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U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and Foreign Relations Committees, Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass), a member of the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Warren, Kaine Call on Treasury to Crack Down on North Korea Crypto Threats

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) has written to the U.S. Department of State seeking an update on its efforts to address the backlog of passport applications and improve... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Presses State Department for Answers as Passport Application Backlog Persists

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement regarding the new offshore wind Bureau of Ocean Energy Management map and the development of offshore... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on New BOEM Offshore Wind Map

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Steny H. Hoyer (all D-Md.) announced $5 million in federal funding from the Inflation Reduction Act to... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Hoyer Deliver $5 Million in Inflation Reduction Act Funding for New Visitor Center at Mallows Bay

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) alongside Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Elizabeth Warren... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Merkley, Colleagues: No Gambling on Elections

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), along with Senators Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and House Chesapeake Bay... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Cardin, Wittman, Chesapeake Bay Colleagues in Introducing Bicameral Legislation to Help Farmers Reduce Pollution, Cut Costs and Increase Resilience

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Tim Kaine alongside their Senate colleagues, including Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.),... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Kaine, Colleagues in Urging Biden Administration to Protect Americans From Discrimination Based on Source of Income

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) in urging Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Sandra Thompson to ensure that... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Brown, Colleagues in Urging New Protections for Multifamily Renters in Fannie Mae-, Freddie Mac-backed Properties

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) released a letter from United States... Continue Reading about In Response to Senators Van Hollen, Warren, Duckworth, Blumenthal, U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Agrees to Convene Meeting on COVID-19 Testing Recommendation

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) voted Thursday to pass the fiscal year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) in the Senate, which includes critical investments in... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Secures Maryland Priorities in Annual Defense Bill, Votes to Pass Legislation in the Senate

In advance of this week’s 33rd anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act into law, Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Hoyer, Sarbanes Deliver Nearly $1.8 Million to Support Individuals with Disabilities and Neurodivergent Communities in Prince George’s and Howard Counties

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator John Fetterman (D-Pa.), along with Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), and Ron Wyden... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Fetterman, Brown in Introducing Bill Investing in Underserved Farmers, Increasing Access to Fresh Foods in Urban Communities

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) alongside their Senate colleagues in urging the Biden administration to withhold the $320 million of... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Murphy, Colleagues Urge Biden Administration to Withhold Military Aid to Egypt Given Human Rights Concerns

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, and Senator Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) announced... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce Appropriations Committee Passage of Over $10 Million for Maryland Small Business and Community Development Projects in Key Funding Legislation

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen and Congressman John Sarbanes (both D-Md.) introduced their bipartisan, bicameral legislation to create a unified Chesapeake National... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Sarbanes, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Establish Chesapeake National Recreation Area

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement on President Biden’s nomination of former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley to serve as... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Biden Nomination of Martin O’Malley to Lead Social Security Administration

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) announced $497,861 in Inflation Reduction... Continue Reading about Maryland Department of the Environment Receiving Nearly Half Million to Improve Air Quality and Environmental Justice in Three Communities

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, David Trone, and Glenn Ivey (all... Continue Reading about Maryland Delegation Members Announce Over $28 Million to Support Early Childhood Education Programs Across Maryland

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) announced the introduction of a bill to posthumously award to Henrietta Lacks the Congressional Gold Medal –... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Introduce Legislation to Honor the Late Henrietta Lacks with Congressional Gold Medal

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) announced that the U.S. Department of Justice is increasing the number of Assistant U.S.... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Mfume Announce New DOJ Resources to Strengthen Public Safety in Baltimore City and the State of Maryland