WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Chair of the Subcommittee on State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Management, International Operations, and Bilateral International Development, is requesting feedback from global health implementers, local partners, experts, and others on actions Congress should take  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), the second-ranking Democrat of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Chairman of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, released the following statement on the National Defense Authorization Act of 2024 (NDAA), which the Senate approved on Thursday evening by an overwhelming bipartisan 86-11 vote. "Each year, Congress comes together on a bipartisa more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and colleagues reintroduced a Senate Resolution to declare racism a public health crisis. Senator Cardin has been a cosponsor of similar legislation since 2020. "Long-standing systemic racism and socioeconomic disparities have limited access to life-saving care and treatment for communities of color," more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on July 28, 2023: In advance of this week's 33rd anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act into law, Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer and John Sarbanes (all D-Md.) delivered $1,759,500 in direct federal investments through Fiscal Year 2023 omnibus funding to expand resources for the disability community and expand job opportunities for neurodi more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on July 28, 2023: In advance of this week's 33rd anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act into law, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Ben Cardin (D-MD), and Congressman John Sarbanes (MD-08) delivered $1,759,500 in direct federal investments through Fiscal Year 2023 omnibus funding to expand resources for the disability community and expand jo more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on July 28, 2023: Today, Members of the Regional Leadership Council (RLC) and its Chair, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), attended a second meeting at the White House for a conversation on the progress that Democrats have made to implement the Investing in America agenda. Joining the Members were senior White House officials, including Deputy Chief of Staff Natalie Quillian, Director of the Office of Le more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, praised Senate approval of key contracting provisions that will bolster small businesses in Maryland and nationwide as part of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2024 (NDAA). Thanks to an amendment Senator Cardin authored, the bill increases the size of defense contracts available to firms that are  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on July 28, 2023: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) voted Thursday to pass the fiscal year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) in the Senate, which includes critical investments in Maryland military installations and key legislative priorities that the Senator fought for, as well as a 5.2 percent pay raise for military and Department of Defense (DoD) civilian employees. "This year's defen more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on July 28, 2023: In advance of this week's 33rd anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act into law, Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer and John Sarbanes (all D-Md.) delivered $1,759,500 in direct federal investments through Fiscal Year 2023 omnibus funding to expand resources for the disability community and expand job opportunities for neurod more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following and letter on July 28, 2023: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) alongside their Senate colleagues in urging the Biden administration to withhold the $320 million of Foreign Military Financing (FMF) to Egypt that Congress made contingent upon specific human rights conditions in the FY22 Appropriations Act. In a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the senators lay out t more PR