WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement: * * * Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement in response to the House Appropriations Subcommittee's markup of the 2025 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (SFOPS) funding bill proposal to cut the international affairs budget by 11 percent over FY24: "In spite of an   more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee issued the following information for a hearing entitled "The Immediate and Long-Term Challenges Facing Public School Teachers: Low Pay, Teacher Shortages, and Underfunded Public Schools" at 9 a.m. on June 20, 2024, at 562 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Witnesses * Mr. John Arthur, Teacher, Meadowlark Elementary, Holladay, UT * Mr. Gemayel Keyes, Teacher, Gilbert Spruance Elementary School, Philadelphia, PA * D  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Chirs Van Hollen (D-Md.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) introduced a resolution to designate June 19, 2024 as "World Sickle Cell Awareness Day" to increase public awareness about sickle cell disease and the continued need for research, early detection, and effective treatments that lead to a cure. U.S. Representatives Danny Davis (D-Ill.-12), Michael C. Burgess (R  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Closing this major loophole is expected to raise $50 billion in tax revenue over the next ten years. Following today's announcement from the Treasury Department (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), released the following statements celebrating the closure of a major tax loophole: "For to  more