Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has released the second installment in the Committee’s documentary-style Truth to Power Series. Episode 2, titled “Defending the Defenders,” highlighting how Chair Cardin’s Human Rights Defenders Protection Act supports human rights defenders facing grave risks worldwide, providing them with security, resources, and recognition to continue their advocacy.

U.S. Senator Ben Cardin started his political career in the Maryland House of Delegates in 1967. He rose to become Chair of the Ways & Means Committee and then Speaker. He served in the House of Representatives and then U.S. Senate. He is ending this distinguished career as Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.