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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on the elimination of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar: “Yahya Sinwar, the mastermind behind the heinous October 7, 2023, attacks, is dead. He had the blood of innocent Israelis, Palestinians, and Americans on his hands, and...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Richard Durbin (D-Ill.), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to President Biden reiterating their request that the administration...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sent letters to CEO of Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, and CEO of Alphabet and Google, Sundar Pichai, urging them to commit sufficient resources to addressing disinformation and misinformation in Moldova on their respective platforms. The letters point to...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging his immediate intervention on behalf of political prisoners in Belarus and commending Secretary Blinken for his ongoing efforts to secure the release of political prisoners during his tenure...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement commemorating the one-year anniversary of the October 7 terrorist attack against Israel by Hamas: “One year ago on October 7, the deadliest attack on Jews since the Holocaust unfolded on Israeli soil, from the...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement regarding Iran’s recent attacks on Israel: “Today’s rocket attacks serve as yet more undeniable evidence of Iran’s support for Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and other proxies in the region. These deliberate strikes...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on the death of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah: “Hassan Nasrallah, head of the terrorist group Hezbollah, has decades of blood on his hands. He is responsible for the deaths of Americans, Lebanese, Israelis,...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Representatives Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.), and Gregory W. Meeks (D-N.Y.), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, led a letter to the...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Senator Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Senator Mark Warner (D-Va.), Chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of the...

WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Congressman Steny Hoyer (Md.-05) introduced the Combatting Global Deforestation Act in both the Senate and House of Representatives to help combat global deforestation and promote the conservation and restoration of the world’s most...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement regarding a recent deceptive attempt to engage in communication under false pretenses: “In recent days, a malign actor engaged in a deceptive attempt to have a conversation with me by posing as a known individual....

WASHINGTON – As President Joe Biden’s U.S. Representative to the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, engaged with UN leadership, world leaders, and human rights advocates to address some of the most pressing challenges facing the global community...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), Chair and Ranking Member of the Europe and Regional Security Cooperation Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee,...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on Sri Lanka’s 2024 presidential election: "Millions of Sri Lankans peacefully exercised their democratic right in this weekend’s presidential election, demonstrating a deep and meaningful commitment to shaping their...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after leading a bipartisan congressional delegation to the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly where he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. “Our bipartisan delegation had the honor to...

WASHINGTON – This week, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will convene for one Subcommittee hearing and one business meeting. MEDIA POLICY: Seating is limited. All members of the media must RSVP to reserve a seat for public hearings, business meetings, on the record briefings, and Committee events by emailing Eric Harris at...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), sent a letter to Dr. Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser to the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, congratulating him on assuming leadership at a pivotal time...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), and Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Chair of the SFRC Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, announced their intention to introduce the most comprehensive legislative proposal yet to hold Nicolás Maduro’s oppressive regime accountable for its ongoing...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Ak.) introduced a resolution reaffirming the Senate’s bipartisan support for the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue. The Quad, comprising of the United States, Australia, India, and Japan – four large and capable...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement in response to false and disparaging comments about Haitian immigrants living in Springfield, Ohio made by a Senate colleague and the former President of the United States. “From the neighborhoods of Springfield, Ohio, to the...