Press Releases & Statements
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May 24, 2022
Cardin, Van Hollen Submit Funding Requests for Community-based Projects
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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May 20, 2022
Cardin, Gillibrand, Rounds Lead Forty-Four Senators In Bipartisan Push To Fully Fund U.S.-Israel Missile Defense Cooperation
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 […]
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May 19, 2022
Cardin “Deeply Disappointed” By Failed Senate Vote on RRF Replenishment
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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May 19, 2022
Maryland Delegation Announces over $1.2 Million in Federal Funding for the Blackwater Loop and Appalachian Regional Heritage Trail Project
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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May 18, 2022
Ahead of Key Vote, Cardin Urges Colleagues to Replenish Restaurant Revitalization Fund
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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May 18, 2022
Committee Approves Four Bills to Support Small Businesses
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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May 18, 2022
Cardin, Menendez, Risch, Colleagues Send Letter to President Biden Championing Taiwan’s Inclusion in Proposed Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF)
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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May 18, 2022
Cardin, Inhofe, Capito, Carper, Wicker, Cramer, Padilla, Duckworth Praise Senate Passage of National Public Works Week Resolution
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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May 16, 2022
Cardin, Colleagues Introduce Resolution Calling for Release of Russian Opposition Leader Vladimir Kara-Murza
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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May 12, 2022
Cardin Leads Bipartisan Ask for Biden to Sanction Russians Responsible for Jailing Opposition Leader Vladimir Kara-Murza
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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