WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on May 22, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), the second-ranking Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), released the following statement on the news that Chairman Tom Carper will not run for re-election in 2024. "Tom Carper is a friend and an incredible statesman. He knows instinctively when to listen and when to speak up. It's been a privilege to serve alongside him more PR

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), joined Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), in writing a bipartisan letter to U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere Richard Spinrad, and National Marine Fisheries Service Janet Coit, pushing for a revised proposed rule to the Seafood Import Monitoring Plan (SIMP) current proposal to tackle Illegal, U more PR