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May 20, 2024

Take Five: Benjamin L. Cardin

Source: CQ Author: Justin Papp

Benjamin L. Cardin has been in elected office pretty much his entire adult life, but he doesn’t have to reach far back in his memory to find what he describes as […]

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Oct 25, 2016

Officials frustrated over delay in FBI headquarters site

Author: Sydney Tonic and Kimberly Escobar

Maryland officials expressed frustration Tuesday over the federal government’s decision to delay picking a site for the FBI’s consolidated headquarters until March. The General Services Administration had been expected to […]

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Jul 22, 2016

The Republican Platform and Ukraine

Author: Ben Cardin

Re “A Most Extreme Republican Platform” (editorial, July 19): Given the trajectory of the Republican Party over the last two decades, culminating in the nomination of Donald Trump for president, […]

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Jul 11, 2016

Ben Cardin Discusses NATO with VOA (Video)

Senator Ben Cardin speaks to Milena Djurdjic of VOA’s Serbian Service about Montenegro’s accession to NATO, Serbia, NATO and Russian policies after Brexit. They spoke on July 7, 2016. https://m.voanews.com/a/3410570.html

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May 17, 2016

Essential water infrastructure

Source: The Hill Author: Ben Cardin

Infrastructure is a technical-sounding word that describes so much that matters in our daily lives. It may sound like something that happens somewhere else, but infrastructure includes our homes and […]

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Mar 14, 2016

Will The U.S. Ever Get Rid Of Its Lead Pipes?

Author: Arthur Delaney

WASHINGTON — Even after the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, reminded Americans that millions of homes across the country receive drinking water from dangerous lead pipes, there hasn’t been much […]

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Jun 18, 2015

Listen to the Pope about climate

Author: Senator Ben Cardin

(CNN)Pope Francis’ new encyclical on climate change is a profound reminder that we have a shared moral obligation to address climate change and the immeasurable human suffering it is causing […]

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Jun 18, 2015

Listen to the Pope about climate

Author: Senator Ben Cardin

(CNN)Pope Francis’ new encyclical on climate change is a profound reminder that we have a shared moral obligation to address climate change and the immeasurable human suffering it is causing […]

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May 19, 2015

Clear truth on clean water

Source: The Hill Author: Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.)

Americans need clean safe water to drink, bathe, run their businesses, keep schools open and function daily. Unfortunately, the waters that feed the drinking water supplies of 1 in 3 […]

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Jun 6, 2013

Remembering Frank Lautenberg

Author: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin

Frank Lautenberg, the senior U.S. senator from New Jersey, was a friend and colleague. He was an outstanding senator, a patriot who served our country in World War II, an […]

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Feb 20, 2013

Sequestration Is Not The Solution

Author: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin

If Congress fails to deal with the looming threat of sequestration, March 1 will be devastating for millions of Americans. That will be the day that automatic, across-the-board spending cuts […]

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Mar 14, 2012

MARCH IS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH

This month is National Women’s History Month and the focus this year is on women’s education and empowerment.  Today, women have taken a dominant role in the ranks of higher […]

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Jan 3, 2012

DECEPTIVE VOTER PRACTICES CANNOT BE TOLERATED

Voter suppression and intimidation are still very much alive in our nation.  From misleading and fraudulent information about elections to voter intimidation and robocalls designed to suppress the vote, deceptive […]

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Dec 1, 2011

OUR FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS CONTINUES

Author: Senator Ben Cardin

On this December 1, 2011, we celebrate the 23rd anniversary of World AIDS Day.  I say celebrate, because we have accomplished so much in the fight against this terrible disease, […]

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Nov 14, 2011

A MESSAGE TO THE BUDGET SUPER COMMITTEE

Author: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin

On November 23, the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction – also known as the “Super Committee” —   will issue its recommendations on how to deal with our nation’s economic […]

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Aug 8, 2011

ACCOUNTABILITY FOR SERGEI MAGNITSKY'S KILLERS

Author: Senator Ben Cardin

The case of Sergei Magnitsky has come to symbolize the rampant and often violent corruption plaguing the Russian state. Sergei, a 37-year-old tax lawyer, husband and father working for an […]

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Jun 27, 2011

BONO'S ONE CAMPAIGN WORKS

Author: Senator Ben Cardin

I was surprised to read the June 20 op-ed by Matt Patterson “U2: Great music in the service of a dubious charity,” which contained misinformation about ONE, the anti-poverty, advocacy […]

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Jun 16, 2011

IT'S TIME TO SHIFT STRATEGY IN AFGHANISTAN

Author: Senator Ben Cardin

This week, I joined with 26 of my Senate colleagues in urging President Obama to shift our policy in Afghanistan and to begin an “accelerated” transition to Afghan security forces. […]

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Apr 20, 2011

LIBYA: THE RESOURCE CURSE STRIKES AGAIN

Author: Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN)

The civil war in Libya, and the consequent spike in world oil prices, has cast a bright light on three important truths about global energy: first, Europe and the United […]

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Apr 15, 2011

A CELEBRATION: EARTH DAY 2011

Author: Senator Ben Cardin

Earth Day was established in 1970 by the late U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin as a way to encourage awareness and appreciation of our planet, including its fragile nature […]

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Oct 4, 2010

HATE CRIMES AGAINST THE HOMELESS

Source: NULL Author: NULL

Last week, I chaired an important Judiciary subcommittee hearing that I found extremely upsetting and troubling.   It focused on the increasing number of violent attacks on individuals who are […]

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