Ben Cardin: “I take particular interest in the Fourth Circuit. So I am very pleased today that Senator Leahy has allowed me to chair…”

I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported substitute amendment, where applicable, be agreed to; that the bills, as amended, if amended, be considered read a third time and passed; and that the motions to reconsider be considered…

I come to the floor today to introduce legislation that's essential for securing America's leadership in the defining geopolitical challenge of our time. Days from now, I will conclude my service as chair of the Senate Foreign Relations…

I come to the floor today out of my concern for the victims of human trafficking. Nearly two and half decades ago, Congress passed the Trafficking Victims Protection Act. In an effort to eliminate this scourge of modern-day slavery at home…

if Putin is so mad about this, probably there will be some other dictators that would not like it as well