Promoting growth that sustains a middle class and holds government accountable is vital.
Benjamin Cardin
The Public Record
I am going to follow up on Senator Capito's point, maybe from a little bit different angle.
Congress was very specific in providing resources, $2 billion for low carbon materials, $250 million for building retrofits, and $975 million for emerging sustainable technologies.
This is a once in a generation opportunity to make significant progress in our Federal buildings.
The humanity crisis is horrible and every day we wait, more people are dying, and the United States needs to take decisive action.
This conflict predates my service in the House of Representatives, let alone the United States Senate.
When you routinely give the waiver under Section 907, you are saying that Azerbaijan has demonstrated steps to cease all blockades and other offensive uses of force against Armenia, and that is just not the case.
I think you have to follow the waiver language, and it is not the use of the funds--it is the activities on the ground.
As President Biden has said frequently, our foreign policy will be wrapped within our values and it is difficult for some of us to understand that based upon the actions in that region.





