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Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen announced the Anne Arundel County recipients of his 2019 Public Service Award. The Van Hollen Public Service Award is designed to commend a... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Announces Public Service Awardees for Anne Arundel County

Van Hollen and 16 Democrats wrote to the Food and Drug Administration urging “proactive and expedient action” to protect kids from tobacco products Letter comes ahead... Continue Reading about Ten Years After Landmark Legislation to Fight Tobacco Addiction, Van Hollen joins Democrats in Pressing FDA for Stronger Response to Threats

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Tom Udall (D-N.M.) reintroduced legislation to reduce the influence of money in presidential elections by empowering... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Udall Reintroduce EMPOWER Act to Modernize Presidential Campaign Public Financing System

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Ron Wyden (R-Ore.) introduced the Long-Term Unemployment Elimination Act, which would create an innovative federal program that... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Wyden Introduce the Long-Term Unemployment Elimination Act

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) along with Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Cory Booker (D-N.J.),... Continue Reading about Van Hollen and Colleagues to Congressional Budget Negotiators: Make Child Care, Affordable Housing, and Addressing the Climate Crisis Top Priorities

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) along with several of his Democratic colleagues requested the U.S. Department of Education provide an update on group discharge... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Democratic Senators Seek Status of Group Discharge Applications Submitted by State AG’s

Today, Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released a joint letter urging supplemental FY 2019 appropriations to the District of... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Norton Urge Appropriations Committees to Provide Supplemental Funding for D.C’s Emergency Planning and Security Fund

Appropriations committee members fear longstanding non-partisan event will become a de facto campaign rally, seek information about plans and funding Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Udall, Leahy Demand Answers about President’s Fourth of July Event

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin, along with Congressmen Elijah E. Cummings, Dutch Ruppersberger and John Sarbanes (all D-MD) sent a letter to U.S. Department... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Baltimore Congressional Delegation Asks USDA to Investigate Withdrawal of SNAP Eligibility for Lexington Market Vendors

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) announced that he has filed two amendments to the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to support Maryland’s veterans... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Pushes to Honor Maryland Veterans in NDAA

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), cosponsored a reparations bill (S.1083) introduced by U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ). The landmark bill, is the only reparations... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Cosponsors Reparations Bill

Will Offer Legislation to Block Relocation as an Amendment to NDAA Bill This Week Today U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen issued the following statement on the U.S. Department of... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Blasts Effort to Move USDA Research Agencies

23 infants died between 2006 and 2012 from suffocation because of these products Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), along with Senators... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Duckworth, Introduce Legislation to Protect Infants from Deadly “Crib Bumpers”

Senators spotlight Tewaaraton Award recipient Megan Taylor, first goalie ever to be named country’s top collegiate player  U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Introduce Resolution Honoring the University of Maryland Women’s Lacrosse Team’s Unprecedented 14th National Championship

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) along with several of his Senate colleagues are demanding the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) rescind its proposal to further... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Senators to CFPB: Data Critical to Ensuring Housing Access for All Americans

Today U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen and Congressman Jamie Raskin (both D-Md.) announced the introduction of the Handgun Purchaser Licensing Act, along with Senators Richard... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Raskin Lead Introduction of Handgun Purchaser Licensing Act

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) wrote a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai, urging the FCC not to implement regulations that could... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Urges FCC Not to Harm Local TV

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland) along with Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), Mitt Romney (R-Utah), Jeanne Shaheen (D-New Hampshire), Marsha Blackburn... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Bipartisan Group of Senators Support Hong Kong Protestors

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), joined 46 Senate Democrats in introducing a Senate resolution recognizing June as LGBTQ Pride Month. The resolution highlights the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Senate Democrats Introduce Resolution Recognizing June as LGBTQ Pride Month

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and John Kennedy (R-La.) wrote to U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Lighthizer asking him to include the substance of their... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Kennedy Urge USTR to Include Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act in China Trade Negotiations