Benjamin L. Cardin

Recognizing Hispanic Heritage Month and celebrating the heritage and culture of Latinos in the United States and the immense contributions of Latinos to the United States.

Expressing support for the designation of the week of September 21 through September 28, 2024, as National Estuaries Week.

Designating the week beginning on September 9, 2024, as National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week.

To amend the Child Care Access Means Parents In School Program under the Higher Education Act of 1965.

To transfer and limit Executive Branch authority to suspend or restrict the entry of a class of aliens.

Condemning the attempted assassination of former President Donald J. Trump during a political rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, honoring the victims who were killed and injured at the rally, and calling for unity and civility in the United States.

To reassert the constitutional authority of Congress to determine the general applicability of the criminal laws of the United States, and for other purposes.

To prevent discrimination, including harassment, in employment.

Designating the week of August 4 through August 10, 2024, as National Farmers Market Week.

To improve the health of minority individuals, and for other purposes.

Relating to the death of the Honorable James Mountain Inhofe, former Senator for the State of Oklahoma.

To modernize the business of selling firearms.

To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Jens Stoltenberg, in recognition of his contributions to the security, unity, and defense of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

To improve administration of the unemployment insurance program by expanding program integrity and anti-fraud activities and improving access to benefits, and for other purposes.

Remembering the 32nd anniversary of the bombing of the Embassy of Israel in Buenos Aires on March 17, 1992, and the 30th anniversary of the bombing of the Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association building in Buenos Aires on July 18, 1994, and recommitting to efforts to uphold justice for the victims of the attacks.

Designating June 19, 2024, as Juneteenth Independence Day in recognition of June 19, 1865, the date on which news of the end of slavery reached the slaves in the Southwestern States.

To prohibit discrimination on the basis of religion, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), and marital status in the administration and provision of child welfare services, to improve safety, well-being, and permanency for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer or questioning foster youth, and for other purposes.

Expressing support for the designation of June 28, 2024, as “Stonewall Day”.

Recognizing June 2024, as LGBTQ Pride Month.

To improve the structure of the Federal Pell Grant program, and for other purposes.