Ben Cardin

We should be looking at ways that we can strengthen the sanctions.

That is an area that I am sure we are going to put more attention to as we get later to the restitution issues in Ukraine itself.

We have limited ability to influence the outcome and it strikes me that the best thing that we can do is something we are doing, but we might be able to do more of and that is humanitarian support for the Venezuelan people.

I want to be clear, this committee believes in diplomacy and Congress has long supported and continues to support a negotiated solution to Venezuela's crisis, but a one-sided deal with a regime that kidnaps American citizens to increase…

Chairman Menendez and I have been working on the Legal Goldmining Partnership Act of 2022 to crack down on the harmful practice of illegal gold mining.

One of our concerns is that whenever there are vulnerable people who migrate, there is always the risk factor of traffickers and victims of trafficking and the dangers, et cetera, so clear information is vitally important.

Seventy-four percent of the humanitarian contributions for humanitarian aid through the U.N. program are from the United States.

President Biden's decision to provide Venezuelans with temporary protected status last year was the right choice, after President Trump only paid lip service to Venezuelan Americans.

On the migrant issues--the surrounding countries--I work with Senator Blunt in regards to Colombia.

There are many tragedies in Venezuela, including the human rights violations and the lack of democratic governance.

Unilateral concessions to a leader that tortures his political opponents is unacceptable.

If the regime will not seriously commit to these conditions, we will use the power of our peaceful diplomatic tools imposing swift and severe consequences on the regime.

Let us not forget that this crisis has forced nearly 7 million people... the world hardly whispers about the nearly 7 million people who have fled Venezuela since 2014.

In Baltimore, we have the famous Franklin Mulberry Corridor, which was a highway to nowhere that divided inner city communities.

Quite frankly, it has worked in the past. We have had States that have really stepped up and have carried this out appropriately.

The balance between dealing with keeping our communities safe in the transportation programs and making sure that we can move people around our country.

I think the key here is balance. We recognize how important transportation infrastructure is to our economies.

The major changes in the Bipartisan Infrastructure package was a significant increased capacity on the Transportation Alternative Programs.

I rise today to engage in a colloquy with the distinguished chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Senator Wyden. There is some question as to the proper ordering of the calculation of the credit under section 53 and a taxpayer's…

I rise today to engage in a colloquy with the distinguished chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Senator Wyden. I want to ask for a clarification of the provision in the underlying bill regarding the corporate book minimum tax. Is it…

I welcome the chairman's leadership and support to clarify this issue, ensuring that the amount of the tax credits eligible for transfer are not limited by section 38 so that they will, in fact, expand investment in projects that will…

I do not think anybody has said it is.

I would just urge you to understand the urgency of this moment, what China is doing.

We are talking about making it clear that the United States is standing up for global leadership against this type of behavior.

If we would have waited for these negotiations to take place, we never would have passed the sanction regime against Iran.