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Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) released the Administration’s first report required by the Senators’ recently enacted legislation, the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Toomey Release First Administration Report Detailing Individuals Undermining Hong Kong’s Autonomy

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) today applauded the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) decision to extend the critical school nutrition... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Applaud USDA Decision to Continue School Nutrition Program Through End of 2020-2021 School Year

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 Congressional Delegation Announces More Than $1.6 Million in Federal Funding to Improve Transit Safety

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, were joined today by Senators Ben... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Senate Democrats Urge President Trump to Stop Erdogan from Violating UN Security Council Resolutions Regarding Varosha

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and Tina Smith (D-MN) along with more than 15 colleagues, sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Klobuchar, Smith, Colleagues Urge Administration to Preserve Health Care Providers’ Access to Pandemic Relief Funding

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) today pressed the Trump administration for critical information regarding a whistleblower... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Merkley, Smith Press Trump Administration For Answers Over Disturbing Whistleblower Complaint Detailing ICE’s Human Rights Violations, Medical Malpractice

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) announced legislation to make the payroll tax deferral outlined by President Trump optional for any worker whose employer chooses to... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Announces Legislation to Make Payroll Tax Deferral Optional, Including for Military Members and Federal Employees

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced $430,124 in federal funding to establish a Virtual Cancer Care... Continue Reading about Cardin, Van Hollen, Trone Announce More Than $430,000 to Expand Telemedicine in Western Maryland

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer and Andy Harris M.D (all Md.) today announced $280,450 in federal funding to expand... Continue Reading about Maryland Lawmakers Announce More Than $280,000 in Federal Funding to Expand Digital Education Resources During the Pandemic

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... Continue Reading about Maryland Delegation Members Announce $100,000 in Federal Funding for Maryland Public Television Educational Programs

Members of the Maryland congressional delegation, including U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John P. Sarbanes,... Continue Reading about Maryland Delegation Members Continue to Press State Leaders for Far Greater Transparency, Expediency in Unemployment Insurance Processing

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and James Lankford (R-Okla.) sent a letter to United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pressing for details on Turkey’s reported... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Lankford Make Bipartisan Push for Answers on Turkey’s Reported Use of the S-400 Anti-Aircraft System to Detect F-16s

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 Congressional Delegation Announces More Than $345,000 in Federal Funding to Improve Transit in Underserved Communities

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes and Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) today announced $8,310,893 in federal funding for... Continue Reading about Baltimore Delegation Announces More Than $8.3 Million for Johns Hopkins University Research on COVID-19 Racial and Ethnic Disparities

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (all D-Md.) today announced legislation to designate Southern Maryland as a National Heritage Area... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Hoyer Announce Legislation to Make Southern Maryland a New National Heritage Area

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Representative Steny Hoyer (all D-Md.) applauded the recent award of $7,865,950 in federal funding for a significant... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Hoyer Applaud More Than $7.8 Million for Cheltenham Veterans Cemetery Expansion

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), along with 13 of their Senate colleagues, sent a letter to Consumer... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cortez Masto, Brown Send Letter to Administration for Failure to Provide Restitution to Veteran Victims of Deceptive Marketing Practices

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... Continue Reading about Maryland Delegation Announces More Than $2.6 Million for Disaster and Hazard Mitigation

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) joined Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and 19 of their Senate colleagues in demanding that the Trump Administration develop a national vaccine... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Colleagues Demand Trump Administration Develop Vaccine Strategy That Addresses Coronavirus’ Disproportionate Impacts on Communities of Color

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought urging them once again... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Doubles Down on Call for Trump Administration to Make Payroll Tax Deferral Optional for Military and Federal Employees