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Maryland U.S. Senator calls on DHS Inspector General to review ICE Detention Facility COVID-19 policies and practices
Maryland’s U.S. Senator Ben Cardin聽joined 25 of his Democratic colleagues calling for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General聽(IG)聽to conduct a full assessment, including site inspections, of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facilities nationwide聽to evaluate whether operations, management, standards, and conditions have adapted to address the threat of coronavirus (COVID-19) to both the…
Read MoreMaryland U.S. Senator slams President Trump over WHO funding halt
Maryland U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Senate Finance Committee, issued a scathing statement slamming the President after news broke that the U.S. would halt funding to the World Health Organization (WHO). “Deflecting blame is not the way to save lives and get our nation and the…
Read MoreMaryland U.S. Senator slams Trump over killing of Iranian terrorist
Maryland U.S. Senator Ben Cardin is slamming President Trump after he ordered the strike that killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, a terrorist and key leader in Iran responsible for the deaths of hundreds of Americans. Senator Cardin, a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a co-author of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review…
Read MoreMaryland U.S. Senator calls out MLB over “scheme” for minor league affiliates
Maryland U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) issued a scathing statement critcizing Major League Baseball (MLB), calling their new plan for minor league affiliates a “scheme” after they listed the Frederick Keys as one of 42 minor league baseball teams that could come to an end next season. MLB announced a proposal to disconnect the minor…
Read MoreMaryland U.S. Senator wants to make airplanes quieter
Maryland U.S. Senator Ben Cardin wants to make airplanes quieter. Senator Cardin (D-MD) introduced legislation earlier this week, the Cleaner, Quieter Airplanes Act, that would make it a priority of the U.S. Government to boost research into electric aircraft technology. Such an authority would transform America鈥檚 aviation industry to develop airplanes that produce less greenhouse…
Read MoreMaryland U.S. Senator Cardin votes to terminate Trump’s emergency declaration
Maryland U.S. Senator Ben Cardin voted in favor Thursday of a resolution to terminate President Trump鈥檚 national emergency declaration, which he called “unlawful.” Cardin claims the President is using the declaration as a pretense to raid funding for projects supporting the military and military families to pay for the construction of the border wall, including…
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