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U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), and Ranking Member Jim Risch... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Merkley, Menendez, Risch, Colleagues Urge Cessation of Hostilities in Ethiopia Ahead of Peace Talks in South Africa

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (all D-Md.) announced that, following their efforts, the National Aeronautics and Space... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Hoyer Announce NASA Proposal to Continue University of Maryland-led GEDI Mission for Climate Change Research

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Kweisi Mfume, Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin, and David... Continue Reading about Maryland Congressional Delegation Members Urge Administration to Fund Baltimore City Efforts Towards Reconnecting Communities Divided by Highway to Nowhere

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Andy Harris, Anthony Brown, Jamie Raskin and... Continue Reading about Relaying Constituent Concerns, Maryland’s Full Congressional Delegation Asks for an End to Troubling Issues with Routine Immigration Services in Baltimore

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 B. Raskin, and David... Continue Reading about Maryland Congressional Delegation Members Urge Hopkins, CareFirst to Reach Contract Agreement to Protect Marylanders’ Health Care Access

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) announced $575,000 in federal funding through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) for two wildlife habitat... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce $575,000 for Chesapeake Bay Wildlife Habitat Restoration

Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Congresswoman Sara Jacobs (Calif.-53), along with 13 of their colleagues, urged the leadership of the House and Senate Armed Services... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Jacobs Urge HASC and SASC Leadership to Include Amendment Closing Leahy Law Loophole in Final NDAA

This week, Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) spoke with Ukrainian Ambassador Oksana Markarova about the critical importance of continued U.S. support of... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Toomey Release Readout on Call with Ukrainian Ambassador on U.S. Support, Secondary Sanctions Proposal

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) released the following statement in response to delays in reintroducing more 7000-series rail cars into regular... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Urge WMATA and the Metrorail Safety Commission to Work Together

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today announced $1,218,000 in federal funding for improvements to the Twin Cities Wastewater Treatment... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce $1.2 Million to Improve Wastewater Treatment Plant in Dorchester County

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, David Trone, and Jamie B. Raskin (all D-Md.) announced $706,819 in federal grants for four... Continue Reading about Maryland Congressional Delegation Members Announce Over $700,000 in Federal Funding to Help Student-Parents Access Child Care

Today, Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Transportation... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Harris Joint Statement on USDA Grant to Minary's Dream Alliance's 'Feed the Elderly' Food Program

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin and David... Continue Reading about Maryland Delegation Announces More Than $67 Million For COVID-19 Testing Reimbursement

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (all D-Md.) announced $700,000 for Charles County to establish an Adult Drug Court. This federal... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Hoyer Announce $700,000 to Help Charles County Residents Recover from Substance Abuse

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) along with a group of bipartisan Senators in urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Manchin, Bipartisan Senators Urge HHS to Make Home Energy Assistance Funds Available to States

    Tuesday, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) met with Ukrainian soldier Oleksandr Chaika, who is receiving care at the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Duckworth Meet Ukrainian Soldier Receiving Treatment at Medical Center Orthotics and Prosthetics in Silver Spring

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), along with 12 of their Senate colleagues, in sending a letter calling for the United States... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Gillibrand, Colleagues Call For EPA To Further Address Toxic PFAS Pollution In Upcoming Guidance

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will release 130,716 H-2B temporary nonagricultural... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce Availability of 130,000 H-2B Visas in Fiscal Year 2023

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmembers John Sarbanes, Anthony G. Brown, Kweisi Mfume, and David Trone (all D-Md.) announced $7,586,334... Continue Reading about Maryland Delegation Members Announce Over $7.5 Million in Federal Funding to Strengthen the Public Health Workforce

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), and Chris Coons (D-Del.) reintroduced the bipartisan Fair Hiring in Banking Act to reduce... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Manchin, Tillis, Coons Reintroduce Bipartisan Fair Hiring in Banking Act