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Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) today announced that they plan to increase their... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Markey, Bennet, Hassan, and Colleagues Plan to Introduce Legislation to Direct $4 Billion in E-Rate Funds to Close Growing Learning Gap in Coronavirus Pandemic

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Susan Collins (R-ME) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), and a group of bipartisan senators urged the USDA to target COVID-19... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Brown, Collins, Stabenow Urge USDA to Target Relief to Local Farmers in Finalized Coronavirus Food Assistance Program

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) joined Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and 18 of their Democratic Senate colleagues in sending a letter to Department of Health and Human... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Murray, Colleagues Ask About Political Interference in COVID-19 Response Following Ouster of Vaccine Development Head

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 More than $9 Million in COVID-19 Housing Relief

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.),... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Warren, Colleagues Urge House and Senate Leadership to Prioritize the Needs of People with Disabilities in the Next COVID-19 Package

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 New COVID-19 Emergency Nutrition Assistance For Students Missing Free or Reduced-Price Lunches at School Due to COVID-19 Closures

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), and Chris Murphy (D-CT), along with a group of 21 lawmakers, sent a letter urging Senate leadership to support and... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Merkley, Murphy, Colleagues Push to Strengthen Food Assistance Amid Coronavirus Crisis

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pressing the Majority Leader for details on how he will ensure the safety of... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Presses McConnell for Safety Plan to Protect Capitol Staff as Senators Return

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), along with 17 of their Senate colleagues, sent a letter to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cortez Masto, Colleagues Urge the CFPB to Reinstate Vital HMDA Data Collection

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Tina Smith (D-Minn.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and 28 of their Senate colleagues in calling on Senate leadership to... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Smith, Warren, Colleagues Press to Include $50 Billion Childcare Bailout in Next Coronavirus Relief Package

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger and John P. Sarbanes (all D-Md.) today announced $200,000 in federal funding to Johns Hopkins... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Ruppersberger, Sarbanes Announce $200,000 for Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Tracker

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) have announced $10,774,013 for two conservation projects in Maryland through the Regional Conservation Partnership... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce Over $10 Million for Maryland Chesapeake Bay Conservation Projects

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and U.S. Representative Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) announced that theDepartment of Labor has put out guidance confirming the eligibility... Continue Reading about Sen. Van Hollen, Rep. Phillips Announce Eligibility of Peace Corps, AmeriCorps Volunteers for Unemployment Assistance

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and Dick Durbin (D-IL), along with a group of 13 colleagues, sent a letter to Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Director Michael... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Klobuchar, Durbin, Colleagues Urge Bureau of Prisons to Release Critical Demographic Data as Country Confronts Coronavirus Pandemic

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Gary C. Peters (D-Mich.), and 18 of their Senate colleagues wrote to the Office of... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Warren, Colleagues Demand Answers from Trump Administration on Efforts to Protect Federal Workers During Coronavirus Pandemic

With the COVID-19 pandemic revealing dire deficiencies in the public health system, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) joined Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Tim Kaine... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Senators Call for Robust CDC Data Modernization Initiative Funding to Ensure Public Health Preparedness

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawai?i), along with a group of 26 senators, urged Senate leadership to include additional emergency funding for... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Schatz, Senators Call for More Funding for Social Service Nonprofits in Next Coronavirus Relief Bill

U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (all D-Md.) welcomed the selection of two of Maryland’s Historically Black Colleges and... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Hoyer Welcome Expansion of Federal Second Chance Pell Experiment to Maryland HBCUs

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) joined colleagues in calling on U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos to allow Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Colleagues Call on DeVos to Reverse Course and Allow DACA Students to Access Emergency Financial Aid Secured in CARES Act

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) applauded the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) decision to reduce population requirements for cities and counties to receive relief from the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Applauds Fed Decision to Expand COVID-19 Relief to More Cities, Counties