Press Releases & Statements
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Apr 25, 2024
Cardin, Van Hollen, Ivey Celebrate Earth Day with $3.4 Million Federal Investment in Prince George’s County Water Infrastructure
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) highlighted $3,423,000 in direct federal investments to improve the health of the Anacostia River, upgrade […]
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Apr 25, 2024
Cardin Delivers Remarks at Business Meeting to Advance Critical Legislation, Nominees, and Foreign Service Promotions
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered opening remarks at a Committee business meeting to consider critical legislation to hold Iran accountable, counter authoritarianism, […]
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Apr 24, 2024
Cardin Hails Final Passage of National Security Supplemental, Reauthorization of a Key Provision in Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement today following Senate passage of the national security supplemental funding package, including the Chair’s reauthorization […]
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Apr 23, 2024
Cardin Lauds Teamwork from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Coast Guard and Navy for Quickly Clearing a 35-Foot Channel in Baltimore to Allow More Shipping Operations to Resume
“The Army Corps of Engineers has had one primary mission since the tragic collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26: clear a channel to resume shipping operations. […]
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Apr 23, 2024
Cardin Calls on Higher Education Officials to Curb Antisemitic and Violent On-Campus Activity
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement in response to violent protests happening on a number of major college […]
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Apr 22, 2024
Cardin Recognizes Earth Day 2024
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), senior member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee submitted the following statement into the record of the 118th Congress to commemorate Earth Day […]
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Apr 19, 2024
Cardin, Boozman Laud Congressional Passage of Bill Protecting the Baltimore Oriole, Mallard Duck and Other Migratory Birds
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-Ark.), the Ranking Member of the Senate […]
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Apr 19, 2024
Cardin, Risch, Meeks, McCaul Request Determination of Human Rights Abuses Committed by Sudan’s RSF
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with U.S. Representatives Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) and […]
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Apr 18, 2024
Cardin, Duckworth, Merkley, Booker, Van Hollen Introduce Resolution to Tackle Toxic Lead Exposure
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Chair of Subcommittee on the Multilateral International Development, Multilateral Institutions, and International Economic, Energy, and […]
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Apr 18, 2024
ICYMI: Cardin Joins Shaheen, Collins, Colleagues in Bipartisan Push to Renew Efforts to Identify Cause of ‘Havana Syndrome’
WASHINGTON – In light of new allegations raised in a recent CBS 60 Minutes news segment, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Jeanne Shaheen […]
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