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Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and U.S. Representatives Blake Moore (R-Utah) and Lori Trahan (D-Mass.) introduced bipartisan, bicameral... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Moran, Moore, Trahan Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Boost Employee Ownership of Businesses

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) called on U.S.... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Colleagues Call on GAO to Investigate U.S. Compliance with Laws Requiring the U.S. to Ensure Government Recipients of Foreign Aid Respect Human Rights, Facilitate Humanitarian Aid

At a meeting of the U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a member of the Board, offered a motion for the Board to recommend that the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Motion to Reinstate Banned Books at Naval Academy Board of Visitors Meeting

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and lead Democrat on the Subcommittee for Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Trump Budget Proposal

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), co-founders of the bipartisan Senate Foreign Service Caucus, announced a resolution celebrating May 2,... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Sullivan Recognize U.S. Foreign Service Day

Today, U.S. Senator Chirs Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) in introducing first-of-its-kind legislation to strengthen Congress’ authority to protect workers... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Merkley, Waters in Launching New Effort to Boost Congress’ Oversight of Trump’s Mass Firings

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks (both D-Md.) announced $200,000 in federal funding for four local NeighborWorks organizations in Maryland to support efforts to... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Alsobrooks Announce $200K to Maryland to Lower Cost of Housing

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and ten Senate Colleagues in urging the Trump administration to abandon... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Schiff, Durbin Call on Trump Administration to Abandon Debilitating Budget Cuts to State Department That Would Imperil U.S. National Security, Global Leadership

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) Joined Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, and over 35... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Warren, Colleagues in Pressing Administration on Impact of Mass CFPB Firings for Consumers Scammed by Big Corporations; Government Watchdog Takes Up Warren, Kim Call to Investigate

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) wrote to President Donald Trump, detailing the Senator’s meeting with Salvadoran Vice President Félix Ulloa which revealed that the... Continue Reading about In Letter to Trump, Van Hollen Presents Details of Conversation with Salvadoran VP Ulloa that Reveal the Trump Administration’s Ongoing Defiance of Court Orders to “Facilitate” the Return of Illegally Deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia, Despite a Clear Ability to Comply

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) wrote to U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, expressing concerns with reports that... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Warren, Kaine Press Hegseth on High Civilian Casualties in Yemen Strikes and Trump Administration’s Dismantling of Safeguards Against Civilian Harm

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement regarding a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report finding that the U.S. State Department... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on GAO Report Detailing State Dept. Failure to Address Credible Reports of Civilian Harm by U.S. Weapons

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.), a senior member and Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee,... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Schatz, Murray, Colleagues in Condemning Labor Department’s Cancellation of Funding to Fight Child Labor, Human Trafficking Worldwide

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and 24 of their Democratic colleagues in... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Durbin, Colleagues to Demand President Trump Rescind Harmful Claims that He Will Transfer Incarcerated U.S. Citizens to a Foreign Prison

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), joined Senators Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Co-Chair of the Senate Humanities Caucus, and U.S. Representative Dina Titus... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Schiff, Reed, Titus to Demand Trump Administration Undo Termination of Funding for National Endowment for the Humanities

Today, U.S. Senator Chirs Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.)—a member of both the U.S. Senate Armed Services (SASC) and Veterans’... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Duckworth, Colleagues in Condemning Trump and Hegseth’s Trans Military Service Ban

Following his request to meet with Salvadoran President Bukele and his announced intent to visit El Salvador earlier this week, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Announces Departure for El Salvador Tomorrow Morning

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement regarding the conviction of Rachel Morin's killer: “While the conviction of Rachel Morin’s killer will... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Conviction of Rachel Morin's Killer

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) has requested a meeting with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele while he is in the United States this week in order to discuss the return of... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Requests Meeting with President Bukele to Discuss Return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia; Announces Intent to Travel to El Salvador This Week if Abrego Garcia is Not Returned

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks and Representatives Steny Hoyer, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, Glenn Ivey, Sarah Elfreth, April McClain Delaney, and... Continue Reading about Maryland Delegation Members Slam OMB’s Proposed NASA Goddard Cuts, Vow to Fight Back Against NASA Budget