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WASHINGTON – This week, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will convene for one full Committee hearing on U.S. Leadership on Artificial Intelligence in an Era of Strategic Competition, and one nominations hearing. For all hearings, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will follow guidelines developed in consultation with the Office of the...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, as well as Representatives Michael McCaul (R-Texas) and Gregory W. Meeks (D-N.Y.), Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on the attacks on...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered the following remarks at a hearing on the “U.S. National Security Interests in Ukraine” and urged Congress to pass supplemental funding for Ukraine along with Israel, the Indo-Pacific, and other priorities. “Helping Ukraine strengthens...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered remarks on the Senate floor last night to say once again that the U.S.’ highest  priority is doing everything we can to help bring all hostages in Gaza home safely. “To the families of loved ones being held by Hamas: do not lose hope. We will...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement after the United States and NATO announced that NATO member countries, including the United States, would “suspend the operation” of the Conventional Forces in Europe...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Issues, today released the following statement on the undemocratic power grab and political violence in Honduras. “We are deeply concerned by the LIBRE Party’s attempt to...

WASHINGTON – This week, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will convene for one full Committee hearing on U.S. National Security Interests in Ukraine. 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.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Senators Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Jack Reed (D-R.I.), having recently returned from a bipartisan Congressional Delegation to...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered remarks on the Senate floor in support of the confirmation of Jacob J. Lew to be the next U.S. Ambassador to Israel. “The U.S. Mission Israel team is the best in the field, but there’s no substitute for a confirmed ambassador,” said Chair...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on the passing of Herbert ‘Bertie’ Bowman, one of the longest-ever serving staffers on Capitol Hill. “To remember the life of Bertie Bowman is to remember his integrity and his steadfast dedication to public...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement after the Committee favorably reported out the nomination of Jacob J. Lew to be U.S. Ambassador to Israel by a vote of 12-9. The Committee also advanced three additional ambassadorial nominees, including...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered opening remarks at the Committee’s hearing on the implications of instability in the Sahel and West Africa on U.S. foreign policy. “We need to lead with our values as we try to advance an agenda of good governance in the region,” said...

WASHINGTON – This week, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will convene for one full Committee hearing on Instability in the Sahel and West Africa, one Subcommittee hearing, one “pen & pad” briefing for journalists, and one business meeting focused on the nomination of Jacob J. Lew to be U.S. Ambassador to Israel. For all hearings, the...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) released this statement. “Senators Graham and Cardin led a bipartisan Senate delegation to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and met the Prime Minister and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and other senior government...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement commemorating the one-year anniversary of the Black Friday Massacre in Chad where more than 125 pro-democracy protesters were killed by Chadian forces. “Today, we stand...

WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, co-led introduction of a bipartisan resolution with Senate leadership in support of Israel, which garnered support from 99 Senators. Chairman Cardin also delivered a speech on the floor of the U.S....

WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement congratulating Ecuadorian President-elect Daniel Noboa on his victory during last weekend’s elections. “I want to congratulate Ecuadorian President-elect Daniel Noboa on his victory this weekend. Amid high...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement following the announcement of a deal reached in Barbados by the Venezuelan opposition’s Unitary Platform and the regime of Nicolás Maduro to establish a framework for democratic elections in Venezuela. “I welcome the...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement after his first meeting with Ukraine’s Ambassador to the United States, Oksana Markarova, the first one-on-one meeting with an ambassador to the United States since becoming Chair of the full Committee. “Monday marked...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) and their colleagues in introducing a bipartisan resolution condemning Hamas’s brutal terrorist attack on Israel and demanding Hamas release all hostages and allow for their safe return home. The text...