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U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) sent a letter urging Senate leadership to include support for digital-native news outlets in... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Kaine, Gillibrand Call on Senate Leadership to Support Digital News Outlets

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and a group of leading Democratic Senators in condemning the Trump Administration’s demand for the United... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Menendez, Senators Blast USAID Head for Attacking Sexual and Reproductive Health Provisions in UN’s COVID-19 Response Plan

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) and Representative Karen Bass (D-Calif.), Chair of the Congressional... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Booker, Harris in Introducing Justice in Policing Act

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., joined Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and U.S. Representative Bill Foster, D-Ill., today led a bicameral group of 80 other colleagues in urging... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Wyden, Foster Warn Against Trump Administration Resuming Explosive Nuclear Testing

The full Maryland congressional delegation including U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John P. Sarbanes, Andy... Continue Reading about Maryland Congressional Delegation Announces Nearly $35 Million in COVID-19 Relief for Marylanders Experiencing Homelessness

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Representative Andy Harris (all Md.) announced $1.6 million in federal funding to support the University of Maryland... Continue Reading about Senators Van Hollen and Cardin, Rep. Harris Announce $1.6 Million to Support University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Center of Excellence

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Roger Wicker (R-MS), along with 38 of their colleagues, urged Congress to support community health centers that... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Stabenow, Wicker Push in Bipartisan Letter for Community Health Center Funding to Help American Families

In today’s Senate Banking Committee Hearing, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) spoke on the need for swift congressional action on his and Senator... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Urges Senate Action on Bipartisan Legislation Sanctioning China for Interference in Hong Kong’s Autonomy

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, John P. Sarbanes, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced... Continue Reading about Members of Maryland Congressional Delegation Announce More Than $600,000 to Expand Telehealth Services in Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined by Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), and Joe... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Leads Democratic Senators in Demand for Details, Cost of Staging Active Duty Troops in the National Capital Region

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.), joined 34 Democratic senators in slamming Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’ final Title IX rule, which will... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Democratic Senators Urge DeVos to Rescind Harmful Title IX Rule and Focus on Student Safety

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) sent a letter to Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) Director Christopher Wray seeking data on the national use of force by law... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Presses FBI for National Law Enforcement Use-of-Force Data

Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) announced introduction of the Preserving Leadership Against Nuclear Explosives Testing (PLANET)... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Markey, Colleagues Announce Legislation to Prohibit Restart of U.S. Nuclear Weapons Testing

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