WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, released the following statement regarding the failed procedural vote in the Senate on the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act. "It is remarkable to me that a bill so widely supported by both Democrats and Republicans, a bill that was the result of hard, bipartisan negotiations between Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wy  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement after the United States, working closely with our allies, secured the release of numerous American citizens and Russian dissidents unjustly jailed by the Kremlin. "The return of American citizens Paul Whelan, Evan Gershkovich, and Alsu Kurmasheva marks a welcome end to a searing nightmar  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, a senior member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (both D-Md. ) and Senator Chris Van Hollen, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies announced the inclusion of $12,900,000 in key Senate Committee legislation providing direct federal funding for community-led projects throughout Mar  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (both D-Md) and Senator Chris Van Hollen, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS), announced the inclusion of $10,360,000 in key Senate Committee legislation providing direct federal funding for community-led projects throughout Maryland. These community projects, funded at the Senators' req  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and its Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure (both D-Md.), and Senator Chris Van Hollen, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD), announced the inclusion of $34,378,000 in key Senate Committee legi  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman Kweisi Mfume, Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and U.S. Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, Jamie Raskin, David Trone and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) today joined the Biden-Harris Administration in announcing $24,030,695 in federal funding to expand apprenticeship programs across growing industries in Maryland. This federal investment in workforce development aims to create more equitable access   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) issued the following statement today on the release of four Americans Paul Whelan, Evan Gershkovich, Alsu Kurmasheva, and Vladimir Kara-Murza who were wrongfully detained in Russia: "For the past 16 months, Vladimir Putin's authoritarian regime has held Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich in a decrepit, Stalin-era prison. He was imprisoned not for anything he d  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * The funding is part of the largest combined federal investment in Registered Apprenticeships nationwide Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and U.S. Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, David Trone and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) today joined the Biden-Harris Administration in announcing $24,030,695 in federal funding to expand apprenticeship programs across growing industries   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and U.S. Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, David Trone and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) today joined the Biden-Harris Administration in announcing $24,030,695 in federal funding to expand apprenticeship programs across growing industries in Maryland. This federal investment in workforce development aims to create more equitable access to good j  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered a speech on the Senate floor to once again bring needed attention to the ongoing conflict and tragic humanitarian crisis in Sudan, calling on all parties to come to an agreement for an immediate ceasefire to usher in lifesaving humanitarian aid.   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on Aug. 1, 2024: * * * Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement after the United States, working closely with our allies, secured the release of numerous American citizens and Russian dissidents unjustly jailed by the Kremlin. "The return of American citizens Paul Whelan, Evan Gershko  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government (FSGG), released the following statement regarding the inclusion of $375 million in funding for the new FBI Headquarters within the Committee's FSGG Fiscal Year 2025 funding legislation, passed today by the full Senate Appropriations Committee: "To meet their mission, th  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Van Hollen, Cardin submitted funding requests on behalf of Maryland non-profit organizations, local governments Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS), and Senator Ben Cardin (both D-Md) announced the inclusion of $10,360,000 in key Senate Committee legislation providing direct fede  more