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The Baltimore congressional delegation, including U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes and Kweisi Mfume (all... Continue Reading about Baltimore Congressional Delegation Announces Nearly $1 Million in Federal Funding for Lead-Based Paint Hazard Studies at Johns Hopkins University

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) joined Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), and Sheldon... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Merkley Introduce Resolution Recognizing Children’s Fundamental Rights and Climate Recovery Planning

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) and Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-Va.) held a virtual meeting Wednesday with Washington Metropolitan... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Warner and Kaine Briefed by WMATA’s Wiedefeld on Recent Safety Audit

This week, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) introduced a bipartisan resolution to designate the week of September 21... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Brown, Capito Introduce Bipartisan Resolution to Designate Community School Coordinators Appreciation Week

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin, along with Congressman John Sarbanes (all D-Md.), today announced $242,858 in federal funding for the Chesapeake Bay Trust to... Continue Reading about Maryland Congressional Delegation Members Announce More Than $240,000 for Chesapeake Bay Trust Environmental Education Initiatives

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) introduced the National Transit Frontline Workforce Training Act, legislation to establish a national training center to help meet the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Introduces Legislation to Invest in Transit Workforce Training

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) delivered the following speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate.Last Friday, our country lost a trailblazer for equality, a moral giant,... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Delivers Floor Speech on the Passing of Justice Ginsburg, Need to Uphold her Legacy on the Supreme Court

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (Both D-Md.), with Democratic Leader, Senator Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Senate Democrats Call On Republicans to Stand for Science, Support Bill to Stop Trump Administration’s Political Interference in COVID-19 Response

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 $4 Million for Reproductive Health Care and Family Planning Services in Underserved Communities

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, and Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) announced $410,000 in federal... Continue Reading about Maryland Delegation Members Announce $410,000 in Federal Funding for Fire Prevention Efforts in Baltimore County

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Ranking Member of Senate... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Brown, Colleagues to SEC: Protect The Whistleblower Program, Don’t Undermine It

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement on the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: “This is a painful and devastating loss for... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on the Passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), a member of the Senate... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Brown Urge Trump to Work with Congress to Provide Emergency Rental Assistance, Protections

In the wake of serious allegations and recent lawsuits filed against the National Rifle Association (NRA), NRA Foundation and their leadership by the attorneys general of New York... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Menendez Call for Prohibiting NRA Foundation from Soliciting, Receiving Charitable Donations from Federal Employees

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) introduced the CARE for Tourette Syndrome Act of 2020 that would expand and intensify the National... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Menendez Introduce Tourette Syndrome Bill to Ramp Up Federal Efforts to Develop New Treatment

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) and 40 Senate colleagues today called on the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin to DHS IG: Investigate Whistleblower Complaint of Forced Hysterectomies at ICE Facility

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Rules Committee with oversight over federal elections,... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Klobuchar, Colleagues Urge Online Platforms to Take Additional Measures to Stop Voting Related Misinformation and Disinformation

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senate Foreign Relations Committee ranking member Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Senate Democrats Unveil the America LEADS Act to Make Comprehensive Investments in American Workers, Competitiveness, Alliances, and Diplomacy to Confront the Rise of China

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) applauded passage of a bipartisan Senate resolution declaring September 2020 National... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Menendez, and Crapo Applaud Passage of Prostate Cancer Resolution

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), the Ranking Member... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Brown Push Back on Administration’s Efforts to Weaken Protections Against Predatory Lending