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This week, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) along with Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), and Jeff... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Welch, Colleagues in Introducing Bicameral Bill to Codify Biden-Era Executive Order on West Bank Sanctions

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and U.S. Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, David Trone, and Glenn... Continue Reading about Maryland Congressional Delegation Announces Over $31 Million to Support Use of Low Carbon Construction

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Congressman Don Beyer (D-Va.) reintroduced the Healthy Climate and Family Security Act, legislation to price carbon through a ‘cap... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Beyer Reintroduce Their Bicameral Cap & Dividend Legislation

Today, Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) led 27 of their Senate colleagues in sending a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senate... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Tillis Lead Bipartisan Push on Tax Relief for Taiwan

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) and a group of ten other senators in renewing calls to the Biden Administration to urge the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Schatz, Colleagues in Renewing Calls to Biden Administration to Urge Israeli Government to Allow Journalists into Gaza, Protect Free Press

Today, in a recorded video address, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) honored the legacy and accomplishments of Brigadier General Charles McGee as part of a memorial unveiling... Continue Reading about VIDEO: Van Hollen Honors the Legacy of Maryland Veteran & Tuskegee Airman Brigadier General Charles McGee In Video Tribute at Memorial Unveiling

Today, Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.),... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Markey, Durbin, Waters Lead 72 Colleagues in Calling on Department of Education to Discharge Loans for Defrauded Borrowers

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Congresswoman Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.) have sent a letter to President Biden regarding their recent introduction of a joint resolution of... Continue Reading about Following Introduction of JRD to Pause Arms Sales to UAE, Van Hollen & Jacobs Seek Assurances from Administration on UAE Support for RSF

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, along with Senators Ed... Continue Reading about After Devastating Hurricane Season, Van Hollen, Warren, Colleagues Renew Push to Support Survivors of Natural Disasters

Yesterday, Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) introduced the Justice Thurgood Marshall National Historic Site Establishment Act of... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Mfume Introduce Legislation to Designate Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall's Baltimore Elementary School as a National Historical Site

Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) chair of the Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety, and Senator... Continue Reading about Senators Van Hollen, Markey, Welch, Announce Legislation to Better Plan for Cheaper and Cleaner Electricity

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), and Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), who led... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Welch, Colleagues in Introducing Bill to Restore Funding for UNRWA

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) introduced a joint resolution of disapproval as well as legislation aimed at pausing U.S. weapons sales to the United Arab Emirates... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Introduces Joint Resolution of Disapproval & Legislation to Pause Weapons Sales to UAE Until Administration Certifies UAE is Not Supporting RSF in Sudan

Yesterday, Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) introduced legislation to designate a Baltimore United States Post Office (USPS) as the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Mfume Introduce Bill to Rename Post Office in Honor of Elijah Cummings Passed by U.S. House Committee

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and 14 members of Congress representing the Chesapeake Bay watershed region pressed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Chesapeake Bay Region Colleagues Press EPA Administrator to Maintain Leadership on Bay Restoration

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen and U.S. Representative John Sarbanes (both D-Md.) applauded the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee’s unanimous, bipartisan approval... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Sarbanes Applaud Key Committee Approval of Chesapeake National Recreation Area Act

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement announcing his support for the Joint Resolutions of Disapproval that will be considered by the Senate... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement in Support of Joint Resolutions of Disapproval on Offensive Weapons Transfers to Netanyahu Government

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) announced that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will release an additional 64,716 H-2B... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce Availability of Nearly 65,000 Additional H-2B Visas for Fiscal Year 2025 to Support Maryland Seafood Industry

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, Sheldon Whitehouse... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Welch, Colleagues in Introducing Bill to Support Renewable Energy Buildout at Federal Facilities

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), along with Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Representative Sean Casten (D-Ill.), announced... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, DeLauro, Durbin, Casten Lead More than 80 Lawmakers in Bicameral Push Urging Biden Administration to Sanction Members of the Netanyahu Government, Others for Actions to Incite Violence, Expand Settlements in the West Bank