Benjamin Cardin
The Public Record
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.
We remain committed to continue feasible and constructive efforts towards the creation of a Parliamentary Assembly in the OAS framework.
We should not be trying to micromanage the internal politics of Colombia, but rather establish a long-term partnership in the areas that I have mentioned.
My concern is that it is a robust democracy and their elections are not predictable, as we have seen in the last three elections where they really changed directions in each one of those elections, but it was the will of the people at the ballot that changed the direction of the country.
I believe it is the case that you have not sent yet instruction to all our embassies in the Hemisphere asking them to make this a priority.
I just--we are not--we are going to always disagree with leaders of countries. We know there is different trends within our own hemisphere, but we do know that we need to have partners to deal with the anti-narcotics--counternarcotics issues that are plaguing our country and Colombia plays a key role.
I think it is gaining momentum, but I think it needs a push from the Administration in its participation at OAS.
The WSSC is a model governance. It has worked extremely well among the Maryland, Washington, and suburb counties.
I just hope that you can add some expertise as to how we can have a structure that can provide the future needs for the customers in the Baltimore region.





