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Today U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), along with 24 Democratic senators, sent a letter to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Urges Verma to Reject Texas Proposal to Harm Women's Health

Today U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and 12 Senate Democrats sent a letter to FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb denouncing the agency’s recent move to delay... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Blasts FDA for “Step Backwards” On Tobacco Oversight; Calls on Agency to Get Serious About Plan to Curb Nicotine in Cigarettes

In response to President Trump's comments encouraging law enforcement to use excessive force, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (Both D-Md.) joined Senate Judiciary... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Call on Sessions to Condemn Excessive Use of Force Following Trump Remarks

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) haveannounced a $598,500 U.S. Department of Transportation grant for the Ocean City Municipal Airport (KOXB) to fund an... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce $598,500 for Ocean City Municipal Airport

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) have announced a $1,323,906 Department of Transportation (DOT) grant for St. Mary's County Regional Airport (2W6) in... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce $1.3 Million Grant for St. Mary’s Regional Airport

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and Cory Gardner (R-CO) today applauded the passage in the U.S. Senate of the RACE for Children... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Bill to Advance Treatments for Childhood Cancer Passes Senate

Today U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and 12 Senate Democrats sent a letter to FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb denouncing the agency's recent move to delay oversight of... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Blasts FDA for “Step Backwards” On Tobacco Oversight; Calls on Agency to Get Serious About Plan to Curb Nicotine in Cigarettes

Today U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), along with 24 Democratic senators, sent a letter to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma urging... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Urges Verma to Reject Texas Proposal to Harm Women's Health

Today U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and 12 Senate Democrats sent a letter to FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb denouncing the agency's recent move to delay oversight of... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Blasts FDA for “Step Backwards” On Tobacco Oversight; Calls on Agency to Get Serious About Plan to Curb Nicotine in Cigarettes

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin, and Representatives Elijah Cummings, Dutch Ruppersberger and John Sarbanes (all D-Md.) responded forcefully to a letter Attorney... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Baltimore Congressional Delegation Calls Sessions’ Threat to City Funding for Fighting Violent Crime “Unconscionable”

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) have announced that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has agreed to help fund a $303 million clean water plan... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce More than $300 Million for Clean Water in Maryland

Following a request from Democratic members of the Senate Banking Committee for a September hearing with Wells Fargo leaders, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen today sent a letter to... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Banking Dems Demands Answers from Wells Fargo on Latest Auto Insurance Fraud Scandal

Today Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), member of the Senate Banking Committee, joined every Democrat on the Committee in asking Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) for a... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Senate Banking Committee Democrats Ask Chairman Crapo for Hearing with Wells Fargo CEO and Board Chair to Discuss Bank Misconduct

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen submitted the following statement to the Congressional record in support ofthe nomination of Christopher Wray to be Director of the FBI: "Mr.... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement in Support of Nomination of Christopher Wray to be FBI Director

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen joined MSNBC's Morning Joe to discuss Democratic priorities for tax reform. An excerpt of the interview is below: "We just actually sent a letter to... Continue Reading about Van Hollen: Tax Reform Should Not Include Tax Breaks for the Wealthy

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen released the following statement on Diego and Lizandro Claros, two young Marylanders being targeted for deportation: "Diego and Lizandro Claros were... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Diego and Lizandro Claros

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.)have announced that the Prince George's County Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department has been awarded $3,567,229... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce $3.56 Million for Prince George’s County Fire and Emergency Services Department to Hire 27 Firefighters

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) haveannounced that the Baltimore County Fire Department has been awarded $1,519,368 from the Federal Emergency Management... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce $1.5 Million for Baltimore County Fire Department to Hire 16 Firefighters

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.)have announced the Federal Emergency Management Agency, under the Department of Homeland Security, has awarded a $180,953... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce $180,953 to Barton Hose Company to Purchase New Fire Engine

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) joined Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and Al Franken (D-MN), as well as U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Bobby... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Introduces Bill to Stop Wage Theft, Boost Workers’ Financial Security