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U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), along with a bipartisan group of senators, today called on the Defense Department to reinstate... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Senators to Defense Department: Reinstate Funding for Stars & Stripes

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen joined by Senator Ben Cardin and Representatives Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John P. Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Andy Harris, M.D.,... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Maryland Delegation Members Push for DOD to Reconsider Changes to Military Base Clinics

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) and 27 colleagues are calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to fully extend school meal waivers through... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Democratic Senators Urge School Nutrition Program Extension for 2020-2021 School Year

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, joined Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Ranking Member of the U.S.... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Brown, Colleagues Demand the Office of Special Counsel Investigate HUD Secretary Ben Carson for Possible Hatch Act Violation

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Andy Harris, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie Raskin,... Continue Reading about Maryland Delegation Members Applaud $4.5 Million in Federal Funding to Combat Opioid Crisis

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes and Kweisi Mfume (D-Md.) today announced $904,545.45 in federal funding... Continue Reading about Baltimore Delegation Announces More Than $904,000 in Federal Funding for Baltimore Firefighters

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) led a bipartisan group of over 20 of their colleagues in sending a letter to the Department of Transportation... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Inhofe Lead Colleagues in Bipartisan Push to Expand Aviation Workforce Training

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes and Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) today announced $1,650,000 in federal... Continue Reading about Baltimore Delegation Announces More Than $1.6 Million for Johns Hopkins University STEM Programs

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Patty Murray (D-WA), and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) sent a letter on Friday to Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar criticizing the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Murray, Schumer Blast Trump Administration’s Dangerous Political Interference in COVID-19 Response

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, Ranking Member of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship... Continue Reading about Maryland Congressional Delegation Announces $3.4 Million in Funding for Small Businesses Impacted by the Coronavirus Pandemic

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Representative Steny Hoyer (all D-Md.) today announced an award of $576,562.77 in federal funding for firefighters and first... Continue Reading about Maryland Delegation Members Announce Nearly $580,000 in Federal Funding for Firefighters in Southern Maryland

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Representative Jamie Raskin (all D-Md.) today announced an award of $115,660.75 in federal funding for firefighters... Continue Reading about Maryland Delegation Members Announce More than $115,000 in Federal Funding for Carroll County Fire Fighters and First Responders

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) released the following statements in response to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS)... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Release Statements on USCIS Decision to Reverse Course, Cancel Furloughs

 U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Representative David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced an award of $811,625.20 in federal funding for firefighters and... Continue Reading about Maryland Delegation Members Announce More Than $800,000 in Federal Funding for Western Maryland Fire Fighters

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman Steny Hoyer (all D-Md.) announced $493,500 in federal funding for Calvert County firefighters... Continue Reading about Maryland Delegation Members Announce Nearly $500,000 for Calvert County Firefighters

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen John Sarbanes and Dutch Ruppersberger (all D-Md.) announced $390,910 in federal funding for... Continue Reading about Maryland Delegation Members Announce Nearly $400,000 for Owings Mills Firefighters

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny Hoyer, Anthony G. Brown, and Jamie Raskin (all D-Md.) announced $1,142,500 in federal... Continue Reading about Maryland Delegation Members Announce More Than $1 Million for Fire Departments in Prince George’s, Montgomery Counties

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) released the... Continue Reading about In Response to Van Hollen-Led Letter, Social Security Administration Reveals Devastating Impact of Permanently Eliminating Payroll Tax

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) sent a letter to Centers for Medicare and... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Hirono, Capito, Whitehouse Call on CMS to Make All Recommended Vaccines Accessible to Medicare Beneficiaries

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) submitted an amicus brief in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, an impending Supreme Court case focused... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Gillibrand, Senators Submit Amicus Brief on Ending Discrimination in Foster Care and Adoption