Ben Cardin

Blackwater is disappearing.

Global warming is a plague that is driving hundreds of thousands of species from their homes.

I am particularly proud of the work that we have done together in the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge.

We need a strategic leader, a person who will look to science to base policy.

I want to thank Senator Crapo for all his help.

Mr. Glick will be leaving us soon. He has been an invaluable resource, particularly for the subcommittee I chaired in the 111th Congress that dealt with terrorism and homeland security. I thank him for his dedicated work in the Senate. It…

I would point out that coal ash that are put in landfills, we are concerned about.

I want the people of Bethesda, the people of America, to understand that our risk assessments look at lifetime, years and years of exposure to a chemical.

I would just ask that if risk factors become known that there be transparency and that we, that the public be made aware as soon as possible.

Whether it is the Clean Water Act or the Clean Air Act, Administrator Jackson, I want to thank you for following the science.

I congratulate the EPA for doing that, Administrator Jackson.

I feel better, and I think my constituents feel better, knowing that we can turn to Administrator Jackson.

I would just urge you to be as transparent as you possibly can in the review of how United States involvement in Iraq is being--how the funds are being used to get value for the American taxpayer, and that we are promoting our values.

The OSCE election observation team subsequently singled out this major factor in its criticism of the process.

I came there because we had heard the stories about what had happened after the election.

I think we ought to go back and not allow failed elections to stand, and I think there should be a new election being held for President.

Most forms of independent political activity, including [civic] and political party organizing, have been repressed.

This is a regime that only understands pressure and strength--that's the way to get Lukashenka's attention.

I urge Congress to take up and pass the latest version of the Belarus Democracy Reauthorization Act of 2011.

By practically any measure, Belarus under Lukashenka is truly the last dictatorship in Europe.

We should be pressing for the release of the several dozen political prisoners still in jail.

I would strongly urge the passage of the latest iteration of the Belarus Democracy Reauthorization Act of 2011.

I commend Secretary Clinton for meeting with a group of Belarusians and Belarusian-Americans several weeks ago.

We, in the United States, have supported the people of Belarus through the dark period of Lukashenko's rule and they know that and they welcome it.

We will never know how the people of Belarus actually voted on December 19, though surely it was not the 80 percent for Mr. Lukashenko that he claims.