Press Releases & Statements
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Sep 30, 2023
Cardin: Continuing Resolution Spares Marylanders from a Reckless Government Shutdown
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after passage of a 45-day Continuing Resolution (CR) that will avoid a […]
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Sep 29, 2023
Cardin Statement on the Passing of Senator Dianne Feinstein
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) released the following statement on the passing of U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.): “One of the great honors of serving in the Senate […]
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Sep 27, 2023
Cardin Named Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee since January 2007 when he first joined the Senate, and Co-Chair of the Commission on […]
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Sep 22, 2023
Cardin Statement on Senator Bob Menendez
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) released the following statement: “Senator Bob Menendez entered the U.S. Senate only one year ahead of me. We served in the House of […]
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Sep 21, 2023
Senate Democrats Back Biden Administration’s Governmentwide Social Cost of Carbon Directive
WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats are lauding the Biden Administration’s historic decision to begin requiring use of a social cost of carbon across government decision-making. A social cost of carbon is […]
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Sep 20, 2023
Cardin Applauds Biden-Harris Administration’s Investment in Underserved Small Businesses
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, today issued a statement following the Biden-Harris Administration’s announcement of grants to non-profit and community-based […]
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Sep 18, 2023
Maryland Delegation Announces More Than $900,000 to Provide Free COVID-19 Vaccines to Marylanders
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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Sep 18, 2023
Cardin Statement on the Release of Americans from Iran
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement on the release of five Americans from Iranian custody. “Five […]
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Sep 15, 2023
Cardin Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month 2023
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), released the following statement to commemorate Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs September 15 through October 15, 2023. Senator Cardin is chair of the […]
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Sep 15, 2023
Cardin Condemns Decision to Release Federal Aid to Egypt
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement about the release of federal dollars to Egypt amid […]
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