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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...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, recently sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging him to remain focused on holding the Aliyev regime accountable for ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh and to continue the United States’ support for Armenians who were forced to...

WASHINGTON – This week, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will convene for one full Committee hearing, “Transnational Repression: Authoritarians Targeting Dissenters Abroad,” and one full Committee nominations hearing. For all hearings, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will follow guidelines developed in consultation with the Office of...

WASHINGTON – Today, in recognition of World AIDS Day, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Foreign Relations Committee, published an opinion piece for MSNBC.com about the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the urgent need for Congress to reauthorize the bipartisan program for the next five years in our shared mission...

Click here to watch a video produced by the Committee highlighting key takeaways from our hearing, “U.S. National Security Interests in Ukraine.” WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement as the United States Senate prepares to consider President Joe Biden’s...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement following the announcement by the U.S. Department of Justice of an unsealed indictment alleging Indian government officials engaged in a plot to assassinate a U.S. citizen in New York City who was a vocal government critic and labeled a...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement as we continue to see the release of hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza over the last six days. “Meeting with the families of those kidnapped by Hamas was an opportunity to see true courage, resilience, and...

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 Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee endorsed a package of legislation to provide double-tax relief between the United States...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a joint statement with the foreign affairs committee chairs of several European governments. In the statement, the chairs condemn the alarming rise in antisemitic and anti-Muslim bigotry in their countries following Hamas’ attack against Israel last...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement regarding an agreement reached to secure the release of mostly women and children abducted by Hamas during the terrorist attack in Israel on October 7, 2023. The announcement comes days after Chair Cardin and Senator...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Ben Luján (D-N.M.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), and Alex Padilla...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement with Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Tammy...

WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Foreign Relations Committee, sent President Biden a letter urging him to use his meeting with President Xi Jinping today to push for the immediate release of Americans and the families of American journalists being held in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). As reported in an...