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and a senior member of the Senate Finance Committee, and Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), joined SFRC Chair Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), along with nine of their […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) introduced a resolution Wednesday, along with Senator Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), calling for the Biden administration “to continue to work robustly toward the dissolution […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin and David Trone […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), chair of the U.S. Helsinki Commission and author of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of […]
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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) announced the inclusion of provisions from their Service to the Fleet Act to authorize $636 million for a major infrastructure […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – Lawmakers from across Maryland and Virginia, led by Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), are urging congressional leaders to allow maximum flexibility when the administration selects a location for the […]
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WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin, (D-Md.) Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and all members of the SFRC, introduced the Assuring that the Fact-Finding Examination […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman David Trone (all D-Md.) have introduced legislation to authorize the continuing operations of the National Biodefense Analysis and […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a member of the Senate Finance Health Care Subcommittee, and Congressman David Trone (D-Md.-6), a member of the Joint Economic Committee, introduced bicameral […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) issued the following statement after voting for legislation to codify a rail labor agreement. Senator Cardin also voted for a provision that would […]
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WASHINGTON– U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Mazie Hirono (D- Hawaii), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Ed Markey (D- Mass.), […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a member of the Senate Finance Health Care Subcommittee, commemorated the 34th anniversary […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Ranking Member Mike Crapo, (R-Idaho), and 18 bipartisan members raised Constitutional concerns about the process to […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin, D-Md. and Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today introduced the Holding Accountable Russian Mercenaries (HARM) Act, bipartisan legislation that would require the Secretary of State to designate […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the U.S. Helsinki Commission and Special Representative on Anti-Semitism, Racism, and Intolerance for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) released the following statement Tuesday after the Senate approved 61-36 the Respect for Marriage Act that codifies marriage equality for same-sex couples, repeals […]
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WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman David Trone (all D-Md.) announced a total of $403,600 in funding from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), […]
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WASHINGTON – Yesterday, the U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan resolution marking November 2022 as Stomach Cancer Awareness Month. The resolution was first introduced in 2018 in memory of Indianapolis Star reporter and columnist Matthew […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) led his colleagues this week in a letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Attorney General Merrick Garland, urging […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer and Anthony G. Brown (all D-Md.) today announced $560,000 in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding for […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume and David Trone met Wednesday in the U.S. Capitol […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) issued the following statement in response to the news that his friend and colleague Steny Hoyer will step aside from his role as […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) released the following statement in response to Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s announcement that she would not seek the position of Democratic leader in the […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, held a hearing today on the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, […]
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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin joined Sen. Chris Van Hollen and Congressman John Sarbanes (all D-Md.) along with state and local officials, economic leaders, watermen, advocates for conservation and others […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today issued the following statement in recognition of Veterans Day, which is Friday, Nov. 11. “This Veterans Day we honor the service of […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes and Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) today announced $378,538 to promote community […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman David Trone (all D-Md.) announced $170,000 in federal funding to support the replacement of the entire sewer […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Andy Harris, M.D., Anthony Brown, Jamie Raskin and David Trone […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Management, International Operations, and Bilateral […]
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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin, and David Trone […]
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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin, and David […]
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WASHINGTON – Senators Ben Cardin, Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.), Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), wrote to the Director of the National Park Service (NPS) […]
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WASHINGTON — On Wednesday U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) and the Biden-Harris administration announced the Fiscal Year 2022 recipients of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, respectively, have written […]
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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin, and David […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Mike Crapo […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin and David Trone […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), with Senators Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Senators Chris Van Hollen […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) released the following statement Monday in response to the second report from the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Commission of […]
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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, and Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) announced $900,000 for PIVOT, a workforce reentry and development […]
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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (all D-Md.) announced that, following their efforts, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) wrote U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall Monday following news reports that the United States […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Kweisi Mfume, Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin, and David Trone […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Andy Harris, Anthony Brown, Jamie Raskin and David Trone Thursday […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin, and David Trone […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) today announced $575,000 in federal funding through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) for two wildlife habitat restoration […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) today announced $1,218,000 in federal funding for improvements to the Twin Cities Wastewater Treatment Plant serving the towns of Secretary and East New […]
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) released the following statement in response to delays in reintroducing more 7000-series rail cars into regular service. “We […]
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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, David Trone, and Jamie B. Raskin (all D-Md.) announced $706,819 in federal grants for four […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin and David Trone […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (all D-Md.) announced $700,000 for Charles County to establish an Adult Drug Court. This federal funding […]
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WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will release 130,716 H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) released the following statement in celebration of Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month. “Throughout Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month, we celebrate the rich history […]
Read MoreNASHVILLE, Tenn.— U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) today sent a letter urging U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the State Department to encourage the Republic of Honduras […]
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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmembers John Sarbanes, Anthony G. Brown, Kweisi Mfume, and David Trone (all D-Md.) announced $7,586,334 in federal funding to train new community […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) released the following statement in commemoration of Indigenous Peoples’ Day. He joins Baltimore City, Prince George’s County, Montgomery County and other jurisdictions across […]
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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin, and David Trone […]
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WASHINGTON – Today, Senators Ben Cardin, Chair of the Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure and Chris Van Hollen, a member of the Appropriations Interior and Environment Subcommittee (both D-Md.) along with […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON– U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) today joined a bicameral group of their colleagues in urging U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona to extend the limited Public Service Loan Forgiveness […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, and David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced $1,029,802 in federal funding to strengthen Maryland students’ math and science skills. […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer and Anthony G. Brown (all D-Md.) today announced $586,534 in federal funding to help veterans earn higher education degrees. The […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (all D-Md.) today announced $890,727 in federal funding to help students from underrepresented communities earn higher education degrees. The funds […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin, and David Trone (all […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin and David Trone (all […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, which has jurisdiction over the federal buildings program of the […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Roger Wicker today introduced legislation to support U.S. seafood consumption. Their legislation, the Seafood Marketing Act of 2022, would re-establish the National Seafood […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) today announced $130,190 in federal funding from the Department of Education’s Project School Emergency Response to […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin, and David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced $692,918 to support environmental education programs that […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chairman of the Senate Small Business Committee and a member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement on the passage of […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chris Coons (D-Del.) and James Lankford (R-Okla.) introduced a resolution today condemning the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman whose killing last […]
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a member of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Taxation and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Oversight, and John Thune (R-S.D.), ranking member of the […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin, Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) led over a dozen of their colleagues in a letter to President Biden, urging him […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin and Congressman Kweisi Mfume (both D-Md.) announced the introduction of the National Council on African American History and Culture Act of 2022 in the […]
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WASHINGTON- U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) joined Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) in sending a letter to Department of Defense (DoD) Secretary Lloyd Austin […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Jamie B. Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.) announced $12,108,037.50 in federal funding for Maryland firefighters and first responders […]
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) with Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), along with Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Edward J. […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, released the following statement after Republicans blocked consideration of the “Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin and David Trone […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Andy Harris, M.D., Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin and […]
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WASHINGTON – The United States Senate unanimously passed the SBIR & STTR Reauthorization Act of 2022—bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Maryland’s senior senator, is asking all Marylanders to check their voter registration status today, National Voter Registration Day. Election Day is Tuesday, November […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, and Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) today announced $3,913,553 to help provide schools and libraries on the Eastern […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Jamie B. Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced $8,463,915 in federal funding to support improvements at Frederick Municipal […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Special Representative on Anti-Semitism, Racism, and Intolerance for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Parliamentary Assembly, released the following statement […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) led the Senate this week in recognizing the dedication of frontline health care workers with their resolution (S. Res. […]
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WASHINGTON –U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger and John Sarbanes (all D-Md.) announced $23,156,355 in federal funding to support improvements at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport […]
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WASHINGTON –U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (all D-Md.) today announced $1,696,734 in federal funding to support improvements at the Easton/Newnam Field airport. The funds are provided through the Department of […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) today […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) announced today that their proposal to provide $636 million for the major infrastructure overhaul of the Coast Guard Yard in […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) and Chair of the Subcommittee on State Department Management, praised bipartisan approval today […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, lauded committee approval today of the Taiwan Policy Act of 2022. The legislation would […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Kweisi Mfume, Jamie B. Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced $822,780 in federal funding for AmeriCorps […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) have introduced a Senate joint resolution (S.J.Res.62) that would authorize placement of the National Memorial to Fallen Journalists between […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced $30,000 to help women in recovery from substance use reenter the workforce in […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) issued the following statement today in response to Republican legislation to impose a federal ban on abortion. “Every lawmaker who cheered the Supreme […]
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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin joined Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), and 17 of their colleagues in commenting on […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) released the following statement in observance of the 21st anniversary of the September 11 attacks. “Today, we mark the anniversary of the deadly […]
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WASHINGTON—Helsinki Commission Chairman Sen. Ben Cardin (MD), Co-Chairman Rep. Steve Cohen (TN-09), Ranking Member Sen. Roger Wicker (MS), and Ranking Member Rep. Joe Wilson (SC-02) today condemned the shutdown of […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Jamie B. Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced $108,942 in federal funding for the National Park Service to […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Jamie B. Raskin, David Trone, and Andy Harris (all Md.) today announced $1,399,058.69 in federal funding for Maryland firefighters and […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Jamie B. Raskin, Anthony Brown, and David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced $1,178,400 in federal funding […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, and Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) today announced $1.2 million to increase the availability of civil and […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, and Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) today announced $2,844,230 in federal funding to […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (all D-Md.) today announced $400,571.41 in federal funding for Maryland firefighters and first responders in Southern […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (all D-Md.) today announced $400,571.41 in federal funding for Maryland firefighters and first responders in Southern […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, and Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) today announced $597,900.90 in federal funding for Baltimore firefighters and […]
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WASHINGTON—Following reports that the Sparta II, a Russian cargo ship, transported S-300 missile systems through the Turkish Straits, Helsinki Commission Chairman Sen. Ben Cardin (MD), Co-Chairman Rep. Steve Cohen (TN-09), Ranking […]
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WASHINGTON– U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) joined Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) in urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Centers for Disease Control […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) announced today the inclusion of $46,667,000 in direct federal funding for local projects across the Baltimore region within the […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) announced today the inclusion of $29,890,000 in direct federal funding for local projects on the Eastern Shore within the […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) announced the inclusion of $20,128,000 in direct federal funding for local projects in Prince George’s and Montgomery Counties within […]
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WASHINGTON –U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) announced today the inclusion of $16,892,000 in direct federal funding for local projects in Western Maryland within the Senate Appropriations […]
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WASHINGTON –U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) announced today the inclusion of $10,170,000 in direct federal funding for local projects in Anne Arundel County and Southern Maryland […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) led 10 of his colleagues in a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas asking for […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), lead sponsor of S.J. Res. 1, which would remove the arbitrary deadline imposed on ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, “On this Women’s […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) released the following statement in response to President Joe Biden’s cancellation of up to $20,000 of federal student loan debt for those making […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) joined Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), alongside U.S. Representatives John Sarbanes (D-Md.-03), Joe Courtney […]
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin and U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) lauded the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announcement today that […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger and Andy Harris (all Md.) today announced $344,960 to help enroll at least 62 new students, primarily […]
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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger and Andy Harris (all Md.) announced $344,960 to help enroll at least 62 new students, primarily […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.) […]
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WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger (all D-Md.) announced $20,000,000 to complete the final design work for the replacement of the 115-year-old Susquehanna River Bridge […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.), a senior member of the Small Business Committee, today sent […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Anthony Brown, and Jamie B. Raskin (all D-Md.) today announced $3,961,485 in federal funding for EasterSeals Head Start projects in […]
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WASHINGTON – On the one-year anniversary of the fall of the Afghan government to the Taliban, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, […]
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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin joined Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) and 21 of their colleagues in commenting […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (all D-Md.) today urged the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to extend the Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Operations, is urging USAID to clarify […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, and Anthony G. Brown (all D-Md.) today applauded President Biden’s signing […]
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, John Sarbanes, Anthony Brown, and Jamie Raskin (all D-Md.) today announced $20,500,000 in federal funding to […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes and Kweisi Mfume (All D-Md.) announced Wednesday that the U.S. Department of Transportation has […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer and Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) today announced $629,718 in federal funding through the Department of Education’s highly competitive […]
Read MoreSenator highlights measures to lower prescription drug, health insurance and energy costs Cardin also celebrates important steps forward on job creation, climate change and agricultural resilience WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), with Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin and David Trone (all […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) spoke from the floor of the Senate this afternoon in advance of today’s 95-1 vote on the accession of the Republic of Finland […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, today announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $22.9 million American Rescue Plan […]
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today convened a hearing on the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA’s) COVID Economic Injury Disaster Loan […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, and Anthony G. Brown (all D-Md.) today announced the final Senate […]
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WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) joined Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Sen. […]
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WASHINGTON —U.S. Senator Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (Both D-Md.) and Senators Tim Kaine and Mark R. Warner (Both D-Va.), with Senators Dianne Feinstein and Alex Padilla (Both D-Calif.) […]
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WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Chairman of the SFRC Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) today introduced legislation to create a new federal funding program to help construct and upgrade fire stations in Maryland and […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate or Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Senator Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) today joined with more than […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, John Sarbanes, Andy Harris MD, Kweisi Mfume and David Trone met Wednesday in the U.S. […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today applauded the bipartisan passage of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (WRDA), a bill that provides crucial authorizations for the U.S. […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) released the following statement on Senate passage of the “CHIPS + Science” bill. “The United States Senate today showed the nation that we […]
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WASHINGTON – Helsinki Commission Chairman Senator Ben Cardin (Md.) and Co-Chairman Rep. Steve Cohen (Tenn.-09) today expressed deep concern about an effort by the international community’s High Representative in Bosnia […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen John Sarbanes and Dutch Ruppersberger (all D-Md.) today announced $900,000 in federal funding to improve access to Tipton Airport […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) introduced the Supporting Seniors with Opioid Use Disorder Act of 2022. The bipartisan legislation would implement recommendations from a […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman John Sarbanes (all D-Md.) Tuesday announced $4,000,000 in federal funding to support noise mitigation efforts for residents living near […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) released the following statement in commemoration of the 32nd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). “Thirty-two years ago today, the Americans […]
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today issued a statement after the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced that the federal government […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) led a dozen of their colleagues Monday in complementary letters to the director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons […]
Read MoreU.S. Senator Ben Cardin and the U.S. Department of Commerce announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3.2 million grant to the city of Annapolis, Maryland, […]
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U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen John Sarbanes and Anthony Brown (all D-Md.) today announced $1,114,539 in federal funding through the Department of Transportation to help […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON—Helsinki Commission Chairman Sen. Ben Cardin (MD), Co-Chairman Rep. Steve Cohen (TN-09), Ranking Member Sen. Roger Wicker (MS), and Ranking Member Rep. Joe Wilson (SC-02) today released a letter urging […]
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WASHINGTON — On Friday, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman David Trone (Md.-06), joined Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra in Frederick and Montgomery counties […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), chair and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on State Department and USAID Operations, lauded unanimous Senate approval […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), chair of the U.S. Helsinki Commission and author of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a member of the bipartisan Senate election reform working group, released the following statement today in response to the introduction of the group’s […]
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U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA), along with Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), today announced $2,400,000 in American Rescue Plan (ARP) […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today issued the following statement on the Federal Highway Administration’s recently announced proposed rule for states and metropolitan areas to track and reduce […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee with oversight responsibility for Peace Corps management and international operations, along with Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) […]
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WASHINGTON – The full Maryland congressional delegation, including U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin, and David Trone […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON- U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie Raskin, David Trone, and Andy Harris […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, and Anthony G. Brown (all D-Md.) today announced the House passage […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) andcolleagues today called on the Biden administration to continue to protect displaced Venezuelans by extending and re-designating Venezuela for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). In […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (all D-Md.) today urged the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) to pause its plans to demolish the […]
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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), marked the 57th anniversary of the United States […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.), along seven Democratic Senate colleagues, today introduced a resolution condemning consistently high levels of violence against journalists […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) praised the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for including an expansion of dental health coverage under Medicare in a key list […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), chair and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on State Department and USAID Operations, announced Friday that […]
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WASHINGTON– Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger (all D-Md.) announced $319,200 to invest in Harford County’s travel, tourism, and outdoor recreation. This investment […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin, and David Trone […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) have announced their direct federal funding requests for Maryland community projects under the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON- U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin, and David Trone (all […]
Read MoreBALTIMORE – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court ruling in West Virginia […]
Read More“The Biden administration made the right decision to terminate the ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy of the Trump administration, so I am pleased with the Supreme Court’s decision today. This Trump […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) announced their direct federal funding requests for Maryland community projects under the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee for fiscal year 2023. The Senators […]
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WASHINGTON— U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) announced the passage last week of a Senate Resolution (S.Res.699) they authored to celebrate the University of Maryland Men’s Lacrosse […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, John Sarbanes, Anthony G. Brown, and Jamie Raskin (all D-Md.) today urged Maryland Transit Solutions (MTS), the […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), author of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, is urging President Joe Biden to use his July trip to Saudi Arabia to […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie Raskin, and David Trone (all D-Md.) called on U.S. Navy leadership […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) yesterday presented Army Specialist Ronald Dolecki, a veteran residing in Huntingtown, Maryland, with a Prisoner of War (POW) Medal […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) issued the following statement in the wake of the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson that overturns the precedents of Roe v. […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and colleagues today called on Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Becerra […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) called Senate passage of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act “an important step forward today to break the decades-long gridlock on gun safety.” He […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) and Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-Va.) today released the following statement regarding Washington Metropolitan Area […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), today introduced new legislation toreauthorize the Peace Corps for the first time in over two decades with Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Jim Risch […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) today urged U.S. Senate Commerce Committee leaders to include their Service to Fleet Act – legislation the Senators introduced […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today introduced legislation to provide grants to hard-hit small businesses that can demonstrate substantial losses in […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) issued the following response to the Supreme Court decision in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen that strikes down […]
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) hailed the unanimous passage Wednesday of much of their bipartisan retirement security legislation, S. 1770, the Retirement Security and […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) urged the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to expand dental health coverage under Medicare. In a letter […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON—Following the European Commission’s recommendation that Ukraine and Moldova be granted EU candidate status, Helsinki Commission Chairman Sen. Ben Cardin (Md.), Co-Chairman Rep. Steve Cohen (Tenn.-09), and Ranking Members Sen. […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – On the heels of World Refugee Day (June 20), U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Representative Ted Lieu (D-CA-33) were joined by 19 of their […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin and David Trone (all […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer and Anthony Brown (all D-Md.) today released the following statement announcing the General Services Administration’s finding […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) today announced their introduction of a bill to invest over $600 million in major infrastructure modernization efforts at the Coast […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON—Following the temporary disappearance of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his subsequent transfer to an infamously severe prison colony in Melekhovo, Russia, Helsinki Commission Chairman Sen. Ben Cardin […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Special Representative on Anti-Semitism, Racism, and Intolerance for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Parliamentary Assembly, today issued the following […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) joins a bipartisan push, led by Senators Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), urging the Biden Administration to maintain the United States Security Coordinator […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) released the following statement on 84-14 Senate passage of H.R. 3967, the Honoring Our PACT Act, which is bipartisan legislation to provide veterans […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) today announced their direct federal funding requests for Maryland community projects under the Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations […]
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WASHINGTON – As Metro announces the return to service of some 7000-Series cars, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (Both D-Md.) and Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (Both […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) offered the following on the death of Deputy First Class Glenn Hilliard of the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office, who was killed in the […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Andy Harris, M.D. and David Trone (all Md.) today announced $9,219,719 in federal funding for Eastern Shore and Western Maryland […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the following statement on the […]
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WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) joined Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), Chairwoman and Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, in hosting a ceremony dedicating two […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) lauded unanimous passage in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Thursday of S. Res.124, the first official acknowledgement by Congress […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) introduced a Senate resolution recognizing June as LGBTQ Pride Month. The […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (Both D-Md.), along with Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Chairwoman of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee with oversight over federal elections, […]
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BALTIMORE – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md) released the following statement regarding the mass shooting this afternoon at Columbia Machine (formerly Bikle Manufacturing), in Smithburg, Md. “A horrible tragedy has […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) praised unanimous passage by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today of S. 1106, the Fighting Emerging […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), and Chris Coons (D-Del.) today applauded committee passage of their resolution […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (all D-Md.) today announced $1,937,953 in federal funding to enhance shoreline restoration and coastal resiliency at the Piney Point Lighthouse […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie Raskin, and David Trone (all D-Md.) […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) announced their requests to provide direct federal investments for homeland security projects across Maryland for the Fiscal Year […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie Raskin, and David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced $7,050,429 to support AmeriCorps’ service […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) today released the following statement welcoming the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announcement that Dr. Kandis Boyd will direct […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md), issued the following statement in celebration of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Queer and Intersex LGBTQI+ Pride Month. “This June marks 53 years since […]
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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) announced their direct federal funding requests for Maryland community projects under the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and fellow Chesapeake Bay State-senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), Kirstin Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Chris Coons […]
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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, and Anthony Brown (all D-Md.) announced $15,680,000 to improve rail infrastructure and […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen, Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer and Anthony Brown (all D-Md.), and Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks today announced that they successfully […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen, Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, and Kweisi Mfume, (all D-Md.), Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, and Baltimore County Executive John Olszewski, Jr. today […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, today issued the following statement marking Memorial Day 2022, which will be recognized […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on State Department and USAID Management, International Operations, and […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today released the following statement in commemoration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month which runs during the month of May. “Asian Pacific American […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Finance Committee, joined Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and member Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) […]
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WASHINGTON – Two years after the death of George Floyd at the knee of a Minneapolis police officer, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) offered his support for the public safety […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie Raskin, and David Trone (all […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) today announced $1,000,000 to help preserve and restore hundreds of acres of declining wetland habitats across Maryland’sEastern Shore, as well as in Delaware […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today lauded the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA’s) announcement that it has awarded a grant to […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin released the following statement upon confirmation that 19 students and two adults at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, were murdered today by a […]
Read MoreSOLOMONS, Md. – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (all D-Md.) lauded more than $400 million in federal funding coming to Maryland over the next […]
Read MoreSOLOMONS, Md. – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (all D-Md.) lauded more than $400 million in federal funding coming to Maryland over the next […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) have submitted their first requests to provide direct federal investments in our communities (Congressionally Directed Spending) for the […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation and co-chair of the Senate NATO Observer […]
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LA PLATA, Md. – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman Steny Hoyer (all D-Md.) have announced a federal investment of $5 million they worked to secure for the […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON—After Saturday’s announcement by the Russian foreign ministry that the latest list of Americans permanently banned from traveling to Russia includes all members of Helsinki Commission leadership, the overwhelming majority […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) led a bipartisan group of 44 senators in calling for $500 million to fully fund U.S.-Israel […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON—Following the approval of legislation in Belarus that would apply the death penalty to pro-democracy activists and those opposing Russia’s war in Ukraine, and ahead of the May 21 commemoration […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today issued a statement after the U.S. Senate failed to meet the 60-vote threshold needed to […]
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced that Friends of Blackwater, a nonprofit citizens support group, will receive $1,226,000 in federal funding for […]
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WASHINGTON – Ahead of a procedural vote scheduled to occur in the U.S. Senate tomorrow, U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today delivered a […]
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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship today passed four bills that will help vulnerable small businesses access broadband, strengthen cybersecurity defenses, ease compliance with federal […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and 49 of their Senate colleagues today wrote a letter to President Joe Biden to urge […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Tom Carper (D-Del.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Alex Padilla (D-Ca.) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), author of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, and colleagues introduced a resolution Monday honoring Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza and his […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), author of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act and Chair of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission), along […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio), a member of the Senate Energy […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations and Senate lead on legislation to create the National Memorial to Fallen Journalists, released the […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) spoke from the floor of the U.S. Senate late Tuesday night, in advance of today’s vote on the Women’s Health Protection Act (S.4132). […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume and Andy Harris (all Md.) today announced $129,731 to fund partnerships between NASA and […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (Both D-Md.) and Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (Both D-Va.) issued the following joint statement in response to the announcement […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) released the following statements after their Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act, which would […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin and U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government Chair Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume and David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced $5,382,250 in […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md), a senior member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, today released the following statement on the committee’s approval of the Kigali Amendment, […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Jim Moran (R-Kan.), Thom […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s draft opinion to overturn Roe v. Wade. Senator Cardin is an original cosponsor […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON — On April 28, the OSCE announced that Russia had definitively forced the closure of the Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, following its veto of the mission’s mandated […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin, and David Trone (all […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer and Anthony G. Brown (all D-Md.) released the following statement on the transfer of property from the […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) released the following statements after the House of Representatives passed their Ukraine Democracy […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON — U.S. Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today convened a hearing on the Biden administration’s Fiscal Year 2023 (FY2023) budget request for the U.S. […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen, and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Andy Harris and Anthony G. Brown met Tuesday with […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, and Special Representative on Anti-Semitism, Racism, and Intolerance for the Organization for Security and Cooperation […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie Raskin, and David Trone (all D-Md.) today […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON — Following the detention of four Ukrainian nationals serving as members of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in Russian-controlled areas of eastern Ukraine who reportedly were accused of illegal […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and John Thune (R-S.D.) of the Senate Finance Committee, which has jurisdiction over Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), introduced the Medicaid […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes and Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) today announced $6,425,646 in federal funding to reimburse the […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) today announced the introduction of a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to Henrietta Lacks in […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) joins his colleagues in a letter to the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) urging it to prioritize transparency, community accessibility, and racial, economic and environmental justice in the design […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON—Following the death of Finnish parliamentarian Ilkka Kanerva, Helsinki Commission Chairman Sen. Ben Cardin (Md.), Co-Chairman Rep. Steve Cohen (Tenn.-09), and Ranking Members Sen. Roger Wicker (Miss.) and Rep. Joe […]
Read MoreBALTIMORE – U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today joined U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman, Baltimore small business owners, and […]
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WASHINGTON—Helsinki Commission Chairman Sen. Ben Cardin (Md.), Co-Chairman Rep. Steve Cohen (Tenn.-09), and Ranking Member Rep. Joe Wilson (S.C.-02) today released a letter sent April 15 to President Biden urging […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, and Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) today announced $170,699 to help spur economic growth and support minority-owned businesses […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON— Following Monday’s arrest of prominent pro-democracy Russian statesman and outspoken Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza, Helsinki Commission Chairman Sen. Ben Cardin (MD), Co-Chairman Rep. Steve Cohen (TN-09), and Ranking Members […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen John Sarbanes, Jamie B. Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced $3,582,069 in federal funding to reimburse the Montgomery […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin, and David Trone (all D-Md.) today […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today issued the following statement on the bipartisan confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to be the 116th justice of the Supreme Court […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today urged passage of their legislation to replenish the Restaurant […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Chair of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) released the following statements after their Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act, a bill to authorize the President to enter […]
Read MoreBALTIMORE – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) today were joined by Mayor Brandon Scott and community leaders at the historic Pennsylvania Avenue Market […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON — On the anniversary of the death of former Helsinki Commission Chairman Alcee Hastings of Florida, Helsinki Commission Chairman Sen. Ben Cardin (Md.), Co-Chairman Rep. Steve Cohen (Tenn.-09), Ranking […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) joined Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) in introducing the Support Kids Not Red Tape Act. The bill extends USDA school meal flexibilities from June […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer and Andy Harris (all Md.) today announced the addition of three historical sites in Maryland as new […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin led a virtual Maryland congressional delegation meeting Tuesday with Senator Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume and David Trone (All D-Md.) with Internal Revenue […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie Raskin, and David Trone (all […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie Raskin, and David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced $45,708,416 in […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) sent a letter to President Biden urging him to consider new options to target Russia’s economy, focusing on suspending […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today joined 17 Senate colleagues led by Senators Bob Menendez, Cory Booker (both D-N.J.), Mazie Hirono, and Brian Schatz (both D-Hawaii) in urging the […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) joined his colleagues in a letter to United States Post Office Postmaster General, Louis DeJoy, pressing USPS to explain its financial analysis behind […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) today announced that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will release an additional 35,000 H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today lauded the Biden administration’s announcement that it will extend the 7(a) Community Advantage Pilot Program […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) praised the House of Representatives today for passing the Securing a Strong Retirement Act by a vote of 414-5. […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md), Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Congressman Anthony Brown (D-Md.), Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, and Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks […]
Read More“We think it is time for the American presence on the Council to be used to address major human rights problems around the world.” “By unfairly singling out Israel, the […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen, and Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (all D-Md.) today announced $1,277,001 in federal funding for the St. Mary’s County Board of Education’s Head […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today marked the second anniversary of the $2.2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today issued the following statement on Supreme Court Nominee Judge Kentanji Brown Jackson at the conclusion of her confirmation hearings before the Senate […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) – who serve respectively as Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on State Department and […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) today welcomed Hitachi Rail’s announcement that Hagerstown, Maryland will be the site of its new train factory which will produce […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – United States Senators Ben Card (D-Md.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) sent a letter to President Biden urging the Administration to designate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Cameroon, which […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) today lauded the Senate’s bipartisan confirmation of Baltimore City Circuit Judge Julie Rubin to be a U.S. District […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (Both D-Md.) announced key provisions in the final Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) Omnibus Appropriations package signed into law by President Biden […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (Both D-Md.) announced key provisions in the final Fiscal Year 2022 appropriations package signed into law by President Joe Biden that […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Representatives Bobby Scott (D-Va.-03), John Sarbanes (D-Md.-03) and Abigail Spangberger (D-Va.-07) recently led a […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Chair of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe released the following […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), joined by 18 of their colleagues in the Senate and House of Representatives, sent a […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), author of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act and a senior member of the Senate Finance and Senate Foreign Relations committees, praised […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today convened a hearing to examine the franchising business model, the opportunities it creates, the role […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) met Tuesday with U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, currently a member of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman Steny H. Hoyer, Congressman Anthony Brown (all D-Md.) today secured the inclusion of language to advance the process for a new, […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today lauded the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA’s) announcement that the deferment period on all COVID […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined a bipartisan and bicameral group of over 100 colleagues in a letter to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Bob Casey (D-Pa.) today announced the inclusion of $2.184 million in direct federal funding for the restoration of the Pequea Creek watershed in […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), and Todd Young (R-Ind.) announced that their Israel Relations Normalization Act was included in the […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and chair of the U.S. Helsinki Commission, released the following statement on President Joe […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) today announced that over $11 million in direct federal funding for local projects in Anne Arundel County and across […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) today announced that nearly $9 million in direct federal funding for local projects across the Western Maryland region was […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) today announced that over $9.5 million in direct federal funding for local projects across the Eastern Shore region was […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) today announced that nearly $50 million in direct federal funding for local projects across the Baltimore region was included […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) today announced that over $25 million in direct federal funding for local projects in Prince George’s and Montgomery Counties was […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee and a member of the Finance, Foreign Relations and Environment and Public Works committees, […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-KS), Ben Luján (D-N.M.), Tim Scott (R-SC), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) introduced The Centers for Public […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today issued the following statement on the status of bipartisan legislation to replenish the Restaurant Revitalization Fund […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – On Monday, the United States Senate passed a bipartisan resolution to condemn recent bomb threats towards Historically-Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and to reaffirm the duty of the federal government to protect college […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, today released the following statement on H.R. 3076, the U.S. Postal Service Reform Act, […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin, and David Trone […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, John Sarbanes, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced $120,145,016 in […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, and Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) today announced that the Bear Creek Sediments site – adjacent […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.), along with Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and a bipartisan group of senators have introduced a Senate resolution calling […]
Read MoreCity’s National Heritage Area designation has led to more than $8.6 million in federal grants since its creation in 2009 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin and Congressman Kweisi Mfume […]
Read MoreFunding was made possible by the American Rescue Plan WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) and Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Anthony G. Brown and Jamie B. Raskin (all D-Md.) today announced a $1.7 billion Transportation […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) hosted a discussion following President Joe Biden’s first State of the Union Address with his virtual […]
Read More“What made me most proud is how President Biden spoke to all Americans about our shared future not from a partisan place, but as one people – the United States […]
Read MoreBipartisan No Trading with Invaders Act would strip Permanent Normal Trading Relations from countries such as Russia that invade other countries and Permanently Extend Magnitsky Sanctions Policy WASHINGTON — U.S. […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, Chair of the Senate EPW Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth, Chair of the Senate EPW Fisheries, Water and Wildlife Subcommittee, […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today announced that his virtual guests for President Joe Biden’s first State of the Union Address […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today released the following statement on President Biden’s historic nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve on the Supreme Court of the United […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON— U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and U.S. Congressman David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced $75,000 in federal funding, along with $75,000 in local matching funds for […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON—Following what appears to be a large-scale Kremlin invasion of Ukraine, Helsinki Commission Chairman Sen. Ben Cardin (MD), Co-Chairman Rep. Steve Cohen (TN-09), Ranking Member Sen. Roger Wicker (MS), and […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON—Following Russia’s recognition of parts of Ukraine as “independent,” and the announcement that Russian armed forces would be deployed to protect them, Helsinki Commission Chairman Sen. Ben Cardin (MD), Co-Chairman […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on Russia’s incursion into Ukraine. “Russia’s invasion of Ukraine appears […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chairman of the Senate Small Business Committee and a member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement on Senate passage of […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman Jamie Raskin (All D-Md.) today called on U.S. Navy leadership to immediately address poor and unsafe living conditions in […]
Read MoreLetter Comes as Lawmakers Continue to Work with Constituents Who are Waiting for 2020 Tax Returns or Cannot Reach IRS Customer Service Representatives WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced $167,229 in federal funding to expand rural broadband connectivity in Garrett County. The funding […]
Read MoreLegislative fix will improve access to cancer screenings, preventative surgeries, and save lives WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) introduced the Reducing Hereditary Cancer Act, […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Representative Cori Bush (D-Mo.) led 100 of their colleagues in urging President Biden to reverse […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie Raskin, and David Trone (all D-Md.) […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship today passed four bipartisan bills—S. 1617, S. 2042, S. 2521, and H.R. 3451—to make the U.S. Small Business Administration’s […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, released the following statement […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, praised the announcement today that the […]
Read MoreRecord funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act promotes strong outdoor recreation economy, underscores importance of fishing and wildlife restoration to Maryland’s economy WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris […]
Read MoreInfrastructure Investment and Jobs Act continues to support American jobs and Maryland’s clean energy future WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch […]
Read MoreThe lawmakers renewed push includes the support of over 25 colleagues & points to the clear discrimination Woodson faced in the selection process for a Medal of Honor as a […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, and Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) today welcomed a $1,841,624 federal grant from the U.S. Environmental […]
Read MoreNationwide, majority Latino, Black and Asian neighborhoods are consistently exposed to higher levels of pollution particles; people of color are more vulnerable to wildfires and climate change-fueled environmental disasters WASHINGTON – […]
Read More“[D]espite all the lessons learned from this deadly pandemic, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is still failing to protect people in its custody.” WASHINGTON – A dozen U.S. Senators, […]
Read MoreSenators press agency leadership for additional assistance to reduce violent crime, especially homicides WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (Both D-Md.) Monday continued their work to […]
Read More“We must act with urgency to address these injustices and ensure the safety of our HBCU communities,” the Senators write WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, and Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) today announced that Civic Works in Baltimore will receive $200,000 for workforce […]
Read MoreThe Full Text of The Senators’ Letter Can Be Found Here WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) joined Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) who led a group of colleagues in […]
Read MoreLarger than the rail cars alone, WMATA’s challenges involve thinking through the long-term transit needs of our region and how the Metro system can evolve and adapt to post-pandemic ridership […]
Read MoreOne year after the military takeover in Burma, Senate unites in call for a return to civilian rule WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.), both […]
Read MoreAmericans registered 5.4 million new business applications in 2021—highest total on record WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today convened a hearing […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – As the one-year anniversary of the February 1, 2021 military coup against democratically-elected leadership in Burma approaches, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), senior member of the Senate Foreign […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) along with more than 190 congressional Democrats, submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of West Virginia v. Environmental […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) today urged President Joe Biden to take immediate action to finalize regulations addressing the threat of unserialized firearms – […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – Two years to the day after Virginia became the 38th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) continue […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie Raskin, and David Trone (all D-Md.) […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON — On the 77th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau in Nazi-occupied Poland, which is designated as International Holocaust Remembrance Day, U.S. Helsinki Commission Chairman Sen. Ben Cardin […]
Read MoreAs of late December 2021, the IRS continued to have a backlog of 6 million individual income tax returns and 2.3 million amended individual tax returns WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators […]
Read MoreInfrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will invest $1.25 billion regionally over the next five years WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin, Chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Transportation and […]
Read MoreWhile New Guidance Requires Most Insurance Companies to Cover Rapid Tests, Lawmakers Urge Inclusion of Medicare WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) joined Senator […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) sent a letter to Catherine Russell, the newly-appointed Executive Director of the United […]
Read MoreLawmakers urge OMB to support interagency transfer of more than 100 acres to better protect headwaters of Patuxent and Anacostia rivers, improve public access WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – Yesterday, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) introduced the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease […]
Read MoreSenators recommended Judge Rubin to President Joe Biden WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) today praised the Judiciary Committee’s bipartisan approval of Judge Julie […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) released the following statement after the Senate failed to move forward the “Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act.” “I am bitterly disappointed […]
Read More“We’re trying to restore the Senate to a body that can work together by requiring the members to come to the floor and speak and vote.” WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, and Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) today announced $396 million in Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation […]
Read More$37.5 million for Mid-Bay Islands project ensures clear shipping channels in the Chesapeake Bay and supports growth and competitiveness of Port of Baltimore Corps’ plan also responds to senators’ calls […]
Read MoreProposed commission would complement work already being done by their Foreign Relations Subcommittee WASHINGTON — United States Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Ranking Member and Chair respectively of the Senate Foreign […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Environment and Public Works Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee released the following statement upon news that Paul Wiedefeld, General Manager and […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) introduced legislation to remove the name of Francis G. Newlands from Chevy Chase Circle. Newlands, a former U.S. […]
Read MoreBALTIMORE – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Special Representative on Anti-Semitism, Racism, and Intolerance for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Parliamentary Assembly released the following statement […]
Read More$81 million will be immediately deployed to help fix 270 Maryland bridges in need of repair WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, […]
Read MoreLegislation aims to combat corruption, hold human rights abusers accountable WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) today applauded the passage by the full Senate of their legislation, the […]
Read MoreBALTIMORE – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee and a senior member of the Senate Finance Committee, released the following statement in […]
Read MoreBALTIMORE – In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, January 17, 2022, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) released the following statement. Senator Cardin serves as Chairman of the U.S. Helsinki […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON—Ahead of the one-year anniversary of Alexei Navalny’s arrest on January 17, Helsinki Commission Chairman Sen. Ben Cardin (MD), Co-Chairman Rep. Steve Cohen (TN-09), Ranking Member Sen. Roger Wicker (MS), […]
Read MoreBALTIMORE – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, welcomed news Friday that the Biden-Harris administration will send Maryland $81.9 […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON—Following the first charges filed under the Helsinki Commission’s Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act for a doping scheme at the Tokyo Olympics, Helsinki Chairman Sen. Ben Cardin (MD), Co-Chairman Rep. Steve Cohen […]
Read MoreBipartisan legislation calls for prioritizing professional training and development that will strengthen national security WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Senator Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Chair and Ranking Member […]
Read MoreSenators call on FDA to lengthen expiration dates, where possible, to help mitigate drug shortages WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) today introduced the bipartisan […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), former Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates, released the following statement on news of the death of Stephen Sachs, who served as […]
Read MoreMembers of Maryland’s congressional delegation gathered virtually Tuesday for their first official meeting with the newly appointed regional administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region III, Adam Ortiz. […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) today joined 31 of their Senate Democratic colleagues in formally requesting that the Biden administration grant Temporary Protected Status […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie Raskin, and David Trone (all D-Md.) […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen John Sarbanes, Jamie Raskin, and David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced $973,741 in federal funding for Montgomery College to better […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON—In response to the violent clashes between protesters and authorities in Kazakhstan, Helsinki Commission Chairman Sen. Ben Cardin (MD), Co-Chairman Rep. Steve Cohen (TN-09), and Ranking Member Rep. Joe Wilson […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today released the following statement on the passing of former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. “I am deeply saddened by the news of […]
Read MoreThe Maryland Delegation Wrote to Postmaster General DeJoy in November Requesting an Update on their Readiness for Holiday Mail Surge WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie Raskin and David Trone (all […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.) today […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON — As the latest court proceedings conclude for Russian human rights group Memorial International, U.S. Helsinki Commission Chairman Senator Ben Cardin (MD), Co-Chairman Rep. Steve Cohen (TN-09), Ranking Member […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (Both D-Md.), along with Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Tina Smith (D-Minn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) are supporting […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) along with Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) led a group of eight senators in calling on Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, and […]
Read MoreSeeking Fix of New Temporary Waiver Period to Allow Public Student Loan Forgiveness Credit for Return Peace Corps Volunteers WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Chris Van Hollen […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Ben Cardina and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman David Trone today announced $280,254 in federal funding for the Frederick Mobile Crisis Team. The team brings police […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie Raskin and David Trone (all […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Andy Harris, M.D., Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie Raskin, Andy Harris, M.D. and […]
Read MoreSenators had recommended Judge Rubin to President Joe Biden WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) today urged the Judiciary Committee to swiftly process the […]
Read MoreSenator welcomes passage of national security provisions, but says bill comes up short on human rights, corruption, small business WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON—Helsinki Commission Chairman Sen. Cardin (MD), Co-Chairman Rep. Steve Cohen (TN-09), Ranking Member Sen. Roger Wicker (MS), and Ranking Member Rep. Joe Wilson (SC-02) today welcomed the passage of the […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and a bipartisan group of senators including Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) wrote Tuesday to Under Secretary of State for Civilian […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – Today, the Maryland Congressional delegation including U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, Steny H. Hoyer, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U .S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie Raskin, Andy Harris, M.D. […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony Brown, Jamie Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON—The Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the Helsinki Commission, today announced the following online briefing: DEFENDING UKRAINE, DETERRING PUTINThursday, December 16, 202110:00 a.m. Register: https://bit.ly/3DHAGWu The […]
Read MoreAccording to Bureau of Labor Statistics, nearly 100 occupations only require an associate degree or postsecondary non-degree credential CREATE Graduates Act will remove barriers for community college students who transferred […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, John Sarbanes, Jamie Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced federal funding to support […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chairman of the Subcommittee On State Department And USAID Management, International Operations, joined Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) Senators Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Ranking Member […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON—Following the death of Senator Bob Dole, Helsinki Commission Chairman Sen. Ben Cardin (MD), Co-Chairman Rep. Steve Cohen (TN-09), Ranking Member Sen. Roger Wicker (MS), and Ranking Member Rep. Joe […]
Read MoreSenators call on Corps to tackle backlog of dredging projects for small ports and channels, quickly transition from Poplar Island to Mid-Bay restoration WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON—Following the recent ruling of a Turkish court that will keep philanthropist Osman Kavala jailed until his trial begins in January 2022 and the subsequent decision by the Council of […]
Read MoreBRUSSELS, LONDON, WASHINGTON—At a virtual kickoff event on December 7, leaders of the U.S. Caucus against Foreign Corruption and Kleptocracy, the EU Parliament Anti-Corruption Intergroup, and the UK All-Party Parliamentary […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen Congressman David Trone (all D-Md.) announced $1,202,449 in new American Rescue Plan funding for the Hagerstown Regional Airport ($1,143,449) and […]
Read MoreFunds will Strengthen Water Infrastructure, Access to Clean Water and Protect Environment WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, a senior member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, […]
Read MoreHuman Rights Activist Speaks Out After Tehran Plotted to Kidnap Her From Brooklyn Home WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) today held a press conference […]
Read MoreAdministrative actions mirror legislation Cardin introduced this year to reverse years-long decline in number of underserved small businesses doing business with federal agencies & ensure small business participation in infrastructure […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chairman of the Senate Small Business Committee and a member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement on Senate passage of […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie Raskin and David Trone (all […]
Read More“Today, approximately 1.2 million Americans are living with HIV, and they are able to lead healthier and safer lives due to increased access to care under the Patient Protection & […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes and Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) today announced $795,146 for the University of Maryland Medical […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Anthony G. Brown and David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced $3 million in federal funding to hire 24 law enforcement professionals in […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie Raskin, Andy Harris, M.D., […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume and Jamie Raskin (all D-Md.) today announced $3.3 million from the Federal […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman John Sarbanes (all D-Md.) announced $450,000 in federal funding for the Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis. These funds […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes and Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) today announced an award of $22 million in federal […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON—Following last week’s request by Russian prosecutors to liquidate the human rights group Memorial International and the Memorial Human Rights Center, Helsinki Commission Chairman Sen. Ben Cardin (MD), Co-Chairman Rep. […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen David Trone, Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie Raskin, and Andy […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON—On the 12-year anniversary of the death of Sergei Magnitsky, Helsinki Commission Chairman Sen. Ben Cardin (MD), Co-Chairman Rep. Steve Cohen (TN-09), Ranking Member Sen. Roger Wicker (MS), and Ranking […]
Read More“For too long, Americans heard talk in Washington about infrastructure, but no action. “President Joe Biden, with a bipartisan effort in Congress, is taking real, meaningful action and providing a […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes and Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) today announced $3,735,333 in federal juvenile justice funding for […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today issued the following statement in recognition of Veterans Day, which is Thurs., November 11. “On Veterans Day, we pause to thank those […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON—Following the invocation of the OSCE’s Vienna Mechanism to address the mounting human rights crisis in Belarus, Helsinki Commission Chairman Sen. Ben Cardin (MD), Co-Chairman Rep. Steve Cohen (TN-09), Ranking […]
Read MoreMeasure Included in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today issued the following statement on […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) joined seven of his Senate Colleagues, led by Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), in writing a letter to President Joe Biden in […]
Read MoreSenators request update on State’s progress & plans to avoid losing funds to help Marylanders stay in their homes WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) joined Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Bill Cassidy (R-La.), and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), chairman of the […]
Read MoreSenators request update on State’s progress & plans to avoid losing funds to help Marylanders stay in their homes WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen John Sarbanes and Andy Harris, M.D (all Md.) today announced $16,143.76 in federal funding for Anne Arundel and […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON—Following the November 3 confirmation of Michael Carpenter as Permanent Representative of the U.S. Mission to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Helsinki Commission Chairman Sen. Ben […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie Raskin, Andy Harris, M.D., and […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) today introduced legislation to require that government agencies comply with Freedom of Information Act […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON —Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), Mark R. Warner (D-Va.), and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today expressed his disappointment that the Republican members of the Committee intend to continue their months-long […]
Read More15 Senators join Cardin and Padilla in letter to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to ensure proposed investments in our nation’s infrastructure and transportation policies equitably serve all communities WASHINGTON— U.S. […]
Read MoreRepublican minority again blocks new law to protect the sacred right to vote, clearly spotlighting need for filibuster reform WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today released the following […]
Read MoreLawmakers point to federal passage of bipartisan VOCA Fix and urge the governor to utilize over $50 million in unused funds immediately available to address this issue WASHINGTON – U.S. […]
Read MoreSenators had recommended Judge Rubin to President Joe Biden WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) today praised President Joe Biden’s nomination of Baltimore City Circuit Judge Julie Rubin […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md). and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), SFRC Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere Ranking Member Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Chairman of the House […]
Read MoreThe Institute of Museum and Library Services awards Maryland’s Museums and Libraries funding through its American Rescue Plan Grants WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen, with Congressman Anthony Brown (All D-Md.) have introduced new bicameral legislation to secure the U.S. Service Academy nominations of states […]
Read MoreVBOC Celebrates Grand Opening on First Day of National Veterans Small Business Week WASHINGTON – On the first day of National Veterans Small Business Week, U.S. Senate Committee on Small […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) reintroduced legislation to expand access to education for Americans in federal prisons. The Promoting […]
Read More“The time for talk is over. Let’s get this done so every Marylander can feel the benefits.” WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, Chair of the Senate Small Business and […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Special Representative on Anti-Semitism, Racism and Intolerance for the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, released the following statement on the third anniversary of the deadly […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin and David Trone […]
Read MoreChairman Calls Women-Owned Small Businesses “Growth Engine” for Recovery from COVID-19 Pandemic WASHINGTON – As National Women’s Small Business Month draws to a close, U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Andy Harris, M.D., Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) joined Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) in urging President Biden, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, and Speaker Nancy Pelosi to […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today released the following expression of gratitude to Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh, who this week announced his retirement. “Brian Frosh has been […]
Read MoreIn joint letter, senators urge greater transparency and communications with riders WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (Both D-Md.) and Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (Both […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) praised passage today in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee of their legislation, the Haiti Development, Accountability, and Institutional Transparency […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, Chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship, and Senator Chris Van Hollen, along with Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John […]
Read MoreELLICOTT City, Md. – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) released the following statement on the passing of General Colin Powell, former U.S. Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint […]
Read MoreMembers of Congress introduce legislation to reduce intimidation and violence against those who witness criminal activity and testify in court ELLICOTT CITY – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin and Congressman Kweisi Mfume […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, Chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship, and Senator Chris Van Hollen, along with Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin and David Trone […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) issued the following statement in commemoration of Hispanic Heritage Month which ran from September 15 through October 15. His statement was included in […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin and David Trone […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – As Maryland and many other states across the U.S. confront an unprecedented housing affordability crisis, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (Both D-Md.) are working closely […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Todd Young (R-Ind.), all members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement on […]
Read MoreBALTIMORE – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement on the appointment by President Joe Biden of […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON—Helsinki Commission Chairman Sen. Ben Cardin (MD) and Ranking Member Sen. Roger Wicker yesterday introduced a measure that would require the administration to evaluate the Navalny 35 for Global Magnitsky sanctions. The […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) joined 15 of his Senate colleagues, led by Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), in sending a letter to Secretary of Homeland […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) Thursday were joined by their Chesapeake […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON—Following the award of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize to journalists Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia “for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John P. Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Andy Harris, M.D., Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin and […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen both D-Md.) today introduced the 1st Lt. Hugh Conor McDowell Safety in Armed Forces Equipment Act of 2021, legislation to establish […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman John Sarbanes (all D-Md.) today announced $476,777 in federal funding for Towson University to improve educator development and […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) released the following statement on the passing of former Baltimore County Executive Ted Venetoulis. “Myrna and I are mourning the loss of our […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin and David Trone (all […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) applauded the Biden administration for streamlining the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program for more than half a million public servants, including teachers, […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony Brown, Jamie Raskin, and David Trone (all D-Md.) applaud Maryland’s $2.5 […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Andy Harris, M.D., Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.), along with nearly 50 of their senate colleagues, reintroduced legislation Tuesday to restore the landmark Voting Rights Act […]
Read More“This unprecedented investigation should further drive the need for transparency and delving deeper into such international transactions.” WASHINGTON—Following the release of the Pandora Papers, Helsinki Commission Chairman Sen. Ben Cardin […]
Read MoreLegislation holds the Burmese military accountable for its February 1 coup and ongoing crisis in Burma WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Foreign […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin, and David Trone […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer and Anthony G. Brown (all D-Md.) today announced $9,899,758 in American Rescue Plan funding for […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), joined a group of senate colleagues, led by Sens. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), in sending a letter to DHS Secretary Mayorkas […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, today issued the following statement in response to the Ethiopian government’s expulsion of seven […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – The Senate on Thursday unanimously approved a resolution led by U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) that designates October as National Retirement Security Month. The […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), the Special Representative on Anti-Semitism, Racism, and Intolerance for the 57-nation Organization Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Parliamentary Assembly, today called on the […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) joined Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Congressman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), along with 117 Senators and Members of the House, in sending a letter to […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) released a statement today on a recent report issued by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON—In response to Russian intransigence blocking the annual OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM), Helsinki Commission Chairman Sen. Ben Cardin (MD), Co-Chairman Rep. Steve Cohen (TN-09), Ranking Member Sen. Roger […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON—In light of yesterday’s termination of the activities of the OSCE Observer Mission at the Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk on the Russian-Ukrainian border, Helsinki Commission Chairman Sen. Ben Cardin […]
Read MoreSenators recommended Delegate Barron to President Joe Biden WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) today applauded the Senate’s confirmation of Delegate Erek Barron to be the U.S. Attorney […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – The full Maryland congressional delegation, including U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Andy Harris, M.D., […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chairman of the Senate Small Business Committee and a member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement on the passage of […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, and Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) today announced $7,500,000 in federal funding for Morgan State University, […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was joined by Senators Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Ranking Member and […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen, and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony Brown, Jamie Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) today wrote to Secretary of State Antony Blinken to register their growing concerns […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen, and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony Brown, Jamie Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee and a member of the Senate Finance Committee, released the following statement on Republican […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON—The leadership of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the Helsinki Commission, is pleased to welcome Edward A. White, Michael Hikari Cecire, and Bakhti Nishanov […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (Both D-Md.) are urging the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to increase support for a critical runway expansion at Salisbury-Ocean City […]
Read More“We have a menu of help for America’s small businesses and we’re not finished yet.” BALTIMORE – U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) was […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) today applauded the Judiciary Committee’s approval of Delegate Erek Barron to be the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland. “Maryland needs […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), lead Senate author of the End Racial and Religious Profiling Act and the Law Enforcement Trust and Integrity Act, both of which are […]
Read MoreBipartisan resolution will raise awareness, help more Americans learn about accessing care through telehealth WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), along with Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) and Roger Wicker […]
Read MoreGAO: “If U.S. roads aren’t built to withstand changes in the climate, they may be unsafe routes for emergency evacuations and expensive to fix after a disaster. Climate-related damages to […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken commending the Biden administration for continuing the United States’ […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) was joined by Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Ranking Member […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) have joined their colleagues in filing bicameral amicus brief in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, urging the Supreme Court […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), today introduced the Maritime Technological Advancement Act. The legislation would […]
Read MoreLeaders test drove electric vehicles and emphasized the growing importance of green infrastructure WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin and Congressman Anthony G. Brown (both D-Md.), local leaders, car dealers […]
Read MoreGOP Committee Members Continue to Block SBA Deputy Administrator Nominee SBA Has Not Had a Full Leadership Team Since 2018 WASHINGTON – The Republican members of the U.S. Senate Committee […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement in response to the executive order signed by President Joe […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON—Following the sham State Duma elections in Russia, Helsinki Commission Chairman Sen. Ben Cardin (MD), Co-Chairman Rep. Steve Cohen (TN-09), and Ranking Members Sen. Roger Wicker (MS) and Rep. Joe […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Kweisi Mfume, Dutch Ruppersberger, and John Sarbanes (all D-Md.) recently wrote to Attorney General Merrick Garland and U.S. […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) along with Senators Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) have introduced bipartisan legislation to award Congressional Gold Medals […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement in response to thousands of Haitians currently in Texas at […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, and Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) announced $6,898,433 in federal funding to reimburse Baltimore City for […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (Both D-Md.) and many of their National Capital Region colleagues urged the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to alleviate flight […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON –U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced $1,480,979 in federal funding to advance clean energy, information technology and biotech training […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today released the following statement in recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs from September 15 to October 15. “This month, we especially […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) are leading the Senate again in recognizing the dedication of frontline health care workers with a resolution commemorating September […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), and Todd Young (R-Ind.) today made the following joint statement recognizing the one-year anniversary of the signing […]
Read MoreBuild Back Better Budget Would Invest $25 Billion in American Small Businesses Call Comes During National Small Business Week WASHINGTON — As the nation celebrates the resilience and renewal of American […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, and Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) announced $9,974,703 in federal funding to reimburse Baltimore County for emergency protective measures taken during the COVID-19 pandemic. “During […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, and Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) announced $3,814,136 in federal funding to support Maryland hospitals, Sinai Hospital and Northwest Hospital, for emergency protective measures […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John P. Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Andy Harris, M.D., Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement in advance of the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger (all D-Md.) announced $123,641 in federal funding to expand the Community College of Baltimore County’s Transportation Training Center program from 18 students to 28 […]
Read MoreBALTIMORE — U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today issued a statement after the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced that it has raised […]
Read MoreBen Cardin comes from a family of small business owners. His grandfather, who emigrated to the US from Russia more than 120 years ago, turned an independent grocery store into […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Finance Health Care Subcommittee, today released the following statement in the wake of the Supreme Court’s 5-4 denial of a […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) joined an effort today to push the Biden administration to take crucial steps to curb plastic pollution at America’s national parks. “Nearly 11 […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today joined a group of 30 lawmakers in urging the Biden administration to take specific steps to ensure that humanitarian aid can continue to […]
Read MoreIncludes more than $50,000 directly from the American Rescue Plan WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman Jamie Raskin (all D-Md.) announced $260,000 in federal funding for the Carroll […]
Read MoreIncludes more than $50,000 directly from the American Rescue Plan WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) announced $500,267 in federal funds for the Easton/Newnam Field Airport in […]
Read MoreIncludes over $3,250,000 from the American Rescue Plan WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman John Sarbanes (all D-Md.) announced $13,231,306 in federal funding for the Baltimore/Washington International […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a longtime champion for dental care who was responsible for guaranteed pediatric dental coverage in the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and Patient […]
Read MoreMembers point to Maryland’s poor performance compared to other states and continued outreach from constituents left in the lurch WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, joined by U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen […]
Read MoreBALTIMORE – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement on the terrorist attack that occurred in Kabul, Afghanistan […]
Read MoreThese funds will help providers weather the financial difficulties created by the pandemic WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) joins 43 bipartisan colleagues in urging U.S. Department of Health and Human […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.)—who both serve on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee—joined a bipartisan group of 18 senators in urging the Biden administration […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – Yesterday, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the U.S. Helsinki Commission, issued the following joint statement with fellow Senate Foreign Relations Committee members: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) signed a bipartisan letter with Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), and 49 Senators urging the Biden administration […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Chair of the U.S. Helsinki Commission, along with Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair […]
Read MoreBALTIMORE – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on the situation in Afghanistan. He was a cosponsor of […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), lead sponsor of the Drug Shortages Prevention and Quality Improvement Act (S. 2595) and the Medicare Dental Benefit Act of 2021 (S. 97), released the […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md), along with Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and 20 colleagues have called on Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the State […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has introduced legislation (S.J.Res.22) to repeal the 2001 Authorization for the use of Military […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen, and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony Brown, Jamie Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced […]
Read More“We have a rare opportunity to reshape our national economy” WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, and member of […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee and Chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) joined Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Chris Van Hollen […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen, with Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John P. Sarbanes and Kweisi Mfume (All D-Md.), have written to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) lauded unanimous passage by the Senate Monday […]
Read MoreNearly 2/3 of RRF Applications Remain Unfunded WASHINGTON— U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), along with Senate Majority […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, U.S. Representative David Trone (MD-06) and U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (all D-MD) announced $150,000 in federal funding for improvements to a water distribution […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) are urging Congress to take action to protect patients from prescription drug shortages that could put health outcomes at […]
Read MoreRENACER Act requires heightened efforts to confront blatant anti-democratic activity by Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON — The United States Senate today approved a bipartisan amendment to expand and make permanent the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA). The measure, which was sponsored by U.S. Senate […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony Brown, Jamie Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Environment and Public Works Transportation & Infrastructure Subcommittee, today announced that five of his first round of Congressionally Directed Spending […]
Read MoreSenator delivers commitment to kick-start major project that will recover more than 2,000 acres of important island habitat Project also ensures the maintenance of shipping channels in the Chesapeake […]
Read MoreMadam President, I rise in support of the legislation that is before us, the bipartisan infrastructure package. I applaud all those who worked so hard so that we could have […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman Anthony Brown (all D-Md.) today announced $1,999,983 in American Rescue Plan funding for Arundel Lodge, Inc., located in Edgewater, […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Jamie Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced $1,915,270 in American Rescue Plan funding to increase access to mental […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (Both D-Md.) announced today that they secured language in the bipartisan infrastructure legislation currently being considered by the Senate that would expedite […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and John Thune (R-S.D.), members of the Senate Finance Committee, and U.S. Reps. Ann Kuster (D-N.H.) and Adrian Smith (R-Neb.) today reintroduced companion versions […]
Read MoreSenators: “Congressional investments in workforce training and support are essential to position workers for the new, skilled jobs that are going to be part of the post-pandemic economy.” WASHINGTON —Today, […]
Read More“USOPC is failing to provide adequate support to the Team USA Paralympic Swimming team.” “A history of slim staffing for athletes at the Olympic and Paralympic games does not make […]
Read More“We need this first-step infrastructure package not only because we need upgrades and improvements urgently, but because we need the job opportunities that our infrastructure projects will create.” WASHINGTON – […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Tom Carper (D-Del.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) today reintroduced legislation that aims to address the […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the U.S. Helsinki Commission, along with Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) announced the inclusion of provisions from their Reconnecting Communities Act, legislation the two Senators introduced alongside Senator Tom […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) today introduced the SBIC Working Group Act of 2021—legislation to […]
Read MoreProgram Has Awarded $7.5B to More Than 10,000 Venues Nationwide Cardin Helped Establish Bipartisan $16.25B Program to Support Venues Affected by the Pandemic WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Committee on Small […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) today praised President Joe Biden’s nomination of Delegate Erek Barron to be the new U.S. Attorney for the […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) have released their requests for Congressionally Directed Spending for projects under the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, issued the following statement on the bipartisan infrastructure package. “I am […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) have introduced legislation to expand hospital-based violence intervention services and prevention programs for survivors of violent crimes. The Bipartisan […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.) introduced the Modern, Clean, and Safe Trucks Act of 2021. The bipartisan bill would repeal the federal excise tax (FET) on heavy […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – A coalition of congressional leaders from the Senate Committee on Finance and the House Committee on Oversight and Reform today commended the Biden Administration for finalizing a rule […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony Brown, and Jamie Raskin (all D-Md.) today announced $1,201,379 in […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Jamie Raskin and David Trone (D-Md.) today announced $1,381,911 in American Rescue Plan funding for fire and emergency rescue departments […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Jamie Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced $378,753 in American Rescue Plan funding for fire […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (all D-Md.) today announced $1,037,955 in American Rescue Plan funding for fire and emergency rescue departments in […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman David Trone (D-Md.) today announced plans to introduce S.2367, the Frederick Jobs and Historic Preservation Training Center Land […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony Brown, Jamie Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Republicans today boycotted a vote on the nomination of Dilawar Syed to be Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Small Business […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman Andy Harris (all Md.) today announced $513,000 in federal funding to finish the construction of the Sudlersville Wastewater Treatment Plant […]
Read MoreNamed after a civil servant who died of COVID-19 complications, the bill would empower workers & families with critical information about workplace safety plans WASHINGTON – With the COVID-19 delta […]
Read MoreReport, requested by lawmakers, includes nine recommendations to mitigate and prevent fatal training accidents WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin and Congressman Anthony G. Brown, Senator Chris Van Hollen and […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen announced Tuesday their Congressionally Directed Spending Requests (Community Spending) for three appropriations bills: (1) Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced $575,000 in federal funding to upgrade the Grantsville sewer system in Garrett County. “Upgrading […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.) sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken requesting that […]
Read MoreMembers of the Maryland congressional delegation doubled-down in promising their support for reducing Baltimore’s violence at a Monday meeting with city leaders. U.S. Senator Ben Cardin said he called for […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) released their requests for Congressionally Directed Spending for projects under the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – After hearing concerns from veterans across the state, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) joined Senator Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) in calling on the Department […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), co-chairs of the Atlantic Council’s Colombia Task Force, along with Senator Bob Menéndez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) joined Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and 20 […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) released their requests for Congressionally Directed Spending for projects under the Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations Subcommittee […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – Ahead of the ninth anniversary of Cuban political reformer Oswaldo Payá’s suspicious death, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), along with Senators Marco […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony Brown, Jamie Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced […]
Read MoreFirst Congressionally Directed Spending Requests in more than a decade seek to help the health of the Chesapeake Bay watershed, wide-ranging environmental and economic projects WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) issued the following statement in advance of the Independence Day holiday, July 4, 2021. “Throughout our history, Americans have celebrated the Fourth of […]
Read MoreOne request stands out among dozens made by Maryland lawmakers seeking millions in federal dollars for projects benefiting the state. That’s because the project isn’t actually in Maryland. In an […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) and Representatives Bobby Scott (Va.-03), John Sarbanes (Md.-03) led a bicameral letter to Michael Regan, the Administrator for […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony Brown, Jamie Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.) […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (Both D-Md.) today released the following statement upon House passage of legislation to replace in the U.S. Capitol the bust […]