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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement after the United States and coalition partners took action against targets in Yemen. “The Houthis in Yemen in recent weeks have escalated their attacks against international shipping and commerce, against our partners and allies...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.), and Peter Welch (D-Vt.), introduced a resolution calling for the peaceful transfer of power to President-elect Bernardo Arévalo in...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement after the White House detailed its response to Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act and called on the Ugandan government to repeal the law. “Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act is part of a broader pattern of actions by...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the below statement following the release of 10 Americans, including 6 who were determined by the Biden Administration to be wrongfully detained by the Maduro regime. “I am heartened to see the safe return of 10 Americans from Venezuela...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced a joint, bipartisan resolution calling for a high-level special envoy to work towards ending the conflict in Sudan. The Senate resolution has been introduced, to be followed by introduction in...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered remarks on the Senate floor about his trip to the 28th United Nations Convention on Climate Change (COP28) in Dubai, UAE, where he led a bipartisan delegation of Senators to discuss the threat of climate change and the United States’...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced a bipartisan resolution reiterating the importance of the U.S.-Senegal relationship and calling for the Senegalese government to conduct free, fair, transparent, and inclusive elections on...

WASHINGTON – This week, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will convene for one full Committee hearing on the Future of Arms Control and Deterrence. For all hearings, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will follow guidelines developed in consultation with the Office of the Attending Physician (OAP), the Senate Sergeant at Arms, and the...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on the Hong Kong government’s issuance of five arrest warrants against pro-democracy activists based overseas. The group includes Joey Siu, a U.S. citizen who works at the U.S.-based National Democratic Institute...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, led a bipartisan delegation this weekend to Dubai for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, also known as COP28. In addition to Cardin, the delegation included Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Sheldon...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement calling for free and fair elections and expressing confidence in independent European and civil society groups’ oversight ahead of early elections in Serbia, which are scheduled for December 17. The statement comes...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on the U.S. Senate’s passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2024. This year’s defense package included numerous priorities Chair Cardin led, including improving efforts to combat...

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 Representatives Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.-08) and Bill Johnson (R-Ohio-06), introduced a bicameral and bipartisan resolution expressing the United States’ support for the peaceful democratic...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), and Susan Collins (R-Maine), led a bipartisan group of 28 colleagues in a letter condemning the inaction of the United Nations (UN) regarding Hamas’...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Senators Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) issued the following statement calling for the rule of law and peaceful transfer of power to be upheld in Guatemala in the lead up to...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.)...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, convened a nominations hearing where he delivered opening remarks in support of the confirmation of Kurt Campbell to be Deputy Secretary of State.   WATCH THE CHAIR’S OPENING REMARKS HERE More information about the hearing is available here. A...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement after the State Department determined that members of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have committed war crimes in Sudan. He also called on the Biden Administration to name a...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered an opening statement at a full Committee hearing on “Transnational Repression: Authoritarians Targeting Dissenters Abroad,” where he highlighted the chilling and far-reaching impacts of transnational repression on diaspora and exile...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, recently sent a letter to the President of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon, urging him to cease acts of domestic and transnational repression against political opponents and religious minorities. The letter comes ahead of Chair Cardin hosting a full committee...