Saturday - November 23, 2024
U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Maryland Newsletter for Saturday November 23, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Mfume, Cardin and Van Hollen Introduce Legislation to Designate Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall's Baltimore Elementary School as a National Historical Site
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Yesterday, Congressman Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-07) with Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-MD) introduced the Justice Thurgood Marshall National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2024 in the United States House of Representatives and Senate. This bipartisan legislation would establish Public School 103 (P.S. 103), on Division Street in West Baltimore, as a National Historic Site and designate it a  more

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair Cardin Calls for Strong U.S. Leadership at UN to Address Conflict, Humanitarian Crisis in Sudan
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 22, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield urging continued leadership on Sudan as the United States prepares to assume the presidency of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC)  more

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair Cardin Marks 15 Years Since Sergei Magnitsky Death, Calls for Accountability for Human Rights
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 22, 2024: This week, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered a Senate floor speech honoring the life and legacy of Sergei Magnitsky - a brave whistleblower who was tortured and killed for exposing corruption within Russian President Vladimir Putin's regime. This speech follows the 15th anniversary of Magnits  more