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U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen joined a convening of Maryland's congressional delegation, including Senator Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, John P. Sarbanes, and David... Continue Reading about Maryland Congressional Delegation Talks Public Education with Maryland’s HBCU Presidents

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and John Kennedy (R-La.), members of the Senate Banking Committee, sent a letter to Investor Advocate Rick Flaming of the Securities and... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Kennedy Ask SEC to Educate Investors About High-Risk Chinese Companies

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.), released the following joint statement on the announcement that three individuals in Maryland have tested positive... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Statement on Maryland Cases of Novel Coronavirus

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Andy Harris, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie Raskin, and David Trone today... Continue Reading about Maryland Congressional Delegation Announces $500,000 in Federal Funding to Support State-Level Coronavirus Response

Today, the Senate unanimously passed the Child Care Protection Improvement Act, authored by Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Richard Burr (R-NC). This bipartisan legislation... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Announces Unanimous Senate Passage of Bipartisan Legislation to Improve Child Care Protection

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement regarding the Senate’s passage of a bipartisan supplemental funding package to address the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Senate Passage of Coronavirus Supplemental Funding

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement regarding the Administration’s release of an additional 35,000 H-2B visas.“Maryland crabs are a... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Release of H-2B Visas

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) and Amy... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cortez Masto, Senators Introduce Legislation to Increase Diversity in Corporate Leadership

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) wrote to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urging the State Department to sanction... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Young, Leahy Urge Pompeo to Immediately Sanction Turkey Over the Wrongful Detention of Locally Employed Staff of U.S. Diplomatic Missions

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) joined Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) and twelve other Senators in urging major U.S. employers to commit that workers will not be penalized for... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Senators Call on Employers to Offer Flexibility in the Event of Coronavirus Outbreak

Yesterday, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin as well as U.S. Representatives David Trone, Dutch Ruppersberger, and Jamie Raskin (all D-Md.) met with Department of... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Trone, Ruppersberger, and Raskin Meet with DOD and Army Civilian Leadership to Discuss USAMRIID, USAMRICD

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) introduced theConnecting America’s Active Transportation System Act, legislation that would... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Markey Lead Legislation to Promote Affordable, Safe, and Healthy Transportation Options

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer and Anthony G. Brown (all D-Md.) today announced $1,194,815 for Bowie State University to help to build... Continue Reading about Maryland Congressional Team Announces Nearly $1.2 Million for Bowie State University to Support Diverse STEM Teacher Pipeline

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-MD) joined Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Ron Wyden (D-OR), along with 35 other Democratic Senators... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Colleagues Send Letter to Azar: Trump Administration’s Health Care Sabotage Undermines Coronavirus Response

Ahead of the House of Commons’ debate on Huawei, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) joined Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE), along with... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Colleagues Sign Bipartisan Letter Calling for UK to Reconsider Huawei Decision

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and ten other colleagues in decrying the reported practice of the Office of Refugee Resettlement... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Colleagues in Demanding Answers about Trump Administration's Practice of Sharing Immigrant Children’s Confidential Psychotherapy Notes with ICE

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) joined Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and Senators Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Todd Young (R-IN) today in sending a letter to... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Schumer, Cotton, and Young Urge Secretary Pompeo and President Trump to Oppose China’s Bid to Lead U.N. World Intellectual Property Organization

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Senators Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) wrote a letter to the U.S.... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Colleagues Urge FDA to Provide Answers on Coronavirus Impact on Inspections, Employees

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) have joined 31 Senate Democratic colleagues to introduce the Restoring Military Priorities Act of 2020. The bill... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Join Senate Dems to Introduce Bill to Reverse & Restore Military Funding After President Trump Repeatedly Raids Defense Department for His Border Wall

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) sent a letter Friday to Food and Drug Administration (FDA)... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Colleagues Ask FDA About Potential Drug Shortages Related to Coronavirus