WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, today applauded the Senate's passage of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA 2024), which is the primary authorization for the Civil Works programs of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and enables their critical work to manage our nation's water resources. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers works to  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Congressman Glenn Ivey (D-Md.-04) with Representatives David Valadao (R-Calif.-22), Delia Ramirez (D-Ill. 03) and Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) introduced a bill this week to protect survivors of human trafficking. Their bill, the Continued Presence Improvement Act (S.4887), strengthens  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Friday, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) were in Prince George's County to highlight $3,483,000 in direct federal investments they delivered to upgrade transportation and water infrastructure across the County. They were joined by local partners, including County Executive Angela Alsobrooks, Randy Clarke, CEO of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit A  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement today on the July jobs report "The jobs report released today marks 42 months of consecutive job growth during the Biden-Harris Administration. After the prior administration oversaw the hemorrhaging of nine million jobs in its final year in office, the American economy has experienced a historic 15.8 million jobs created under the Biden-  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Today, Representatives Jamie Raskin (MD-08) and Hank Johnson (GA-04) introduced the Bivens Act, legislation that allows citizens to recover damages for constitutional violations committed against them by federal officials, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Transportation Security Administration, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice, and federal prison officials. Sen. Shel  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 2, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sent a letter to Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa of the Royal Thai Government to express concern for recent political developments in Thailand, including the potential dissolution of the democratically elected Move Forward Party. Chair Cardin urged th  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 2, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, led Michael McCaul (R-Texas), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Chairs of the Foreign Affairs Committees of Armenia, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania, a  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 2, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Representative Michael McCaul (R-Texas), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), and Representative Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.) issued a joint statement condemning the Maduro regime for undermining   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Friday, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) were in Prince George's County to highlight $3,483,000 in direct federal investments they delivered to upgrade transportation and water infrastructure across the County. They were joined by local partners, including County Executive Angela Alsobrooks, Randy Clarke, CEO of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Legislation aims to boost innovation and training, expanding Fab Labs across the country U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and U.S. Representative Bill Foster (D-Ill.) have reintroduced the National Fab Lab Network Act, bipartisan legislation to expand Fab Labs across the country. Fab Lab facilities provide access to and training with digitally-controlled tools, such a  more