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Today, the Baltimore congressional delegation, including U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John P. Sarbanes, and Kweisi Mfume... Continue Reading about Baltimore Delegation Members Announce $8 Million in Federal Funding for Amtrak

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny Hoyer and Anthony Brown today praised the Army’s decision to recognize bravery “in the face of evil” as... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Hoyer, Brown Praise Honorary Promotion for Murdered Bowie State ROTC Student Richard Collins III

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, joined Ranking Member Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and 6 of their Senate... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Brown, Colleagues Seek Answers from Trump Administration on the Borrower Protection Program

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.) pressed the Trump administration for answers regarding the health and safety of... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Wyden, Harris, Colleagues Press Trump Administration on the Health and Safety of Youth in Juvenile Detention During COVID-19

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman Andy Harris were notified Tuesday that the Coast Guard will not close down the U.S. Coast Guard Station Oxford.... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Harris Announce Coast Guard Station-Oxford Will Remain Open

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) announced the award of a $356,909 Employment Recovery Dislocated Workforce Grant (DWG) to the Upper Shore Workforce... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce More Than $350,000 to Support Eastern Shore Workers Displaced by COVID-19

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Representative Don Beyer (D-VA) joined their fellow members of Congress representing the National Capital Region today in writing to the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, National Capital Region Delegation Strongly Oppose Trump Plans For July Fourth Military Parade In D.C. During Pandemic

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) in sending a letter to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper requesting enhanced enforcement of... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cortez Masto Urge DoD to Enhance COVID-19 Safety Guidelines for Federal Contractors Working on Military Bases

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) are calling on the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to answer critical questions on their plans to prevent... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Call on ICE to Answer Critical Questions on Plans on COVID-19 in Maryland

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Gary Peters (D-MI), and Martha McSally (R-AZ) called for increased funding for programs that support domestic violence survivors and their... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Peters, McSally Push in Bipartisan Letter to Increase Funding for Programs Protecting Survivors of Domestic Violence & Pets in Next COVID-19 Relief Bill

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) told Senate leaders that hospitals... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Smith, Colleagues Urge Help for Children’s Hospitals and Health Providers

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Kamala D. Harris (D-CA) and Representative Lucy McBath (D-GA-06) on Friday demanded that Assistant Attorney General Eric S. Dreiband... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Harris, McBath Demand Independent DOJ Investigation into Breonna Taylor Case

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) and U.S. Representatives Jason Crow (D-Colo.) and Doug Lamborn... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Bennet, Gardner, and Bipartisan Group of 125 Members of Congress Call on Administration to Ensure National Guard Receives Benefits Earned on COVID-19 Front Lines

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Tina Smith (D-MN) alongside Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Senate Health,... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Senate Democrats Release Plan to Expand Health Care Coverage & Affordability During COVID-19

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement on the passage of his and Senator Dan Sullivan’s (R-Alaska) bipartisan resolution honoring American... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Passage of Resolution Recognizing National Foreign Service Day

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) sent a letter to Vice President Mike Pence, head of the White House  Coronavirus... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Warren, Markey, Colleagues Urge Trump Administration to Prepare for Simultaneous Peaks of 2020 Flu Season, COVID-19 Outbreak

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), John Cornyn (R-TX), and Tom Carper (D-DE), along with a number of their Senate colleagues, sent a letter today to Majority Leader Mitch... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cornyn, Carper Urge Support for Independent Music Venues During Pandemic

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today introduced a resolution in the Senate establishing June 5, 2020, as “National Gun... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Durbin, Duckworth, Kelly Introduce Resolution Establishing “national Gun Violence Awareness Day"

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) have introduced bipartisan legislation to defend Hong Kong’s autonomy against increasingly brazen interference from... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Toomey Introduce Sanctions Bill to Defend Hong Kong’s Autonomy

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (all D-Md.) today announced three additional Rapid Research Response (RAPID) awards for the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Hoyer Announce Nearly $366,000 for COVID-19 Research at University of Maryland, College Park