Using 2002 as a submissions baseline, the Healthy Air Act has Maryland well on its way to reducing its inState NOx emissions by 75 percent by 2012.
Ben Cardin
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Ben Cardin is a United States Senator from Maryland, serving since January 4, 2007. A member of the Democratic Party, he has focused on issues such as healthcare, education, and civil rights throughout his political career. Prior to his tenure in the Senate, Cardin served in the U.S. House of Representatives from January 3, 1987, to January 3, 2007, where he was known for his work on tax policy and social security reform.
It is time that power companies around the Nation take responsibility for their actions and stop blaming EPA for doing its job.
Adopting most of the stringent and costly standards in the Nation and significantly reduced emissions.
I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 28, 2011, at 10 a.m. in room SD-215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled ``Complexity and…
I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 28, 2011, at 2:30 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Subcommittee on Immigration…
I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and Border Security be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 28, 2011, at 10 a.m., in room SH-216 of the Hart Senate…
I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Environment and Public Works be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 28, 2011, at 10 a.m. in Dirksen 406 to conduct a hearing entitled ``Status of the Deepwater…
I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 28, 2011, at 9:30 a.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Committee on Banking, Housing…
I am very pleased that soon we will be voting on Jim Cole to be the Deputy Attorney General of the United States. This is a person who puts principle over politics, a person who is very important in our war against terror and who will use…
I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 28, 2011, at 10 a.m. to conduct a hearing entitled ``Housing Finance Reform: Access to…
I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 28, 2011, at 10 a.m. to hold a hearing entitled ``Libya and War Powers.'' The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…
I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 28, 2011, at 2:45 p.m. in room 106 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The PRESIDING…
I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 28, 2011, at 2:30 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Select Committee on…
He has been a strong advocate for us in Maryland, part of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science.
I concur completely with our leadership of this Committee. I think that it has focused from the beginning on trying to get the right thing done and to move it as quickly and as completely as we can.
Let me thank both of you again for not just your testimony, but your commitment to this issue.
The spill has been referred to as the worst environmental disaster in the United States.
I want to thank Senator Sessions for his cooperation in arranging for this hearing.





