Sens. Cardin, Van Hollen, Hassan, Rep. Ruppersberger Call on U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee to Increase Trusted Support for Paralympic Athletes
July 30, 2021
July 30, 2021
WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on July 29, 2021:
U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), and Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md.-2) are calling on the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) to better support Paralympic athletes at Olympic and Paralympic Games after denying reasonable and essential accommodations for a deaf and blind swimmer. With an understand . . .
U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), and Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md.-2) are calling on the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) to better support Paralympic athletes at Olympic and Paralympic Games after denying reasonable and essential accommodations for a deaf and blind swimmer. With an understand . . .