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 U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Representatives Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, and Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) today announced $843,988 in federal... Continue Reading about Maryland Delegation Announces More Than $840,000 to Baltimore City for Pandemic Preparedness

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) and a group of 15 Senators in urging Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Ajit Pai to... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Senators Demand FCC Increase Funding For Health Providers, Help Expand Telehealth Services During Pandemic

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Representative Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) today announced an award of $999,531.00 in federal grant funding for Morgan State... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Mfume Announce Nearly $1 Million in Federal Funding for Morgan State University STEM Programs

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) raised concerns over the heightened impact of harmful United States Postal Service (USPS) policy and... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Blumenthal, Senators to DeJoy: USPS Operational Changes Harm Deployed Servicemembers

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Jamie Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.) announced that Mount St. Mary’s University, in partnership with... Continue Reading about Maryland Delegation Members Announce Nearly $900,000 for STEM Education in Frederick, Montgomery Counties

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) cosponsored legislation by Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Richard Durbin (D-Ill.), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.). Their... Continue Reading about Support Grows for Van Hollen, Bennet’s National Emergency Student Vote Act

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) sent a letter to the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Schumer, Wyden, & Sanders Request Analysis from Social Security Administration on the Impact of Eliminating the Payroll Tax

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) led a bipartisan group of Senate colleagues in sending a letter to President Donald Trump pressing for more information on Saudi... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Bipartisan Group of Senators Press for Answers on Saudi Arabia’s Nuclear Capabilities

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.) demanded answers from Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on significant operational changes he directed... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Senate Democrats Demand Answers, Fixes from Postmaster General on Mail Delays

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) joined Ranking Member Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and the other Democratic members of the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Shaheen Call for GAO Assessment of Census Count

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Andy Harris, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie Raskin, David Trone... Continue Reading about Maryland Delegation Announces Nearly $954,000 to Improve Readiness, Response for Hazardous Materials Spills

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) along with House Education and Labor Committee Chairman Bobby Scott (D-Va.), and... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Coons, Murray Urge HHS, CDC to Offer COVID-19 Guidance to Childcare Providers

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin, and U.S. Representatives Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John P. Sarbanes, Jamie Raskin, and David Trone (all D-Md.) wrote to... Continue Reading about Members of Maryland Delegation Urge USDA Secretary Perdue to Extend School Nutrition Waivers for Children and Families During COVID-19 Pandemic

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, and Kweisi Mfume today asked Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to... Continue Reading about Baltimore Congressional Delegation Presses Postmaster General to Develop Plan to Fix Mail Delays in Baltimore Region and Across Maryland

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman Jamie B. Raskin (all D-Md.), announced $2,565,447 in federal funding for the National Association of... Continue Reading about Maryland Delegation Members Announce More Than $2.5 Million in Federal Funding for the National Association of Community Health Centers

Today, U.S Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Patty Murray (D-WA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Ed Markey (D-MA) and U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA)... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Colleagues Call on Trump Administration to Stop Blocking International Students from Entering the Country

Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a member of the Senate Appropriations... Continue Reading about Menendez, Van Hollen Call for Sanctions in Response to Turkish Aggression in the Eastern Mediterranean

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), both members of the Environment and Public Works Committee, announced introduction of the Natural... Continue Reading about As Methane Emissions Continue to Rise, Van Hollen and Markey Introduce Legislation to Hold Fossil Fuel Industry Accountable for Natural Gas Blowouts

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement regarding the release of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s 2020 State of the Blueprint Report, showing... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s State of the Blueprint Report

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Kamala... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Booker, Senators Announce College Athletes Bill of Rights