WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, a senior member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement in commemoration of the 54th anniversary of President Lyndon B. Johnson signing Medicaid and Medicare into law: "As we celebrate the 54th anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid, let us also celebrate our continued commitment to the fight to provide affordable, quality health care to all Americans. "On July 30, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law t more PR