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U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) sent the following letter today to General Services Administration (GSA) Administrator Emily Murphy, urging her to... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Call on GSA Administrator to Officially Recognize Presidential Transition

Following reports of another deportation flight to Cameroon scheduled for tomorrow, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) sent a letter on Friday to Acting Department of... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Urges Trump Administration to Halt Deportation Actions on Cameroonian Asylum-Seekers

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement on Americans’ right to have their votes counted:“In America, no one gets to end the counting of... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Americans’ Right to Have Their Votes Counted

Today, 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... Continue Reading about Maryland Delegation Members Recognize $300,000 Federal Award to Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.), members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, today praised the enactment into law of a bipartisan... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Laud Enactment of Key Measures for Chesapeake Bay, Including Historic $92 Million Authorization, New Grant Program

Today, U.S Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs,... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Colleagues Press Nation’s Utility Companies to Cease Shutoffs For the Duration of the COVID-19 Crisis

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.V.) applauded the enactment of the America’s Conservation Enhancement (ACE) Act, a bipartisan package... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Capito Chesapeake WILD Act Signed Into Law

Ahead of tomorrow’s 20th anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Security Resolution (UNSCR) 1325, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), U.S.... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Shaheen, Baldwin Call for Trump to Make Women’s Inclusion in Afghan Peace Negotiations a Foreign Policy Priority

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Andy Harris, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie Raskin, and... Continue Reading about Maryland Congressional Delegation Announces More Than $140,000 to Protect Maryland’s Shorelines and Invest in Green Infrastructure

This week, U.S Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined U.S. Senators Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), co-chairs of the Congressional Coalition on Adoption, in sending... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Blunt, Klobuchar, Colleagues Urge State Department to Prioritize Policies to Support Intercountry Adoption in Search for New Accrediting Entities

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Congressman Joaquin Castro... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Menendez, Castro, Torres In Bicameral Call For Accountability Following Trump Administration’s Reckless Immigration Operation in Guatemala

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes and Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) today announced $9.4 million in federal funding for... Continue Reading about Baltimore Congressional Delegation Announces $9.4 Million for Regional Railway Improvements

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Jamie Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.) recently urged federal officials to avoid possible physical impacts to the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Raskin, Trone Demand Better Protection of African-American Historic Sites in Capital Beltway Widening

Today, 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... Continue Reading about As Domestic Violence Awareness Month Comes to a Close, Maryland Delegation Highlights Over $40 Million in Federal Funding to Support Survivors and Combat Violence Against Women

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) led Senators Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), and Ben Cardin (D-Md.) in sending a letter to Acting Department of Homeland... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Colleagues Call on Trump Administration to Halt Deportation of Cameroonian Asylum-Seekers

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman Jamie Raskin (all D-Md.) today announced $2,820,000 in federal funding to replace the expired sewage pumping... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Raskin Announce More Than $2.8 Million to Upgrade Wastewater Infrastructure in Frederick County

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen led members of the Maryland delegation, including Senator Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Maryland Delegation Press Governor Hogan on Purple Line Issues

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, released the following statement regarding the Office of... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Blasts Trump Administration Decision to Support Predatory Lenders Over Consumers

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) joined Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and a number of their colleagues in sending a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urging the Administration to... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Klobuchar, Colleagues Urge State Department to Bolster Efforts to Protect Journalists

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) have introduced the Full-Service Community School Expansion Act of... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Brown, Gillibrand Introduce Legislation to Expand Community Schools and Support Students, Families, and Communities