Category: Senator Cardin’s Announcements

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JANUARY 21, 2016 CONTACT: Tim Zink, 410-962-4436/Sue Walitsky, 202-224-4524 Cardin Lauds Efforts of Senate Democrats in Supporting President Obama Against Attempt to Undercut Clean Water Act  WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, praised his Senate Democratic colleagues who voted to uphold President Barack […]

VIDEO FOR DOWNLOAD FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 21, 2016 CONTACT: Sue Walitsky/Marty Welch 202-224-4524 Cardin: Embracing Politics of Fear is No Way to Increase National Security WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee,issued the following statement on Wednesday’s procedural vote against “the SAFE Act” (H.R. 4038), which disguises a […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 15, 2016 CONTACTS:  Tim Zink 410-962-4436 Marty Welch 202-224-4524 Cardin Reflects on the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. BALTIMORE — U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), issued the following statement in recognition of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which is commemorated on Monday, January 18, 2016: “As we celebrate what would have been […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 14, 2016 CONTACTS: Tim Zink, 410-962-4436/ Sue Walitsky 202-224-4524   Cardin, Cummings, Local Leaders Join Baltimore City Principals to Celebrate New Federal Grant for Schools Affected by Unrest Following Death of Freddie Gray       BALTIMORE – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin and Congressman Elijah Cummings (Both D-Md.) today joined local elected and […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 14, 2016 CONTACTS: Tim Zink, 410-962-4436/ Sue Walitsky 202-224-4524   MEDIA ADVISORY   Cardin, Cummings, Local Leaders Join Baltimore City Principals to Celebrate New Federal Grant for Schools Affected by Unrest Following Death of Freddie Gray       TODAY, Thursday, January 14 at 1:30 PM, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Congressman […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 13, 2016 CONTACTS: Tim Zink, 410-962-4436/ Sue Walitsky 202-224-4524   MEDIA ADVISORY   Cardin, Local Leaders Join Baltimore City Principals to Celebrate New Federal Grant for Schools Affected by Unrest Following Death of Freddie Gray      Thursday, January 14 at 1:30 PM, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) will join local elected and […]

January 12, 2016 CONTACT: Sue Walitsky 202-224-4524 / Adam Sharon 202-224-4651   SOTU: Cardin Says Congress Should Unite to Work with President Obama throughout the Year Ahead   “The country does not stop because of a presidential election and neither should we. We are open for business.”   WASHINGTON – In response to President Barack […]

January 12, 2016 CONTACT: Sue Walitsky/Marty Welch 202-224-4524 Cardin: Making Higher Education More Affordable and Accessible Should Be a Top Priority   “Maryland families … should not be forced to undertake generational debt in order to place their foothold in the middle class.”     “I stand ready to work with President Obama, the private […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JANUARY 12, 2016 CONTACTS: Tim Zink, 410-962-4436/Sue Walitsky 202-224-4524 (CARDIN)                       Matt Jorgenson/Alanna Wellspeak 202-228-1122 (MIKULSKI)   Cardin, Mikulski Urge U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to Proceed with Chesapeake Bay Restoration Project in Tred Avon River   WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Barbara A. Mikulski (Both D-Md.) are urging federal officials […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 12, 2016 CONTACT: Sue Walitsky/Marty Welch 202-224-4524 Cardin To Host University System of Maryland Chancellor, Robert Caret at State of the Union Address WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) announced that Robert Caret, Chancellor of the University System of Maryland, would be his guest at President Barack Obama’s final State of the […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 6, 2016 CONTACT Adam Sharon 202-224-4651 / Sue Walitsky 202-224-4524 Cardin Statement on North Korea Nuclear Test BALTIMORE – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on East Asia, The Pacific and International Cybersecurity Policy, issued the following statement regarding North Korea’s nuclear […]

For Immediate Release CONTACT: Sue Walitsky/Marty Welch 202-224-4524 Tim Zink 410-962-4436 January 5, 2016 Cardin Calls on Congress to Join President Obama in Taking Action to Stem Gun Violence “The President should not have to go it alone.”  “It should be without question that Congress should do all it can to save the lives of […]