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Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and 14 members of Congress representing the Chesapeake Bay watershed region pressed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Chesapeake Bay Region Colleagues Press EPA Administrator to Maintain Leadership on Bay Restoration

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen and U.S. Representative John Sarbanes (both D-Md.) applauded the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee’s unanimous, bipartisan approval... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Sarbanes Applaud Key Committee Approval of Chesapeake National Recreation Area Act

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement announcing his support for the Joint Resolutions of Disapproval that will be considered by the Senate... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement in Support of Joint Resolutions of Disapproval on Offensive Weapons Transfers to Netanyahu Government

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) announced that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will release an additional 64,716 H-2B... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce Availability of Nearly 65,000 Additional H-2B Visas for Fiscal Year 2025 to Support Maryland Seafood Industry

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, Sheldon Whitehouse... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Welch, Colleagues in Introducing Bill to Support Renewable Energy Buildout at Federal Facilities

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), along with Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Representative Sean Casten (D-Ill.), announced... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, DeLauro, Durbin, Casten Lead More than 80 Lawmakers in Bicameral Push Urging Biden Administration to Sanction Members of the Netanyahu Government, Others for Actions to Incite Violence, Expand Settlements in the West Bank

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-Va.), Kim Schrier (D-Wash.), and Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.) announced... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Luján, Beyer, Schrier, Van Drew Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Reduce Medical Diagnostic Errors

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement regarding the 2024 presidential election: “Like many Americans, I am deeply disappointed and... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on 2024 Election

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) announced $5 million in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Education for... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Mfume Announce $5 Million to Boost Morgan State University’s Research Capabilities

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, expressed concern about Israeli... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Kaine, Shaheen, Express Concern About Violence in Lebanon and Push for De-Escalation

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin, Congressmen Steny Hoyer and Dutch Ruppersberger (all D-Md.), today announced $7,556,842 in U.S. Department of Transportation awards... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Hoyer, Ruppersberger Announce Over $7.5 Million for Carroll County Regional, Tipton, and Martin State Airports

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman David Trone (all D-Md.) announced $7,705,850 in federal funding for infrastructure and expansion projects at... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Trone Announce $7.7 Million for Airport Infrastructure Projects in Western Maryland

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement regarding the Knesset’s votes to effectively ban UNRWA operations:  “Today’s move by the Knesset will... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Knesset Move to Effectively Ban UNRWA Operations

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) released the following statement on the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) $101,980,000... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Mfume React to Federal Government’s Initial $101.9 Million Settlement with Dali Owner, Operator

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen joined Senators Angus King (I-Maine) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), alongside a bipartisan group of their colleagues, in writting to the Department of... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins King, Rounds in Seeking Maximum H-2B Work Visas to Support Small Businesses in 2025

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen, Ben Cardin (both D-Md.), Mark Warner, and Tim Kaine (both D-Va.) along with U.S. Representatives Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md.), John Sarbanes... Continue Reading about In Bipartisan Push, Maryland, Virginia Lawmakers Call on President to Address Venezuelan Crab Imports

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), and Tim Kaine (D-Va.), all senior members of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee,... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Shaheen, Murphy, Kaine Issue Statement Expressing Concern About the Escalation of Violence in Lebanon

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin, Congressmen Kweisi Mfume, Governor Wes Moore (all D-Md.), and Maryland Transportation Secretary Paul J. Wiedefeld today announced... Continue Reading about Team Maryland Announces More Than $38 Million for Critical Transportation & Port Infrastructure Projects in Baltimore

Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Representatives Jamie Raskin (Md.-08), Jennifer McClellan (Va.-04), and Don Beyer (Va.-08) led 30 members of Congress in writing a... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Raskin, McClellan, and Beyer Lead 30 Colleagues in Urging Regional Power Grid Operator to Lower Electricity Prices and Improve Reliability for Working Families

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Congressman Andy Harris (R-Md.) wrote to Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG), the corporation awarded the Maryland Piedmont... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Harris Voice Concerns with Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project, Urge Developer to Follow Community Input