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Thank you, Mr. President. I want to start by thanking my friend and colleague, the Senator from Pennsylvania, for talking this evening about what's at stake for so many of his... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Delivers Floor Speech Fighting Against Unprecedented, Rushed Nomination of Amy Coney Barrett

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Ben Cardin... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Booker, Stabenow, Whitehouse, Blumenthal, Brown, Cardin Unveil New Report on Consequences for Core Civil Rights Protections of Special Interest Campaign to Capture Our Courts

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie Raskin and David Trone (all... Continue Reading about Maryland Congressional Delegation Announces Almost $800,000 to Expand Housing Counseling Services Across Maryland

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) slammed Senate Republicans for blocking Senator Van Hollen’s request for Senate passage of... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Schumer Slam Senate Republican Leadership for Blocking the Bipartisan DETER Act, Legislation to Prevent Foreign Interference in Our Elections

 Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Representative Danny Davis (D-Ill.) introduced legislation... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Wyden, Davis Introduce Legislation to Improve Federal Programs to Promote Healthy Relationships and Financial Stability for Low-Income Families

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) were joined by 21 of their Senate Democratic colleagues in opposing the Trump administration’s proposal... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Senate Democrats Denounce Trump Administration’s Historically Low Refugee Resettlement Goal and Push for Increased Admissions

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) today released the following statement applauding the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Menendez, Schumer Applaud Library of Congress Decision to Recognize Armenian Genocide in Its Records

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) joined Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and 33 Senate... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Murray, Democratic Colleagues Urge DeVos to Help 8.2 Million Federal Student Loan Borrowers Currently Unable to Access Relief

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a member of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, joined Ranking Member Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) along... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Brown Introduce New Legislation to Combat Discrimination in Our Nation’s Financial Services Industry

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Representative Don Beyer (D-Va.) introduced new legislation to improve and modernize the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Beyer Introduce Legislation to Improve ATF, Strengthen Gun Violence Prevention

Members of the Maryland congressional delegation, including U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John P. Sarbanes,... Continue Reading about Maryland Delegation Members Write to Governor Hogan Expressing Concern with COVID-19 Impacts on Latino Communities

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.) sent a bipartisan letter to President Trump urging the Administration to extend the New Strategic Arms... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Young Urge Administration to Extend New START to Constrain Russia’s Nuclear Forces

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Representative Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) have formally introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to make the payroll tax deferral outlined... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Connolly Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Make Payroll Tax Deferral Optional, Including for Military Members and Federal Employees

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and James Lankford (R-Okla.) released the following statement regarding new reports that Turkey has tested its Russian-made S-400... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Lankford Release Statement on New Reports of Turkey Testing the S-400 Anti-Aircraft System

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin, Congressman Dutch Ruppersburger, and Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski (all D-Md.) today announced $9,880,000 in... Continue Reading about Baltimore County Delegation Announces Nearly $9.9 Million for Tradepoint Atlantic Infrastructure Projects

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Tom Carper (D-Del.), the Committee’s Ranking Member, and Dianne... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Carper, Feinstein Lead Colleagues in Urging Trump Administration to Stop Rollback of Protections for Migratory Birds

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced $50,000 in federal funding for the Western Maryland Resources Conservation &... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Trone Announce $50,000 to Establish Agricultural Processing Study in Western Maryland

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) released the Administration’s first report required by the Senators’ recently enacted legislation, the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Toomey Release First Administration Report Detailing Individuals Undermining Hong Kong’s Autonomy

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) today applauded the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) decision to extend the critical school nutrition... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Applaud USDA Decision to Continue School Nutrition Program Through End of 2020-2021 School Year

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie Raskin and David... Continue Reading about Maryland Congressional Delegation Announces More Than $1.6 Million in Federal Funding to Improve Transit Safety