Cardin, Benjamin L.

Senator Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD) has represented Maryland in the U.S. Senate since 2007, following two decades in the House of Representatives. A senior member of the Foreign Relations Committee and former ranking member of the Small Business Committee, Cardin is known for his work on human rights, environmental protection, and tax policy, having previously chaired the Maryland House Ways and Means Committee. His congressional trading activity has been remarkably minimal, with only a single disclosed transaction on record—a February 2017 trade in RATE (Bankrate Inc.) valued between $15,000 and $50,000. With zero recent activity in the past 90 days and no other disclosed trades throughout his Senate tenure, Cardin maintains one of the least active trading profiles in Congress, suggesting a hands-off approach to personal stock transactions while in office.