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U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-MD) have announced $642,149 in federal funding for the University of Maryland Baltimore County's (UMBC) aquaculture efforts.... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce More Than $600,000 in Federal Funding for Maryland Aquaculture Research

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) introduced the bipartisan Chesapeake Bay Farm Bill Enhancements Act of 2017. This legislation increases mandatory funding available to... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Bay Senators Introduce Bipartisan Chesapeake Restoration Legislation

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), along with Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Diane Feinstein (D-Calif.), introduced the Safe Environment from Countries Under Repression... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Feinstein Introduce Legislation to Protect TPS Recipients

Senator Chris Van Hollen joined Senator Mazie Hirono today to introduce the Military Domestic Violence Reporting Enhancement Act, legislation to close a dangerous loophole in the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Helps Introduce Bill to Close Loophole in Military Justice System that Enables Convicted Abusers to Buy Guns

As victims in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Island (USVI) struggle to recover from damage left by Hurricanes Irma and Maria, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollenjoined a group of 11... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Democratic Senators Demand Better Coordination, Response to Housing Needs of Hurricane Victims

As negotiations over a new North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) resume today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) joined 17 of his Senate colleagues in a letter toUnited... Continue Reading about As NAFTA Renegotiations Move Forward, Van Hollen Joins Letter to Trump Administration Calling for Strong Protections for Workers

Today U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen, member of the Senate Budget Committee, wrote to House Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows about the deficit-busting Republican tax plan. If... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Presses House Freedom Caucus on PAYGO and Republican Tax Plan

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin, and Congressman John K. Delaney (all D-Md.) are praising the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Conference Report approved by... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, and Delaney Laud NDAA Provision that would Forestall Closure of Ft. Detrick Biodefense Lab

Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) announced two grants totaling $30,900 for Federalsburg, Md., through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce More Than $30,000 in Rural Development Funding to Federalsburg, Maryland

In advance of Veterans Day, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) joined 28of their Democratic colleagues in reintroducing the Military and Veterans Education... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Reintroduce Military and Veterans Education Protection Act with Groundbreaking Support from Veterans Service Organizations

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) joined Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and John Cornyn (R-TX) ina letterto U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, asking him to provide... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Calls on DOJ to Provide Guidance on Boosting Support for Forensic Labs In Efforts to Combat Opioid Epidemic

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen issued the following statement today after Senate Republicans released the framework of their tax plan: "After House Republicans rolled out a tax... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Senate GOP Tax Plan

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) joined Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), ranking member of the Immigration Subcommittee, and Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chairwoman Rep.... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Lawmakers Call For Reversal Of Administration Decision To Expose Thousands To Dangerous Deportations

United States Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.),Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) today issued a joint... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Warren, Merkley, Cortez Masto, Schatz Object to Rushed Confirmation of Comptroller of the Currency

Today U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen spoke on the Senate floor on North Korea Sanctions and his bipartisan sanctions legislation, the BRINK Act. An excerpt of his remarks is... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Speaks on Senate Floor on North Korea Sanctions

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-MD) have announced $600,000 in federal funding for the Maryland Coastal Bays Program (MCBP). The funds, issued by the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce More Than a Half Million Dollars in Federal Funding for the Chesapeake Bay

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin(both D-Md.) joined Senator Diane Feinstein (D-Calif.) to introduce the Assault Weapons Ban of 2017. This legislation would ban... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Join Democratic Senators to Introduce Assault Weapons Ban

Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and a group of Senate Democrats in calling on the leadership of the Senate Finance Committee to reject changes... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Senators Urging Senate Finance Committee To Reject Tax Changes To 401(k)’s

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) today joined Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) in... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Colleagues In Calling for Comprehensive Disaster Relief Package

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Ben Cardin (D-MD) and RepresentativesEleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Andy Harris (R-MD) announced that President Trump today signed their... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Norton, and Harris, Announce President Trump Signs Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Commission Act into Law