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U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) were joined by eight of... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Menendez, Colleagues Introduce Comprehensive International Climate Change Legislation

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine), both co-chairs of the Congressional Fire Services Caucus, in... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Carper, Collins Reintroduce Bill to Secure Federal Firefighters’ Benefits for Diseases Contracted in Line of Duty

Maryland’s U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen joined Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley, Representative Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), and a group of 20 lawmakers in introducing the Keep It in... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Merkley, Huffman to Get the Federal Government out of the Fossil Fuel Business

Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today announced the reintroduction of legislation to... Continue Reading about Senators Van Hollen, Markey, Rubio, and Warren Announce Reintroduction of Bipartisan Legislation to Counter Chinese Government Policy Coercively Preventing Americans from Leaving China

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), both members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Representatives Jeff Fortenberry (R-Neb.)... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Hagerty, Fortenberry, Schiff Introduce Resolution Commemorating Jordan Centennial

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Andy Harris, M.D., Anthony G. Brown, Jamie Raskin,... Continue Reading about Maryland Congressional Delegation Announces More Than $182 Million to Help State Bring COVID-19 Pandemic Under Control, Strengthen Local Infectious Disease Response

This afternoon, Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin joined Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (All D-Md.) to host a virtual discussion with Members of the National Capital Region and... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Hoyer Virtually Meet with Federal Employee Unions and Employee Groups

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement regarding President Biden’s initial budget outline:“As our state and nation begin to recover and... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Biden Budget Outline

Senator Chris Van Hollen and Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (both D-Md.) today highlighted more than $515 million to help Maryland child care providers keep their doors open... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Ruppersberger Highlight New Funding for Maryland Child Care Centers, Head Start Programs

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Andy Harris, M.D., Anthony G. Brown, Jamie Raskin,... Continue Reading about Maryland Congressional Delegation Announces More Than $68 Million from American Rescue Plan to Help Marylanders Access Safe and Affordable Housing Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement regarding President Biden’s newly-announced measures to address gun violence, including his nomination... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Biden Measures to Address Gun Violence

Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman Andy Harris, M.D. (all Maryland) today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded a sizable... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Harris Announce $1 Million Grant to Salisbury Airport

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie Raskin, and David Trone (all... Continue Reading about Maryland Congressional Delegation Secures More Than $54.6 Million to Expand Equitable Distribution of the COVID-19 Vaccine and Boost Public Health Infrastructure

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined by Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Mark... Continue Reading about Bay Senators Urge New EPA Administrator Regan to Enforce Bay Pollution Standards

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement on the death of Capitol Police Officer William Evans:“Today’s loss of Officer William Evans is... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on the Death of Capitol Police Officer William Evans

Today U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) led a group of their colleagues in a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Acting... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Klobuchar Lead Colleagues in Urging the FCC to Include State & Local Input in Broadband Buildout

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, and Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) today announced $11.9 million in... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Maryland Congressional Delegation Announce Nearly $12 Million to Support Early Childhood Education Programs

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement on President Biden’s American Jobs Plan:“Our nation is at a turning point. We have before us the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on President Biden’s American Jobs Plan

Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and 13 colleagues filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court today in Americans for Prosperity Foundation v.... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Whitehouse, Colleagues Sound Alarm Over SCOTUS Case Threatening Constitutional Protection for Dark Money

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) released the following statement applauding the Biden Administration’s inclusion of a... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Wyden, Baldwin Applaud Inclusion of Subsidized Jobs Program in the American Jobs Plan