Ben Cardin: “It could not be at a better location to hold this hearing than here at Bowie State University.”

section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which the sale may…

I rise to pay tribute to my dear friend, Congressman John Sarbanes. Next Congress will be the first without a Sarbanes representing Maryland in 54 years. The Sarbanes family will be sorely missed in this body. I had the great fortune to…

in a moment, I am going to be making a unanimous consent request. I am going to wait for Senator Grassley to be on the floor. Let me just, if I might, explain what the unanimous consent will be. It deals with H.R. 766. I am a proud sponsor…

first, I am incredibly grateful for the kind comments that my Senate family has said. I have said that my colleagues are my family, and they were certainly a lot less objective than my real family has been about some of my legislative…