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Yesterday, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks and U.S. Representatives Steny Hoyer, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, and Sarah Elfreth (all D-Md.) called on Donald... Continue Reading about Maryland Delegation Members Call for End to Republican Government Shutdown

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following video on Republicans’ vote to shut down the government: A transcript of the video follows: “Senate Republicans... Continue Reading about Van Hollen: “Senate Republicans Just Voted to Shut Down the Government”

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks and Congressman Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) announced $2,875,000 in federal funding to expand access to parks and trails in... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Alsobrooks, Mfume Announce $2.8 Million to Support Baltimore City Parks and Trails

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks (both D-Md.) urged the U.S. Department of the Interior to reverse any plans to whitewash American history at Harpers... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Alsobrooks Urge Administration to Preserve Historical Accuracy at Harpers Ferry National Park

Last night, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined current and former federal workers at a press conference calling for a government funding agreement with meaningful... Continue Reading about TRANSCRIPT: Van Hollen Joins Federal Workers in Calling for Trump to be Held Accountable in Government Funding Bill

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), along with Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) Ranking Member Gary Peters (D-Mich.) and Representative... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Colleagues Press Administration for Answers on Cancellation of Federal Employee Survey Essential for Government Oversight

Today, U.S. Senator Chirs Van Hollen joined Senator Angela Alsobrooks and Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth (all D-Md.) in introducing the Help Federal Employees During Shutdowns (Help... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Alsobrooks, Elfreth in Introducing Legislation to Help Federal Workers During Shutdowns

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) are demanding the Trump administration provide answers on why the National Oceanic and Atmospheric... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Schiff Demand Answers on the Withholding of Funds from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Critical Programs Put in Jeopardy

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS), released the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on OMB Memo

WASHINGTON — Monday, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks, U.S. Representatives Steny Hoyer, Glenn Ivey, Jamie Raskin, and April McClain Delaney (all D-Md.), and... Continue Reading about Maryland Delegation Members, County Executive Fight to Keep Beltsville Agricultural Research Center Open

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) has joined Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) in pressing broadcasters Nexstar and Sinclair for... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Colleagues Seek Answers from TV Broadcasters After Pulling Kimmel’s Show

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS), expressed his... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Details Objections to Trump DOJ’s Spend Plan, Rebukes Unlawful Funding Cuts & Transfers

U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) sent a letter today to ExxonMobil CEO Darren Woods asking for information on the company’s... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Whitehouse, Merkley Probe ExxonMobil’s Guyana Offshore Oil Contract and the Company’s U.S. Tax Liability

Today, U.S. Senator Chirs Van Hollen joined Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and 9 of their Senate colleagues wrote to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Markey, Colleagues in Urging Trump’s EPA to Reverse Rollback of Vehicle Emissions Standards, Stop Attacks on Clean Air

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Ranking Member Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), U.S.... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Whitehouse, Markey, Dingell & Over Three Dozen Members File Amicus Brief Urging Reversal of D.C. Appeals Court Panel Decision Allowing Clawback of Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Grants

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, underscored the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Underscores Illegality of Trump Action to End Collective Bargaining Agreements for Nonpartisan NASA, NOAA Employees

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks, and U.S. Representatives Kweisi Mfume, Steny Hoyer, Jamie Raskin, Glenn Ivey, Sarah Elfreth, April McClain Delaney, and... Continue Reading about Maryland Delegation Members Statement on Duffy Key Bridge Letter

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) reintroduced the Democracy in Design Act, legislation to preserve the Guiding Principles for Federal... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Luján Reintroduce the Democracy in Design Act to Democratize Federal Architecture Design

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) in introducing a historic resolution calling on the President to recognize a Palestinian... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Merkley, Colleagues in Historic Call for U.S. Recognition of Palestinian Statehood

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks (Both D-Md.) introduced the Department of Defense’s Cost of War Act (DoD COW), which if passed will require the costs for the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Alsobrooks Introduce Department of Defense’s Cost of War Act