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WASHINGTON – Aujourd’hui, le sénateur américain Ben Cardin (démocrate du Maryland), président de la commission sénatoriale des relations étrangères, a publié une déclaration après l’annonce du président sénégalais Macky Sall du retard des élections au Sénégal. « Le retard de l’élection présidentielle au Sénégal place le pays sur une voie dangereuse...

WASHINGTON – This week, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will convene for one nominations hearing. For all hearings, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will follow guidelines developed in consultation with the Office of the Attending Physician (OAP), the Senate Sergeant at Arms, and the Senate Rules Committee to protect the health of...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill), and Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) issued a statement following the conclusion of elections in El Salvador. “We congratulate the people of El Salvador and those in the...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement on his approval of the sale of MQ-9 drones to India, following assurances from the administration about steps taken to address recent allegations of transnational repression. “My approval of this sale was the result of months of...

WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered remarks on the Senate floor in support of human rights defenders who are attacked for peacefully standing up for human rights and democracy around the world. Chair Cardin also spoke on the introduction of his Human Rights Defenders...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a senior member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement on the selection of John Podesta to be senior advisor to the president on international climate policy. “John Podesta has played an integral...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement following his meeting with a delegation from Myanmar’s National Unity Government on the third anniversary of Myanmar’s military coup. Chair Cardin is an original sponsor of the BURMA Act, which provides authority for innovative...

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on his meeting this week with the U.S. Ambassador to Hungary and his concerns with the direction of the NATO member under Prime Minister Viktor Orban. “I was privileged to host U.S. Ambassador to Hungary, David...

WASHINGTON – 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,...

WASHINGTON – 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...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.) issued a statement after Venezuela’s Supreme Court ruled that opposition leader Maria Corina Machado is ineligible to run for office, in direct violation of the...

WASHINGTON – This week, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will convene for one Subcommittee hearing, and one “pen & pad” briefing for journalists. For all hearings, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will follow guidelines developed in consultation with the Office of the Attending Physician (OAP), the Senate Sergeant at Arms, and the...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement following an attack by Iranian-backed militia resulting in the deaths of three U.S. service members and several dozen reported injured in Jordan. “Myrna and I mourn the tragic loss of three U.S. service members who were killed...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement on International Holocaust Remembrance Day. “On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we honor the memory of the six million Jews whose lives were systematically taken by Nazis and their collaborators during WWII. We also...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement welcoming Turkey’s ratification of Sweden’s accession to NATO and noting that he will now permit the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey. “I commend the Turkish Parliament for its important vote in favor of approving Sweden’s...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement after reports surfaced that several employees of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) may have participated in the October 7 attack on Israel. “I am outraged by reports that...

WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin expressing their concern that the Department of Defense (DoD) is providing assistance for human rights abusers and coup governments to participate in U.S....

WATCH THE CHAIR’S FULL REMARKS HERE WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered remarks on the Senate floor to underscore the need for Congress to pass supplemental funding to support Ukraine as they fend off unprovoked and illegal aggression from Russian forces, making the case...

WASHINGTON – 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...

WASHINGTON – Ahead of this year’s International Holocaust Remembrance Day, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered remarks at an event honoring the work and lives of the 60 diplomats who helped Jews fleeing the Nazis, as recognized by the Forgotten Heroes of the Holocaust Congressional Gold Medal...