Sen. Cardin is running in 2012 for reelection to the U.S. Senate.
Cardin is a respected bipartisan legislator who voted against the Iraq War in 2002. He opposes Social Security privatization, and supports embryonic stem cell research. He's widely respected for his ethical leadership.
Ten-term Congressman Ben Cardin was first elected to the House in 1986, where he's focused on pension reform, Social Security, health care and welfare reform.He's a senior member of the powerful House Ways & Means Committee. Cardin has sponsored a plethora of successful, bipartisan-based bills, and is widely regarded as an ethical leader and able legislator.
He's the ranking House Democrat on the Helsinki Commission, which oversees military, human rights and other US-European matters.
On Working on a Bipartisan Basis
" I’m one of those Democrats who’s been able to work across party lines to get things done. I’ve been able to get major bills passed in a very partisan environment, because I know how to work with Republicans... I’ve done that in health care, I’ve done that in pension changes, I’ve done that in tax code. So I know how to get things done."
--- NBC's Meet the Press on October 29, 2006
On Health Care for All
"Congress should pass a program that provides for universal health insurance coverage. It is not acceptable for us to have 45 to 47 million Americans without health insurance.
It's not fair for those who have health insurance to pay for those who do not have health insurance. That was the frustration in Maryland, where you had companies that were not only paying for their own employees but literally paying for their competitors' employees because of the extra cost for the uninsured.
So the Congress should pass legislation that guarantees that every person in this country has health insurance... "
--- MyDD blog interview on February 6, 2006
On Education
"People on welfare need to have education and training. It should be our number one priority for all Americans. We shouldn't have a second standard for those that are on welfare."
--- Interview with newsman Jim Lehrer of PBS on May 14, 2002
On the Iraq War
"Iraq’s in the middle of a civil war. We need to combine withdrawing our troops with also a political and diplomatic solution. We need to engage the international community and recognize that there’s a civil war going on in Iraq. It’s not in our interests to continue the current policy...
On the first day that we start bringing our troops home, the international community will know that we’re no longer looking at Iraq as an occupational force... On the last day... we will have been successful in engaging the international community for a stable Iraq... "
--- NBC's Meet the Press on October 29, 2006
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