Author Archives: Sen. Benjamin Cardin

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NOVEMBER 10, 2016 CONTACTS: SUE WALITSKY 202-224-4524 / TIM ZINK 410-962-4436 Cardin Welcomes Federal Decision to Keep Hagerstown Regional Airport (HGR) in Essential Air Service Program   WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today praised the U.S. Department of Transportation for approving a waiver that will allow Hagerstown Regional Airport (HGR) to remain part of […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NOVEMBER 9, 2016 CONTACT: Sue Walitsky, 202-224-4524/Tim Zink, 410-962-4436 Cardin on Presidential Election: “Hate Cannot be the Ruling Force in our Nation for the Next Four Years” BALTIMORE – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, and a member of the Senate Committees on Finance, Environment & […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 1, 2016 CONTACTS: Sue Walitsky 202-224-4524 / Tim Zink 410-962-4436 Cardin Statement on Fatal School Bus-Commuter Bus Crash in Baltimore BALTIMORE – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), issued the following statement on the fatal bus accident in Baltimore. “I am deeply saddened by the news of this morning’s fatal bus accident in southwest […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OCTOBER 31, 2016 CONTACTS: TIM ZINK 410-962-4436/SUE WALITSKY 202-224-4524 MEDIA ADVISORY Cardin, Frosh, Alsobrooks to Hold Press Conference to Urge Voters to “Know Your Rights” Broad coalition to spotlight need to protect integrity of elections, counter efforts to intimidate voters TODAY, Monday, October 31 at 11:30 AM, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) […]

MEDIA ADVISORY   Cardin to Join EPA, State Leaders to Celebrate Major Grant to Reduce Diesel Emissions at Port of Baltimore   TOMORROW, Thursday, October 20 at 10:30 AM, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, will join U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regional Administrator Shawn Garvin, Maryland […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 7, 2016 CONTACTS: Sue Walitsky, 202-224-4524 ***MEDIA ADVISORY*** Made in MD: Cardin to Visit Innovative Baltimore Nanotechnology Company Pixelligent Friday, October 7 at 9:30 AM, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) will visit Baltimore’s own Pixelligent Technologies as part of his ongoing “Made in Maryland” jobs tour. Pixelligent is among the state’s […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                              October 6, 2016 CONTACTS Alanna Wellspeak 202-228-1122 (Mikulski) Sue Walitsky 202-224-4524 (Cardin) Trudy Perkins /Fabion Seaton 202-225-4741 (Cummings) Jaime Lennon 410-628-2710 (Ruppersberger) Dan Jacobs 202-225-4016 (Sarbanes) Federal Delegation for Howard County Asks Sheriff Fitzgerald to Show Respect for Fellow Law Enforcement and Citizens by Stepping Down from His Post WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 6, 2016 CONTACT: Sue Walitsky, 202-224-4524/202-320-0819 *** MEDIA ADVISORY ***   Ellicott City Re-Opens: Cardin to Tour Businesses on Main Street in Ellicott City     Friday, October 7 from 11:30AM to 12:30PM, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) will visit newly re-opened businesses on Main Street in Ellicott City. Months after historic flooding devastated the […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 29, 2016 CONTACTS: Sue Walitsky  202-224-4524 / Sean Bartlett 202-224-4651 (Cardin) Kevin Smith 202-224-5190 (Portman)   Cardin, Portman Lead Senate Bill to Reject United Nations’ Attempt to Economically Isolate Israel “The United Nations Human Rights Council has long targeted Israel with systematic, politically motivated, assaults on its legitimacy designed to stigmatize and isolate Israel […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SEPTEMBER 23, 2016, 2016 CONTACT: Tim Zink, 410-962-4436/Sue Walitsky, 202-224-4524   Cardin to Discuss New Opportunities for 3-D Manufacturing, Confronting Prescription Opioid and Heroin Addiction Epidemic   Friday, September 23, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), will be in Cecil and Harford counties to discuss ways to confront Maryland’s surging statewide prescription opioid and […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SEPTEMBER 9, 2016 CONTACTS: TIM ZINK 410-962-4436/SUE WALITSKY 202-224-4524 (Cardin)   MEDIA ADVISORY   Cardin to Open Community Conversation on Baltimore City Police Reforms   Discussion at Greater Baltimore Urban League with civil rights, faith, federal, local elected and community leaders to spotlight need, ways to rebuild trust between local residents and […]