Press Releases & Statements
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Mar 28, 2024
Following Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse, Team Maryland Voices United Support for Federal Emergency Relief Funding
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Kweisi Mfume, Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Andy Harris, M.D., Jamie Raskin, David Trone and Glenn […]
Read MoreMar 26, 2024
Cardin Statement on Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse
BALTIMORE – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) released the following statement on the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge: “The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge this morning […]
Read MoreMar 23, 2024
Cardin Statement on Moscow Terrorist Attack
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released a statement today following a deadly terrorist attack on a crowded concert hall near Moscow […]
Read MoreMar 23, 2024
On ACA Anniversary, Cardin, Van Hollen Highlight Record Enrollment and Slam Republicans for Continuing to Push ACA Repeal
WASHINGTON – On the 14th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) joined their fellow Senate Democrats in touting record-breaking […]
Read MoreMar 23, 2024
Cardin Lauds Completion of Last Six Appropriations Bills for Fiscal Year 2024
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after passage of the final six FY24 appropriations bills, which will keep […]
Read MoreMar 22, 2024
Cardin, Van Hollen Join Colleagues Urging Biden Administration to Establish National Monument to Julius Rosenwald
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) joined Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin and Senator Tammy Duckworth (both D-Ill.) this week in sending a letter to […]
Read MoreMar 21, 2024
Cardin, Baldwin and Van Hollen Introduce Bill to Expand Existing Federal Partnership for Bike and Pedestrian Safety
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, […]
Read MoreMar 21, 2024
Cardin, Van Hollen, Raskin Announce $568,000 for Pedestrian, Bicycle Infrastructure to Connect Rockville’s Twinbrook Neighborhood to Rockville Pike
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and U.S. Congressman Jamie Raskin (all D-Md) announced $568,000 for the City of Rockville’s Twinbrook Pedestrian and Bicycle Bridge project. The […]
Read MoreMar 20, 2024
Cardin, Raskin and Colleagues in Senate and House Reintroduce Bill to Protect Vulnerable “Citizens of Nowhere” in the United States
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-Md.-8), Wednesday reintroduced the “Stateless Protection Act,” bicameral legislation establishing a new […]
Read MoreMar 20, 2024
Cardin, Van Hollen Announce $4.5 Million for U.S.-50, Route 113 Infrastructure Projects
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin announced $4,509,759 for two projects on the Eastern Shore to reconnect communities divided by infrastructure. These federal dollars, secured […]
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