WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on Aug. 7, 2024: * * * Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after Thailand's Constitutional Court dissolved the Move Forward Party (MFP), disenfranchising millions of Thai citizens who voted for MFP candidates in the 2023 election: "The Constitutional Court's decision to dissolve the Move Forward Party (MFP) and ban its senior more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) led over a third of the Senate in a bipartisan push urging the return of American journalist Austin Tice. Following the momentum of last week's historic prisoner release, the Senators request that President Biden continue to use all available means to secure Austin's release. Austin, an American freelance journalist, went missing while reporting in Syria nearly 12 years ago. The Sen more PR