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Today, Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) wrote to Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz about revelations that Assistant U.S.... Continue Reading about Senators Van Hollen, Markey, Whitehouse, and Sanders Demand Answers from Justice Department on Forced Resignation of Assistant U.S. Attorney Over Illegal Pressure to Freeze National Green Bank Funding

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks (both D-Md.), and a bipartisan group of 265 lawmakers wrote a letter to President Trump demanding he immediately reinstate... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Alsobrooks Demand Trump Reinstate NLRB Member Wilcox, Protect Workers’ Rights

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement on the Trump Administration’s actions to layoff federal employees without cause: “The Trump-Musk... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Trump Administration Actions Against Federal Workers

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement regarding Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin’s attacks on the Greenhouse... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on EPA Administrator Zeldin’s Dishonest Attack on Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) wrote to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) urging its... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Colleagues Call on FERC to Ensure Affordable, Reliable Electricity Service for Americans Amid Rising Energy Demands of Data Centers

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined veterans, labor unions representing U.S. Veterans Affairs Department (VA) employees, and veterans’ advocates outside the VA... Continue Reading about TRANSCRIPT: Van Hollen Rallies at VA Headquarters Against Trump & Musk’s Dangerous Veterans’ Policies

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration with oversight over federal... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Padilla, Colleagues, in Effort Demanding Trump Reverse Illegal Firing of Independent FEC Chair

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, and their... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Kaine, Colleagues Press Rubio for Answers on Impact of Foreign Assistance Cuts in the Western Hemisphere

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) has led his Senate Democratic... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Appropriations Members Demand Answers on DOJ’s Probe into FBI Agents

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks (both D-Md.) joined Senator Mark Warner, Senator Tim Kaine, and others in sending a letter requesting answers and... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Alsobrooks & DC, Virginia Lawmakers Seek Answers from FAA Following Deadly DCA Collision

Yesterday, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen, joined by Senator Angela Alsobrooks and Representatives Kweisi Mfume, Johnny Olszewski, and Sarah Elfreth (all D-Md.), held a rally... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Alsobrooks, Maryland Delegation Members Host Rally at SSA; Call for Protecting Integrity of Social Security, Medicare, & Medicaid Amid Reports of DOGE Interference

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement on the passing of former Maryland Congresswoman Beverly Byron: "Beverly Byron was a true American... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Passing of Beverly Byron

Senator Chris Van Hollen, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Senator Angela Alsobrooks, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP)... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Alsobrooks, Colleagues Demand Answers and Action on Disruption to Head Start Programs

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.) joined with 23 colleagues in sounding the alarm over the Trump Administration injecting partisanship into... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Reed, Colleagues Demand Answers About Trump’s Efforts to Restrict & Undermine NSF-Funded Scientific Research

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.), both members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in introducing the Foreign Assistance... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Kaine In Introducing Legislation to Expand Congressional Oversight of Foreign Assistance

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and 13 of their colleagues in sending a letter to... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Warren, Schumer, Colleagues in Launching Probe Into DOGE's Interference with Department of Education, Access to Federal Student Loan Data

Today, Senator Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and a group of 24 Democratic Senators called on Department... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Blumenthal, Senate Democrats Demand VA Secretary Collins Step Up and Defend Veterans’ Private Information from Elon Musk

Today, Senator Chris Van Hollen and Congressman Jamie Raskin (both D-MD) led the Maryland Democratic congressional delegation in a letter to U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC)... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Raskin, Maryland Congressional Democrats Demand Commerce Nominee Protect NOAA’s “Independence, Integrity and Existence”

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement regarding President Trump’s declaration tonight that the United States will “take over”... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Trump Gaza Announcement

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks (both D-MD), Governor Wes Moore, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), and Congressman Glenn Ivey (MD-04), released the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Team Maryland Statement on General Services Administration's Inspector General’s Evaluation