Press Releases & Statements
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Mar 30, 2023
Cardin, Colleagues Introduce Law Enforcement Reform Bill Targeting Racial and Religious Profiling
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) Thursday reintroduced the End Racial and Religious Profiling Act of 2023 (ERRPA) that would ban discriminatory profiling by federal, state and local law enforcement nationwide. ERRPA […]
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Mar 30, 2023
Cardin Introduces Bill to Replace Outdated 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin introduced a bill on Wednesday that would prospectively repeal the 2001 Authorizations for the Use of Military Force that was enacted in the aftermath […]
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Mar 29, 2023
An Oral Health Crisis: Identifying and Addressing Health Disparities Senator Cardin Opening Remarks
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), Chair of the Finance Subcommittee on Health Care, held the first hearing of the 118th Congress called “Oral Health: Identifying and Addressing […]
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Mar 28, 2023
Cardin, Colleagues Submit Public Comment Against the Biden Administration’s Proposed Asylum Transit Ban Rule
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today joined Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) led 10 of their Senate colleagues in submitting a public comment against the Biden Administration’s proposed […]
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Mar 27, 2023
Cardin, Van Hollen, Murkowski Introduce Bill to Fund Vital Firehouse Upgrades Across the Country
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin, Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Congressman Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.) today introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to help construct and upgrade fire stations across […]
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Mar 27, 2023
Cardin Joins 37 Senators in Letter to Pentagon Underscoring National Security Imperative to Provide Abortion Leave for Service Members
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) joined Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, led a letter today with Senators Mazie Hirono (D-HI) […]
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Mar 24, 2023
Cardin, Van Hollen, Sarbanes Announce Over $1 Million in Federal Funding to Support Chesapeake Bay Restoration
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman John Sarbanes (all D-Md.) today announced $1,129,063 in Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funding to restore wetlands and expand […]
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Mar 23, 2023
Senators Cardin, Menendez, Shaheen, Coons, Murphy Introduce Global Voices of Freedom Act
WASHINGTON – In response to dramatic increases in attacks on human rights defenders around the world, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senior Member Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and […]
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Mar 23, 2023
Cardin, Wicker, Keating, Kean, Wilson, Cohen Lead Congressional Call for Russia to Release Opposition Leader Vladimir Kara-Murza
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), author of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act; Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee; along with […]
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Mar 23, 2023
Maryland Delegation Announces More Than $15 Million For Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport
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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