April was Genocide Awareness and Prevention Month. It commemorated some of the most horrific genocides and atrocities of the 20th century: the siege of Sarajevo in April 1992, the Rwandan genocide in April 1992; the Cambodian genocide in…

just last Wednesday, I spoke on the Senate floor about the extremely suspicious timing of the firing of FBI Director James Comey by President Trump. In the past few days, President Trump's actions, statements, and changing of his story on…

Mr. Chairman, once again, thank you very much for your leadership in regard to infrastructure in our country.

Cardin, Hon. Benjamin L., U.S. Senator from the State of Maryland

Is there something we can do at the national level to encourage States to meet their commitments on life cycles?

We have never had a problem in bipartisan infrastructure. I expect that will be the same, and I really do look forward to working with you to figuring out a way we can get this done.

Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware get along very well together.

And I thank you, and I think it is going to lead to some good results and passage of legislation.

I strongly supported the flexibility for local governments.

I was, to say the least, shocked last night when I heard that President Trump had dismissed FBI Director Comey from his position as the Director of the FBI. To me, this decision by President Trump crossed the line. I have tried to…

We need another place to go and that has been designated as Mid Bay.

I think this hearing points out the importance for us, General, to take a look earlier in the process on the next WRDA bill.

Those delays could very well cause previously authorized projects not to be funded within the time restrictions and could jeopardize those projects being done at all.

I would just urge us to take an earlier look at the way we are going to authorize the next WRDA bill so that we can make sure we get it done next year.

on December 19, 2015, in Paris, France, diplomats representing more than 190 countries finalized the world's most ambitious, comprehensive, and achievable multilateral agreement to combat climate change at the United Nations Framework…

If it does not stay on schedule and it is not ready, we run of capacity, does that we jeopardize the ability to have the width and depth in our channels necessary for commercial activities?

That is why Congress authorized Mid Bay in 2014 because we recognized the lead time was necessary.

We are going to see some different rules coming down from this Administration.

It means jobs. It means U.S. competitiveness. It means America having the ability to compete globally.

I certainly support, in the appropriate manner, leveraging the best we can between public-private partnerships but I also acknowledge the tremendous return we get from the public investment.

It was politically impossible to find a location in the Baltimore region to put dredge material.

I would like to take this opportunity to talk about a special member of the Senate family, Nancy Iacomini. Nancy, who has served as the Democratic Secretary's administrative assistant since 1998, is retiring after 34 years of devoted…

I applaud the work that our chairman has done and Senator Coons has done in modernizing our food aid.

The missions are important in these countries.

It does create a challenge and that is to get political support because if you have commodities that you are using...