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Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Representative Jamie Raskin (all D-Md.) announced $760,875 in federal funding for volunteer fire departments in Montgomery... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Raskin Announce over $760,000 for Volunteer Firefighter Recruitment in Montgomery County

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) has announced the passage of his language to support and fund oyster restoration in the Chesapeake Bay, within legislation approved by the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Secures Oyster Restoration Funding out of Key Senate Committee

Letter Makes Clear: Congress Must Maintain Power of the Purse Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) led a letter with 19 additional Senate Democrats urging Senate Leadership... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Leads Senate Democrats in Urging Appropriators to Block Administration Attempts to Unilaterally Transfer DHS funds to ICE/CBP

Today U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) led a letter to the Chairman and Ranking Members of the Senate and House Armed Services Committees... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Blunt Lead Letter Pushing to Include WWI Valor Medals Review Act in NDAA Conference Report

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) co-sponsored a bipartisan resolution condemning the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) political prison labor camp... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Bipartisan Group of Senators Condemn North Korean Labor Camps

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen, a member of the Environment and Public Works and Appropriations Committees, Senator Ben Cardin, Ranking Member of the Environment and Public... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Trone Urge Transportation Secretary Chao to Extend Essential Air Service at Hagerstown Regional Airport

Following reports that the Trump Administration will refuse to grant temporary protections to Bahamians affected by Hurricane Dorian, Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.),... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Democratic Senators in Introducing Temporary Protected Status for The Bahamas

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Representatives Elijah E. Cummings, Dutch Ruppersberger, and John Sarbanes (all D-Md.) announced $207,054 in federal funding for... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Cummings, Ruppersberger, and Sarbanes Announce Over $207,000 for the Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) introduced a bill to protect public health and safety and fight climate change by reducing dangerous leaks from pipelines that release... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Senators Introduce Legislation to Fight Methane Pollution from Pipelines

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Representatives Elijah E. Cummings, Dutch Ruppersberger, and John Sarbanes (all D-Md.) announced $298,345 in federal funding for... Continue Reading about Baltimore Congressional Delegation Announces Almost $300,000 for the Baltimore City Fire Department

Today U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), Ben Cardin, (D-Md.), and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) wrote to President Trump raising their concerns about the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Young, Cardin, Graham Urge Trump to Act on Kashmir Crisis

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced more than $395,000 in federal funding from the Appalachian Regional Commission... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Trone Announce More than $395,000 for Allegany County Maker Space

Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and 13 Senate Democrats wrote to U.S. Department of Commerce Inspector General Peggy Gustafson demanding answers following recent reports of... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Senate Democrats Demand Answers from Commerce IG on Reports of Suppression and Retaliation at NOAA

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen John Sarbanes, Jamie Raskin, and David Trone (all D-Md.) announce the recent award of $50,000 for Montgomery County’s... Continue Reading about Cardin, Van Hollen, Sarbanes, Raskin, Trone Announce $50K for Montgomery County MLK Day of Service

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) praised the long-awaited confirmation of U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephanie Gallagher to fill the vacancy on the U.S.... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Laud Final Confirmation of U.S. District Court Judge for Maryland

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Jamie Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.) have announced $653,805 in federal funding for the Maryland State Highway... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Raskin, Trone Announce over $653,000 for Road Repair in Frederick and Washington Counties

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) announced $407,142 in federal funding for the Water Witch Fire Company in Port Deposit, Md. The funding, awarded through... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce over $407,000 for Water Witch Fire Company in Cecil County

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) pressed Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin and Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Charles Rettig for measures the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Colleagues Press Treasury Department for Measures taken by Administration to Keep Jobs in the United States

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman David Trone (all D-Md.) announced $47,587 in federal funding for the Midland Volunteer Fire Company. The funding,... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Trone Announce Over $47,000 for Midland Volunteer Fire Company

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen joined a group of Democratic Senators in urging U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to postpone any trade negotiations with Brazil until... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Senate Democrats to Lighthizer: No Trade Negotiations With Brazil Until Bolsonaro Protects the Amazon