Honorable Benjamin Cardin
U.S. Senator, Maryland, Democrat
Senator Cardin was first elected to the U.S. Senate in November 2006. He serves on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The following is excerpted from Senator Cardin’s September 13, 2010, statement on the floor of the U.S. Senate. This week, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on which I have the privilege of serving, will convene to vote on this New START Treaty. Since the treaty was signed by the United States and Russia in April, both the Foreign Relations and the Armed Services committees have conducted more than a dozen hearings, both open and classified, to examine the essential goal…
