Press Releases & Statements
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Nov 22, 2023
Chair Cardin Encouraged by Agreement to Release Some Hostages Held by Hamas, Reiterates Calls for Release of All Hostages
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement regarding an agreement reached to secure the release of mostly women and children […]
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Nov 16, 2023
Cardin, Collins Introduce Bill to Improve Seniors’ Access to Substance Use Treatment
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) introduced the Supporting Seniors with Opioid Use Disorder Act. This bipartisan legislation would implement recommendations from a 2021 U.S. […]
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Nov 16, 2023
Cardin Calls Latest Continuing Resolution “A Responsible Step,” Urges Ongoing Bipartisanship to Finalize Supplemental and Full-Year Spending Bills
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, made the following remarks following passage of a Fiscal Year 2024 Continuing Resolution, which will fund […]
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Nov 15, 2023
Chair Cardin Urges Biden to Press Xi Jinping to Release Americans and the Families of American Journalists Detained in China
WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Foreign Relations Committee, sent President Biden a letter urging him to use his meeting with President Xi Jinping today to […]
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Nov 15, 2023
Cardin, Van Hollen Announce Over $2 Million to Strengthen Infrastructure Resiliency at the City of Havre de Grace
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) today announced $2,505,500 for critical infrastructure improvements to the City of Havre de Grace in Harford County. The […]
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Nov 15, 2023
Cardin, Van Hollen Praise Biden Nominee Nicole Berner for U.S. Court of Appeals for 4th Circuit Maryland Seat
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) today praised President Joe Biden’s nomination of Maryland attorney Nicole Berner to fill a vacant Maryland seat on […]
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Nov 10, 2023
Team Maryland Welcomes the Selection of Greenbelt for New FBI Headquarters
Greenbelt, Md. — U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen, Governor Wes Moore and Lieutenant Governor Aruna Miller, U.S. Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer and Glenn Ivey, Maryland House Speaker […]
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Nov 10, 2023
Cardin Statement in Honor of Veterans Day 2023
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) released the following statement in honor of Veterans Day, which is Saturday, November 11, with the official federal holiday on Friday, November 10. […]
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Nov 8, 2023
Team Maryland Joint Statement on the Selection of Greenbelt for the FBI's New Headquarters
WASHINGTON — Members of Maryland’s federal, state, and local governments including U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) and Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), Governor Wes Moore, […]
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Nov 8, 2023
Cardin Joins Kaine, Bonamici, Bipartisan Colleagues in Pushing to Renew Funding for Child Care
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) today joined Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Tina Smith (D-MN), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Bob Casey (D-PA), along with U.S. Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1), […]
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