June 17, 2021
U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and a number of his Senate colleagues in sending a letter to Small Business Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman urging the Small Business Administration (SBA) to disburse Shuttered Venue Operator Grant funding to struggling live entertainment venues as soon as possible. The legislation that created this program, the Save Our Stages Act, was signed into law more than six months ago, and event venues… Continue Reading
June 17, 2021
Today,
U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes,
Kweisi Mfume, Anthony Brown, Jamie Raskin, and David Trone (all D-Md.) announced
$7,787,892 in American Rescue Plan funding to expand access to COVID-19
vaccines in underserved and minority communities across the region. “While the American Rescue Plan has helped
accelerate the COVID-19 vaccination effort in Maryland, far too many
communities - and especially communities… Continue Reading
June 16, 2021
Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) applauded the House passage the Tax Havens and Offshoring Act, within the broader ESG Disclosure Simplification Act. This legislation, introduced by Senator Van Hollen and Rep. Cindy Axne (D-Iowa) will provide investors and the public with transparency on corporations’ use of tax havens and tax incentives to outsource American jobs. The bill requires public corporations to disclose their financial reporting on a country-by-country basis so Americans c… Continue Reading
