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Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.) released the following statements regarding the ninth anniversary of the implementation of the New Strategic... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Young Release Statements on New START Anniversary

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement regarding the Senate vote on the articles of impeachment:“It is the constitutional obligation of each... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Impeachment Vote

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin as well as Congressmen David Trone, Dutch Ruppersberger, Jamie Raskin, and Anthony Brown (all D-Md.) raised concerns in a... Continue Reading about Maryland Delegation Members Seek Answers on Funding for Maryland Army Installations

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement congratulating Charles McGee on his promotion to Brigadier General:  “I salute Brigadier General... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Promotion of Charles McGee to Brigadier General

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement regarding President Trump’s State of the Union address. “This evening, President Trump had the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on President Trump’s State of the Union Address

Today, ahead of President Trump’s third State of the Union Address to Congress, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW)... Continue Reading about EPW Democrats Wear “Warming Stripes” Pin Ahead of President Trump’s State of the Union Address

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a member of the Senate Committee for the Environment and Public Works, joined U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and 14 other Senate... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Heinrich, Democratic Colleagues in Urging Top U.S. Banks to Not Finance Arctic Drilling

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) joined U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and Sens. Sheldon... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Brown, Whitehouse, Schatz, and Dems in Pressing GSEs on Preparation for Climate Risks

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) sent a letter to Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett urging the Air Force to quickly process the honorary promotion of Colonel... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Presses Administration to Expedite Honorary Promotion for Col. McGee

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) announced that his guest to the State of the Union will be Andrea Chamblee, a gun reform activist and the widow of John McNamara, one... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Announces Andrea Chamblee as State of the Union Guest

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement in response to the Department of Interior’s (DOI) proposed rollback of protections for migratory... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Rebukes Administration’s Proposed Rollback of Protections for Migratory Birds

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement regarding the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) response to his January 8, 2020 letter urging... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on EPA’s Response Regarding its Responsibility to Enforce Chesapeake Bay Pollution Reduction

Today, in response to the President’s announcement of his "deal of the century," U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) led a letter together with 11 of his... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Democratic Senators Reject Trump Plan, Urge Administration to Commit to a Viable Two-State Solution

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) joined U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and 29 of their Democratic Senate colleagues, in sending a letter to Secretary Alex Azar at the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Murray, Democrats in Pressing Health Department for Updates on Novel Coronavirus, Call for Continuing Robust, Science-Driven Response

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) joined Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Rules Committee with jurisdiction over federal elections, in writing a letter to... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Klobuchar in Renewing Calls to Immediately Restore Quorum at the Federal Election Commission (FEC)

U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joins U.S. Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), co-chairs of the Senate Taiwan Caucus, in sending a letter today congratulating... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Inhofe, Menendez, Senators in Sending Letter Congratulating Taiwan President Tsai Ing-Wen on Reelection

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) wrote to President Trump urging him to immediately sanction the Egyptian government officials responsible... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Leahy Urge Trump to Sanction Those Responsible for the Wrongful Detention and Death of American Citizen in Egypt

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement in response to the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) report confirming that the Trump... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Announces Independent GAO Report Showing Trump Administration Broke Law by Illegally Withholding Ukraine Aid

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) joined Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and 12 other Democratic... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Murray, Democrats, in Slamming NLRB Proposal to Strip Students Employed by Private Universities of Workplace Rights

Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) introduced legislation today to enhance accountability for... Continue Reading about Senators Van Hollen, Markey, Rubio, and Warren Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Counter Chinese Government Policy Banning Americans from Exiting China