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Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) released the following statement in recognition of Foreign Service Day: “Our diplomats are the finest... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Sullivan Recognize Foreign Service Day, the Importance of America’s Foreign Service Officers

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen sent a letter to Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena expressing concern towards the escalating violence between the Sinhalese Buddhist... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Expresses Concern Over Sri Lankan Tensions

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) have led a letter urging Congress to provide full funding for the Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP), which is... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Booker Urge Congress to Support Fair Housing Initiatives

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.) have led a letter urging Congress to provide $30 million to the National Institutes of Health and the Department of... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Reed Urge Congress to Fund Childhood Cancer Initiatives

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) have led a letter urging Congress to fully fund the National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST). NIST... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Durbin Urge Congress to Support NIST

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen joined Senator Tom Udall and a group of 16 senators in calling on U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) Secretary Ryan Zinke to halt the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Senators to Zinke: Press Pause on Bears Ears & Grand Staircase Management Plans Until Courts Speak

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen has led two letters, joined by Senator Ben Cardin, urging Congress to fully fund upgrades and investments in Wallops Flight Facility. Wallops Flight... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Urge Congress to Fully Fund Wallops

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) have introduced the National Fab Lab Network Act of 2018, legislation that would expand Fab Labs across the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Murkowski Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Create National Fab Lab Network

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen has led a bipartisan letter with his colleagues to the Senate Agriculture Committee urging the inclusion of his legislation, the Chesapeake Bay Farm... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Bay Senators Urge Farm Bill Support for Chesapeake Bay Farmers

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) today announced $3.6 million in federal funding through the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for the Washington... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce $3.6 Million in Funding for WMATA Bus Facilities

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen joined a bipartisan group of senators in calling for robust funding to fully implement the law and help make America’s mental health system more... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Bipartisan Group Of Senators In Requesting Funds To Fully Implement Their Mental Health Reform Act

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Christopher Murphy (D-Conn.), and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) wrote to Acting Secretary of State John Sullivan and Secretary of... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Murphy, Blumenthal Press State, DHS for More Information on Trump Travel Ban

After the Trump administration proposed to eliminate the National Sea Grant College Program from his FY 2019 budget, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen, a member of the U.S. Senate... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Bipartisan Group Of 26 Senators In Demanding Full Funding For National Sea Grant College Program

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen called on Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt to resign and joined U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Tom Carper... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Calls on Pruitt to Resign

Following National Retirement Planning Week, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) have introduced legislation in the Senate to strengthen and... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Blumenthal Introduce Legislation To Strengthen Social Security

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen released the following statement in response to the U.S. military action in Syria: “While I’ve consistently supported limited,... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Military Action in Syria

U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) today announced $490,300 in federal funding through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce $490,300 for University of Maryland Sea Grant Program

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen released the following statement in opposition to the nomination of Mike Pompeo to serve as the Secretary of... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Announces Opposition to Pompeo

Today, Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) along with Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty (CT-05), along with  Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT), Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Congresswoman... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Esty, Murphy, Blumenthal, Kelly, Adams to Introduce Handgun Purchaser Licensing Act

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin released the following statement in response to the guilty verdicts handed down against Rene Hofstetter and Mathias Wilbs... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Commend Alex Villamayor Verdict