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Members of the Maryland Congressional Delegation, including Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin, along with Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes,... Continue Reading about Maryland Congressional Delegation Calls for Comprehensive Review of State’s June 2 Primary Elections

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement on the Senate passage of legislation to make important fixes to the Paycheck Protection Program... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Senate Passage of PPP Fixes

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), and others introduced the Congressional Power of the Purse Act, legislation to increase fiscal transparency,... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Leahy Introduce Legislation to Defend Congress’s Power of the Purse

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Representative Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) sent a bicameral letter to Majority Leader McConnell, Speaker Pelosi,... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Klobuchar, Eshoo Urge Congressional Leaders to Ensure College Students in Need Have Access to High-Speed Internet

Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) today announced a new Senate resolution that calls for the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Markey, Booker, and Harris Introduce Senate Resolution to Abolish Qualified Immunity for Law Enforcement, Hold Officers Accountable for Police Brutality

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) today introduced legislation, S.3863, to replace the statue of Roger Brooke Taney, author of the infamous Dred... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Introduce Bill to Install Statue of Justice Thurgood Marshall in U.S. Capitol

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Sherrod Brown... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Senators Urge Defense Department to Refrain from Using U.S. Military to Suppress Nationwide Protests

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen delivered the following speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate:Thank you, Madam President. Let me start by saying to our colleague, the Senator... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Delivers Floor Speech on the Murder of George Floyd, Need for Justice & Action on Systemic Racism

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.) are urging congressional leaders to prioritize a clean energy... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Heinrich, Tonko Call for Inclusion of Clean Energy Workforce Support in COVID-19 Economic Recovery Packages

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Bob Casey (D-Pa.), along with Representatives John P. Sarbanes (D-Md.) and Bobby Scott (D-Va.), led... Continue Reading about Sens. Van Hollen, Casey and Reps. Sarbanes, Scott Lead Bay Members in Bipartisan Letter Urging USDA to Prioritize Bay Health, Support Farmers in Reducing Pollution

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman Anthony G. Brown (all D-Md.) announced $4,162,472 for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA)... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Brown Announce $4.1 Million for Zero-Emission Metrobuses

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) called on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Hassan, Heinrich, Whitehouse, Colleagues Call on FERC to Reject Petition Aimed at Upending States’ Net Metering Programs

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) announced that his office is now accepting applications from students in Maryland for nominations to one of the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Now Accepting Service Academy Applications for Class of 2025

Members of the Baltimore congressional delegation including U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John P. Sarbanes, and Kweisi... Continue Reading about Baltimore Congressional Delegation Announces Nearly $3 Million for Zero-Emission Buses

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) led a letter with members of the Maryland delegation, including Senator Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger,... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Maryland Delegation Members Urge Transparency from State on COVID-19 Testing Plan

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) joined Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and a number of their colleagues in calling on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Hassan Raise Concerns Over Declining Child Immunization Rates, Calling for CDC Action

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) called on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Schatz, Senators Urge FTC to Investigate Instacart for Deceptive and Unfair Tipping Practices

Today, members of Baltimore’s congressional delegation, including U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John P. Sarbanes, and Kweisi... Continue Reading about Baltimore Delegation Announces $1 Million to Help Johns Hopkins Expand Telehealth Capabilities for COVID-19 Patients

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and a bipartisan group of their Senate colleagues in calling on Senate Leadership to prioritize... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Markey, Bipartisan Group of Senate Colleagues Call for ME/CFS Medical Research Funding in Upcoming Coronavirus Relief Package

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) called on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to issue specific guidance for when long-term care... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Hassan Call for CDC Guidance on Reopening Long-Term Care Facilities to Visitors