Congressional Directory for the 116th Congress (2019-2020), July 2020.
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[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



    BENJAMIN L. "BEN" CARDIN, Democrat, of Baltimore, MD; born in 
Baltimore, October 5, 1943; education: graduated, City College High 
School, 1961; B.A., cum laude, University of Pittsburgh, 1964; L.L.B., 
1st in class, University of Maryland School of Law, 1967; professional: 
attorney, Rosen and Esterson, 1967-78; elected to the Maryland House of 
Delegates in November 1966, served from 1967-87; Speaker of the House of 
Delegates, youngest Speaker at the time, 1979-87; elected to the U.S. 
House of Representatives in November 1986, Maryland 3rd Congressional 
District, served from 1987-2007; member: Associated Jewish Charities and 
Welfare Fund, 1985-89; trustee, Baltimore Council on Foreign Affairs, 
1999-2007; trustee, Goucher College, 1999-2008; trustee, St. Mary's 
College, 1988-99; lifetime member, NAACP, since 1990; Board of Visitors, 
University of Maryland Law School, 1998-present; President's Board of 
Visitors, UMBC, 1993-present; Johns Hopkins University Institute for 
Policy Studies' National Advisory Board, 2003-present; Board of 
Visitors, U.S. Naval Academy, 2007-present; Board of Trustees, The James 
Madison Memorial Fellowship, 2010-present; awards: Congressional Award, 
Small Business Council of America, 1993, 1999, 2005; Public Sector 
Distinguished Award, Tax Foundation, 2003; Congressional Voice for 
Children Award, National PTA, 2009; Congressional Leadership Award, 
American College of Emergency Physicians, 2010; Whitney M. Young Award, 
Baltimore Urban League, 2011; Chesapeake Conservation Hero, Chesapeake 
Conservancy, 2012; commissioner, Commission on Security and Cooperation 
in Europe (CSCE), since 1993; co-chair, CSCE, 2007-08; chair, CSCE, 
2009-10; co-chair, CSCE, 2011-13; chair, CSCE, 2013-14; ranking Senate 
Democrat, CSCE, 2018-present; vice president, Organization for Security 
and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Parliamentary Assembly, 2006-14; 
Special Representative on Anti-Semitism, Racism, and Intolerance for the 
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, 2015-present; member, U.S. Holocaust 
Memorial Council, 2018-present; religion: Jewish; married: Myrna Edelman 
of Baltimore, 1964; two children (one deceased); two grandchildren; 
committees: ranking member, Small Business and Entrepreneurship; 
Environment and Public Works; Finance; Foreign Relations; elected to the 
U.S. Senate on November 7, 2006; reelected to each succeeding Senate 
term.


                              Office Listings
 
 
 
    https://cardin.senate.gov    https://facebook.com/senatorbencardin
                         twitter: @SenatorCardin
 
509 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510.   (202) 224-4524
   Chief of Staff.--Chris Lynch.                           FAX: 224-1651
   Floor Director.--Gray Maxwell.
   Scheduler.--Debbie Yamada.
   Communications Director.--Sue Walitsky.
   State Director.--Carleton Atkinson.
 100 South Charles Street, Tower I, Suite 1710,           (410) 962-4436
 Baltimore, MD 21201...................................
                                                           FAX: 962-4256
 10201 Martin Luther King Jr. Highway, Suite 210,         (301) 860-0414
 Bowie, MD 20720.......................................
 451 Hungerford Drive, Suite 230, Rockville, MD 20850..   (301) 762-2974
 212 West Main Street, Suite 301C, P.O. Box 11,           (410) 546-4250
 Salisbury, MD 21801...................................
 13 Canal Street, Room 305, Cumberland, MD 21502.......   (301) 777-2957