WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Today, Representatives Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Donald Beyer (VA-08) and Adam Schiff (CA-30), alongside Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), wrote a letter to President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging the U.S. government to call on the Kingdom of Saudia Arabia to release all wrongfully detained human rights advocates. "Five years after the grisly murder and dismemberment of Jamal Khashoggi, which   more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on July 30, 2024: * * * Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement in response to reports that a group of Russian political prisoners recently went missing from their cells. "The Kremlin's secretive transfer of Russian political prisoners Lilia Chanysheva, Ksenia Fedeyeva, Sasha Skochi  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on July 30, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered an opening statement at the full Committee hearing, "Strategic Competition with the People's Republic of China (PRC): Assessing U.S. Competitiveness Beyond the Indo-Pacific." In his remarks, Chair Cardin stressed that competition with China con  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on July 30, 2024: Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), issued a statement condemning Bangladeshi security forces for their use of force and violence against student protesters. The security forces involved in these horrific acts include a paramilitary unit whose leaders have faced   more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on July 30, 2024: This week, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Todd Young (R-Ind.) sent a bipartisan letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken   more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) submitted the following statement for the Congressional Record regarding the Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act. M. President, I rise in support of the Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act, a bill that includes an amended version of the Kids Online Safety Act and the Children and Teens Online Privacy Protection Act. I commend the bill's sponsors, Commerce Chair Cantw  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Following lack of accountability in 2021 Tokyo Olympics, lawmakers push for reform, transparency; in lead-up to Paris, Marylander Katie Ledecky said faith in these systems "is at an all-time low" Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Ranking Member of the Commerce Su  more