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Today U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen, member of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committees, released the following analysis of some of the impacts that the Trump budget would... Continue Reading about Van Hollen: Trump’s Budget Would Hurt Bay and Maryland’s Environment

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin joined Congressman Elijah E. Cummings, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes and John Delaney (all D-MD) in introducing a... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Cummings, Ruppersberger, Sarbanes, Delaney Introduce Resolution Honoring Henrietta Lacks

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (D-Md.) joined with Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) to introduce a bill that... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Fight to Save Small Business Jobs in Economically Challenged Rural and Urban Areas

With 91 Americans dying each day from an opioid overdose, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen joined Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and 19 colleagues in sending a letter to Senate... Continue Reading about Van Hollen: Trumpcare Disastrous for Battle Against Opioid Crisis

U.S. Senators representing the Chesapeake Bay Watershed blasted President Trump's budget released Thursday that would zero out funding for the Environmental Protection Agency's... Continue Reading about Chesapeake Bay Senators Urge Appropriators to Reject President Trump’s Dangerous Cuts to Bay Funding

Today U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen, member of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committees, released the following analysis of some of the impacts that the Trump budget would... Continue Reading about Van Hollen: Trump’s Budget Would Hurt Research in Maryland

Today U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) in sending a letter to the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) urging the Wall... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Calls on SEC to End Delay in Requiring CEO Pay Ratio Disclosure

As Congressional Republicans continue their dangerous crusade to quickly force Trumpcare through Congress without sufficient hearings, amendments, or debate, U.S. Senators Chris... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Murphy, 16 Senators to GOP: Trumpcare Process Must Equal the Affordable Care Act’s

Today U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen, member of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committees, released the following analysis of some of the impacts that the Trump budget would... Continue Reading about Van Hollen: Trump’s Budget Would Hurt Maryland’s Economy

In response to his budget blueprint, which cuts $5.8 billion from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin(both D-Md.) have written to... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Invite President Trump to Visit NIH, Urge Him to Reverse Call for $6B in Cuts

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) today reintroduced The American Cures Act to preserve America's standing as a leader in scientific discovery and... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Durbin Introduce Legislation to Preserve American Leadership in Biomedical and Scientific Research

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen submitted the following statement to the congressional record in opposition to the Resolution to Disapprove of the DOL Drug Testing Rule: "MR.... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement in Opposition to the Resolution to Disapprove of the DOL Drug Testing Rule

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen, a member of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committees, released the following statement on President Trump's FY 2018 budget: "The President's... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Trump Budget

Today at a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Russian sanctions, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen called for partnership with our European allies to fight Russian cyberattacks on... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Calls for Partnership with Europe to Fight Russian Cyberattacks

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen joined Montgomery County Council President Roger Berliner and local leaders in sending a letter to the State Highway Administration requesting an... Continue Reading about After State’s Failure to Act, Van Hollen and Berliner Seek Update on Dangerous River Road Intersection

Today U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and 28 Senate Democrats... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Murray Introduce Healthy Families Act to Allow Workers to Earn Paid Sick Days

U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) have announced $250,000 in federal funding for Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. The grant - which comes from the... Continue Reading about Cardin, Van Hollen Announce $250,000 in Funding for Johns Hopkins University Agricultural Conservation Research

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md) led the full Maryland Congressional Delegation in urging Department of Transportation Secretary Chao to consider critical... Continue Reading about Bipartisan Maryland Delegation Writes to Secretary Chao about Investing in Critical State Infrastructure Projects

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen released the following statement on the American Society for Civil Engineers infrastructure report card, which gives Maryland a grade of... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Maryland Infrastructure Report Card

Today U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen issued the following statement on the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) analysis of Trumpcare: "This CBO report should be the final nail in... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on CBO’s Score of Trumpcare