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Prezident Barack Obama's Speech to the National Academy of Sciences. April 27, 2009

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THE PRESIDENT: Well, thank you so much for the wonderful welcome. To President Cicerone, thank you very much for your leadership and for hosting us today. To John Holdren, thanks, John, for the outstanding work that you are doing. I was just informed backstage that Ralph and John both are 1965 graduates of MIT -- same class. And so I'm not sure this is the perfectly prescribed scientific method,...

Cardin, Schumer to lead civil rights groups in rally in support of Sotomayor confirmation

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Hundreds of Sonia Sotomayor Supporters to Rally on Capitol Hill for Judge U.S. Senators Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD) and Charles Schumer (D-NY), both members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, will join with civil rights and labor leaders on Wednesday, August 5 at 12:00 PM, to voice support for Judge Sonia Sotomayor to be the next Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. The rally will take place...

Cardin, Mikulski announce $1.59 million to expand Baltimore’s Inner Harbor connector commuter boat service

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Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Benjamin L. Cardin and Barbara A. Mikulski (Both D-MD), along with Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon, announced today a $1.59 million federal grant to the Baltimore City Department of Transportation to expand its cross-harbor commuter boat service to accommodate commuters and intra-city businesses. The funds are made possible by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act...

Auto Dealers Got a Raw Deal from Chrysler and GM

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Senator Cardin is a member of five Senate committees: Foreign Relations, Judiciary, Environment and Public Works, Budget, and Small Business and Entrepreneurship. His web site is: cardin.senate.gov. He also can be found at YouTube.com/SenatorCardin In May, Chrysler and General Motors (GM) announced they were closing more than 3,100 auto dealerships nationwide, including 30 in Maryland. Since then...

Congress takes important step to regulate tobacco products

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Senator Cardin is a member of five Senate committees: Foreign Relations, Judiciary, Environment and Public Works, Budget, and Small Business and Entrepreneurship. His web site is: cardin.senate.gov. He also can be found at YouTube.com/SenatorCardin After more than a decade, Congress has taken the important step of empowering the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate tobacco...

My Meeting With Judge Sonia Sotomayor

Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
This is an exciting time to be a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee as we move forward in vetting President Obama’s nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to become a justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. Last week I met with Judge Sotomayor. She is a remarkable individual and I was very impressed by the breadth of her legal experience. During our meeting, we talked about a wide range of issues...

Cardin praises Obama speech to the muslim world, calls on the president to press for human rights throughout the Middle East

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Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Chairman of the U.S. Helsinki Commission, released the following statement in response to President Obama’s address in Egypt: “President Barack Obama’s speech today took an historic step in attempting to bridge the enormous, dangerous gulf of misunderstanding between the United States...

Cardin joins EPA in announcing $121.6 Million in ARRA Funding for Maryland clean water projects

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Funds Will Support Water Quality and Drinking Water Projects in Every County BLADENSBURG, MD – U.S. Senator Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD) today joined Congressman Christopher Van Hollen (MD-8), officials from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) to announce $121.6 million in funds for Maryland water quality and drinking water projects under...

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