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U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and ten of their Senate colleagues in demanding that the Trump Administration secure the release of... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Welch, Colleagues in Demanding Trump Admin Secure Release of American High School Student Abducted and Held by Israeli Forces Without Charge

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) are calling on Meta CEO Mark... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Colleagues Press Meta’s Zuckerberg for Answers After No Kings Coalition Account Shut Off in Middle of No Kings National Demonstrations

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks and Representatives Glenn Ivey, Steny Hoyer, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, Sarah Elfreth, April McClain Delaney, and... Continue Reading about Maryland Delegation Members Release Statement on Judge Ruling Halting Trump Administration Efforts to Close BARC in Beltsville, Maryland

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Congresswoman April McClain Delaney (D-Md.), along with Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Don Beyer (D-Va.), Kweisi... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins McClain Delaney, Colleagues in Call to Pause FAA’s AI Tool at Washington-Area Airports

Following reporting from the New York Times yesterday that a U.S. Embassy official, David Milstein, and Ambassador Mike Huckabee have obstructed congressional inquiries into the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Calls On Risch, Foreign Relations Committee to Hold Hearing Into Embassy Officials’ Reported Obstruction from Congress of Information Around Deaths of American Citizens in West Bank

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and U.S. Representative Sarah Elfreth (D-Md.), along with eight of their colleagues, pressed the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Elfreth Lead Lawmakers in Urging Fisheries Commission to Protect Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Coast, Support Menhaden Conservation Measures

Last week, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks (both D-Md.) joined the leadership of Baltimore nonprofit Global Refuge to highlight the faith-based organization’s... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Alsobrooks Highlight $300,000 in Federal Funding to Support Opportunities for Baltimore’s Refugee, Immigrant Communities

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen and U.S. Representative Sarah Elfreth were joined by Senator Angela Alsobrooks and Representatives Steny Hoyer, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin,... Continue Reading about Maryland Delegation Members Push for Funding for Mental Health at U.S. Cyber Command at Fort Meade

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement on the Hamas October 7th attacks: “Today, three years after the horrific Hamas attacks of October 7th,... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement Marking Three Years Since October 7th Hamas Attacks

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement on today’s postponed hearing before U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis on the Trump Administration’s... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Kilmar Ábrego Garcia Deportation Hearing

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) led more than 15 of their colleagues in submitting an amicus brief supporting a federal judge’s ruling that... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Booker, Colleagues File Amicus Brief in Lawsuit Against Trump’s Department of Housing and Urban Development for Attacking Fair Housing Program

Yesterday, members of Maryland’s Congressional Delegation and Baltimore City Mayor Brandon Scott held a meeting at the United States Capitol to discuss their work on a range of... Continue Reading about Maryland Congressional Delegation and Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott Meet to Discuss Baltimore City Priorities

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Representatives Kweisi Mfume (D-Md.), Greg Landsman (D-Ohio), and Don Beyer (D-Va.), along with 75 of their colleagues, called on... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Mfume, Landsman, Beyer Lead 75 Colleagues in Pressing Trump Administration to Withdraw Proposal that Would Gut Civil Rights Protections for Federal Employees

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), alongside Senators Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), and Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.),... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Urges SEC to Preserve Investor Protections in Stock Trading Rules

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, wrote to Opportunity Financial... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Warren Call on Predatory Lender Opportunity Financial (“OppFi”) to Withdraw National Bank Application

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, alongside Senators Jack... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Banking Committee Democrats in Call on Bill Pulte to Reverse Illegal Decision to Eliminate FHFA Watchdog

Yesterday, legislation introduced by U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) to designate the upcoming Museum of the Blind People's Movement in Baltimore as the official National... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Secures Committee Passage of Bill to Designate the Museum of the Blind People's Movement as a National Museum

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) reintroduced the Higher Education Grant Flexibility Act of 2026, legislation to make higher education in America more affordable and... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Reintroduces Bill to Make Higher Education More Accessible for Students with Disabilities

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement regarding his vote against moving forward with the Ratepayer Protection Act, legislation that fails to... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Opposition to Moving Forward on Ratepayer Protection Act Without Meaningful Action to Lower Costs for Americans

As concerns grow about the threats posed to the American workforce by AI – and as U.S. long-term unemployment hits nearly two million – U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) is... Continue Reading about As AI Threatens American Workforce, Van Hollen Introduces Legislation to Create Jobs and Tackle Long-term Unemployment