Category: Senator Cardin’s Announcements

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  MARCH 4, 2016 CONTACTS: Tim Zink, 410-962-4436/Sue Walitsky 202-224-4524   MEDIA ADVISORY   Cardin in White Oak to Host Town Hall Meeting with Workforce at U.S. Food and Drug Administration   Senator to underscore commitment to federal workers, need for strong budgets that enable successful pursuit of agency missions   Monday, March […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 3, 2016 CONTACTS:  Sue Walitsky 202-224-4524 (Cardin) Will McDonald 202-225-2721 (Delaney) Andrew Stoddard 202-225-6190 (Luján) Cardin, Delaney, Luján Introduce Resolutions Establishing National Clean Energy Goals More than 130 Members of Congress join call for more than 50 percent of U.S. electricity to come from clean and carbon-free sources by 2030 WASHINGTON […]

FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY NOT FOR PUBLICATION March 2, 2016 CONTACTS:  Sue Walitsky 202-224-4524 (Cardin) Will McDonald 202-225-2721 (Delaney)   MEDIA ADVISORY   Cardin, Delaney to Hold Briefing on Clean Energy Goals   House and Senate resolutions will urge 50×30 clean energy planning for U.S.   Thursday, March 3 at 12:15PM, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), […]

FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY NOT FOR PUBLICATION March 1, 2016 CONTACTS: Sue Walitsky 202-224-4524 (Cardin) Will McDonald 202-225-2721 (Delaney)   MEDIA ADVISORY   Cardin, Delaney to Hold Briefing on Clean Energy Goals  House and Senate resolutions will urge 50/30 clean energy planning for U.S.   Thursday, March 3 at 12:15PM, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 1, 2016 CONTACTS: Sue Walitsky/Marty Welch 202-224-4524   Cardin Salutes Peace Corps on 55th Anniversary     WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement recognizing the 55th anniversary of the founding of the Peace Corps.   “Today in 1961, President Kennedy issued an […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FEBRUARY 29, 2016 CONTACTS: Tim Zink, 410-962-4436/ Sue Walitsky 202-224-4524   Cardin Applauds Supreme Court Decision to Reject Challenges to Chesapeake Bay Pollution Diet   WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today hailed an announcement by the U.S. Supreme […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 25, 2016 CONTACTS: Sue Walitsky 202-224-4524/Tim Zink 410-962-4436   Cardin Provides Comprehensive Response to National Crisis in Safe Drinking Water   GET THE LEAD OUT, CLEAR, TEST KIDS and FUND WATER Acts designed to answer water contamination nationwide, prevent future cases of lead poisoning     WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FEBRUARY 25, 2016 CONTACTS: Sue Walitsky 202-224-4524/Tim Zink 410-962-4436 (CARDIN) Maria McElwain 202-224-7028 (DURBIN)   Cardin, Durbin Introduce ‘CLEAR Act’ to Ensure Safer Drinking Water for American Communities   New legislation directs EPA to improve reporting, testing and monitoring of copper and lead levels in drinking water   WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators […]

DOWNLOAD: Web- VIDEO Television- VIDEO DOWNLOAD: AUDIO FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FEBRUARY 25, 2016 CONTACTS: Sue Walitsky / Marty Welch 202-224-4524   Cardin to Republican Senators: Stop Pandering, Do Your Job    WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a former member of the Senate Judiciary Committee […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 23, 2016 CONTACTS:  Sue Walitsky 202-224-4524 Rakesh Surampudi 202-224-4651 Cardin Statement on GTMO WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement supporting President Obama’s commitment to close the detention facility at Guantánamo Bay.   “As Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 18, 2016 CONTACTS:  Sue Walitsky 202-224-4524 Rakesh Surampudi 202-224-4651 Cardin Says President Obama’s Trip to Cuba Represents Great Opportunity for the People of Cuba and the U.S. “I urge President Obama … to continue to press Cuba on improving the state of human rights on the island.” WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 16, 2016 CONTACT:  Sue Walitsky 202-320-0819 Rakesh Surampudi 202-224-4651 Cardin Calls Direct Flights to Cuba a Milestone, Urges Progress on Improving Human Rights   WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on the agreement reached between the United States and Cuba […]