Thursday - August 20, 2026

U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Maryland

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Cardin Introduces Legislation to Protect Human Rights Defenders Worldwide
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and author of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, along with Representative Jim McGovern (MA-02) and Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), and Peter Welch (D-Vt.), introduced the Human Rights Defenders Protecti  more
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair Cardin Introduces Legislation to Protect Human Rights Defenders Worldwide
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and author of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, along with Representative Jim McGovern (D-Mass.-02) and Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Ed Markey (D-Mass  more
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair Cardin Issues Statement on People's Republic of China Recent Destabilizing Actions in Taiwan Strait
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on Jan. 31, 2024: * * * Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement regarding the People's Republic of China's (PRC) recent destabilizing actions in the Taiwan Strait. "The PRC's unilateral decision to adjust a disputed flight path in the Taiwan Strait is dangerous and provocative, repr  more
Van Hollen Joins Congressional Democrats in Filing Amicus Brief Urging Supreme Court to Reverse Dangerous Ruling That Would Restrict Access to Mifepristone Nationwide & Upend FDA Approval Process
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senators Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Representatives Jeffries, Clark, Pallone, Nadler, DeGette, and Lee and many of their Democratic colleagues in submitting an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Alliance for  more