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Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement on his vote on S.3933:  “We must keep our communities safe and prioritize the detention of violent... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on S.3933

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement regarding President Trump’s inaugural address: “Today, the President painted a dystopian picture of... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on President Trump’s Inaugural Address

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) in reintroducing legislation to provide increased oversight and accountability into... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Cortez Masto, Colleagues in Reintroducing Legislation to Increase Transparency for Presidential Inaugural Committees

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen and Congressman Jamie Raskin (both D-Md.) reintroduced their Handgun Permit to Purchase Act, legislation to expand adoption of state and local... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Raskin Reintroduce Permit-to-Purchase Gun Safety Bill

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) in introducing bipartisan legislation, along with Senators John Kennedy (R-La.) and Marsha... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Cortez Masto in Introducing Legislation to Help Nevadans Recover from Natural Disasters

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.) introduced the VA Home Loan Awareness Act to help more veterans take advantage of the VA Home Loan program and... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Sheehy Introduce VA Home Loan Awareness Act

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks and U.S. Congresswoman April McClain Delaney (all D-Md) announced $2,077,698 in federal funding (ARC) to increase access... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Alsobrooks, McClain Delaney Announce Over $2 Million to Increase Health Care Access and Address Physician Shortage in Western Maryland

Today, Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) urged President Joe Biden to trigger the 90-day extension in the Protection Americans’... Continue Reading about Senators Van Hollen, Markey, Booker, Call on Biden Administration to Extend TikTok Ban Deadline

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and six of their Senate colleagues urged the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Federal Insurance Office... Continue Reading about In Wake of California’s Wildfires, Van Hollen, Wyden, and Colleagues Call on Treasury Department to Swiftly Publish Data about Impact of Climate Crisis on Homeowners Insurance

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks and U.S. Congresswoman April McClain Delaney (all D-Md.) announced $11,259,000 in federal funding to upgrade the Town of... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Alsobrooks, McClain Delaney Announce Over $11 Million to Improve Grantsville’s Wastewater Treatment Plant

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), and 19 other... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Murray, Duckworth, Colleagues in Introducing Resolution Recognizing the Service of Women in Combat

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), Angus I. King (I-Maine), Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Jeff... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Kaine, Bennet, Hickenlooper, King, Luján, Merkley, Shaheen, Warner & Welch Unveil Amendment to Improve Laken Riley Act

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement regarding the deal reached between Israel and Hamas to release the hostages and establish a ceasefire... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Agreement to Release Hostages, Establish Ceasefire

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and a bicameral group of colleagues, Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), and Jeff... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Welch, Bicameral Group of Lawmakers in Requesting Answers from State Department on Death of U.S.–Turkish Citizen Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, Fatally Shot by an Israeli Soldier in the West Bank

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) introduced the District of Columbia statehood bill for the 119th Congress in the Senate with the support of 40 of his colleagues,... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Leads 40 Colleagues in Introducing D.C. Statehood Bill

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement celebrating the U. S. Department of Transportation’s awarding of grants under... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Markey Applaud DOT Grant Awards for Active Transportation

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), in his first legislative action of the 119th Congress, reintroduced the Polluters Pay Climate Fund Act, legislation to require the... Continue Reading about In First Action of 119th Congress, Van Hollen Reintroduces Legislation to Make Polluters Pay for Fueling Climate Change

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks and Congressman Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) announced $85,511,803.50 in federal funding for Baltimore City’s first phase of... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Alsobrooks, Mfume Announce $85 Million for First Phase of Highway to Nowhere Redevelopment

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) applauded President Biden’s signing of the Social Security Fairness Act, bipartisan legislation the Senator cosponsored to ensure... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Applauds President’s Signing of Bill to Ensure Full Social Security Benefits for Public Employees

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) have reintroduced their Federal Flood Risk Management Act, legislation to ensure that... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Schatz, Booker Introduce Bill to Harden Our Infrastructure Against Impacts of Climate Change