WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, made the following remarks following passage of a Fiscal Year 2024 Continuing Resolution, which will fund the federal government through early in the new year. "Congress took a pragmatic and responsible step of passing continued funding for the federal government into early next year and rejecting a government more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) introduced the Supporting Seniors with Opioid Use Disorder Act. This bipartisan legislation would implement recommendations from a 2021 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) report, along with a follow-up 2022 report, both of which found Medicare beneficiaries face challenges accessi more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Ben Lujan (D-N.M.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) sent the following letter to more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), Chair of the Regional Leadership Council, issued the following statement today on the two-year anniversary of the enactment of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law: Click here for a Regional Leadership Council video celebrating the two-year anniversary of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law "Two years ago today, President Biden signed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. As  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) issued the following statement after Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-08) announced that he will not run for re-election in 2024: "Dan Kildee has stood up for the people of Michigan ever since he was elected to the Flint Board of Education when he was just 18 years old. Forty-six years later, a decade of which he spent in the House of Representatives, more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement with Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), and Cory Booker ( more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Today, on the 29th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) entering into force, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) in introducing a resolution calling on the U.S. Senate to ratify UNCLOS. UNCLOS, which has been ratified by 168 nations and the European Union, details the rig more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement on his vote to pass a continuing resolution to keep the government running through early 2024. "Keeping our government open and pursuing national objectives is one of our most basic responsibilities as lawmakers. And while I'm disappointed with yet another short-term continuing resolution, I'm glad to see House Republicans t more PR