WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations, delivered opening remarks at the full Committee hearing, "Conflict and Humanitarian Emergency in Sudan: An Urgent Call to Action." In his remarks, the Chair once again sounded the alarm about the atrocities taking place in the country as war rages on, called for external actors to stop arming the belligerents, and urged Special   more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Today, Representatives Jamie Raskin (MD-08) and Jared Huffman (CA-02), founding members of the Congressional Freethought Caucus, introduced a resolution to establish May 4th as a "National Day of Reason" in the United States to emphasize science, common sense and logic as central to American constitutional democracy and essential preconditions for progress in our government and society at large. "With our d  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations, delivered opening remarks at the full Committee hearing, "Conflict and Humanitarian Emergency in Sudan: An Urgent Call to Action." In his remarks, the Chair once again sounded the alarm about the atrocities taking place in the country as war rages on, called for exter  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on May 1, 2024: * * * Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement on the expiration of the United Nations (UN) Panel of Experts mandate related to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), following Russia's veto of a routine resolution that would have extended the panel. Over the last 15 yea  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Today, in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, Congressmen David Trone (D-MD) and Zach Nunn (R-IA) introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Occupational Therapy and Mental Health Parity Act to improve access to occupational therapy treatment of mental health conditions under Medicare. The bill ensures that stakeholders are provided with the education they need to understand the existing coverage and prop  more