WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Finance Subcommittee on Health Care, joined Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), Co-Chair of the Senate Telehealth Working Group, and a group of bipartisan lawmakers urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to work with Congress to ensure Medicare beneficiaries maintain access to telehealth. In a letter to HHS Secretary Xavier B  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.) and John Thune (R-S.D.) reintroduced the bipartisan Telemental Health Care Access Act to remove barriers to telemental health services for Medicare beneficiaries. "We fought to expand telehealth access during the pandemic and the results demonstrated how critical a tool it is for countless Americans, especial  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 24, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, held a Committee business meeting to consider 8 nominations, including the nomination of Kurt Campbell to be Deputy Secretary of State, promotions of Foreign Service Officers, and the Rebuilding Economic Prosperity and Opportunity (REPO) for Ukrainians A  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (SBC), today convened a committee hearing on succession planning. The hearing examined the need for greater awareness in succession planning, the increasing number of small business owners close to retirement who do not have su  more