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“The Netanyahu Government – including racist extremists like Smotrich and Ben-Gvir – has fueled settler violence in the West Bank at the same time that it has announced new illegal... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on American Citizen Killed in West Bank

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Glenn Ivey, David Trone, and Jamie Raskin (all D-Md.) announced $951,500.90 in federal funding for fire... Continue Reading about Maryland Delegation Members Announce Over $951,000 for Firefighter Training, Equipment Upgrades in Prince George’s, Montgomery Counties

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a member of the Senate Appropriations and Foreign Relations Committees, joined Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the SFRC... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Murphy, Colleagues in Urging Biden Administration to Withhold Military Aid to Egypt Over Human Rights Concerns

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman Steny Hoyer (all D-Md.) announced $707,877.04 in federal funding for seven fire departments in Charles and St.... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Hoyer Announce Over $700,000 for Fire Departments in Southern Maryland

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (D-Md.) announced $1,269,403 in federal funding for infrastructure and expansion projects at the Salisbury Regional Airport,... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce $1.2 Million for Airport Infrastructure Projects on the Eastern Shore

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, David Trone, and Glenn Ivey... Continue Reading about Maryland Delegation Members Announce $332,000 to Protect Children from Lead in Drinking Water at Schools and Childcare Facilities

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) welcomed the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) step forward on a second regional offshore wind energy sale in the Central... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Welcomes Start of Process for Potential Second Central Atlantic Offshore Wind Sale

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), and John Boozman (R-Ark.) sent a bipartisan letter to Secretary of State... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Coons, Ricketts, Colleagues in Bipartisan Letter Supporting U.S. Efforts to Enhance Diplomatic Engagement with Pacific Islands Countries

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and U.S. Representative Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) along with Senate Environment and Public Works... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Markey, Dingell, Carper Welcome Release of $27 Billion from National Climate Bank Network to Spur Clean Energy Projects Nationwide

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) announced $20,900,000 for Johns Hopkins University (JHU) to advance surgical abilities... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Mfume Announce $20 Million for Johns Hopkins University to Improve Cancer Surgery

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration with oversight over federal elections,... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Klobuchar, Welch, Durbin, Colleagues in Urging Justice Department to Protect Election Workers in Upcoming Election

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) led a group of colleagues in urging the Biden Administration to impose targeted... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Doggett, Lead Members in Urging Sanctions on Former Bangladeshi Officials Over Human Rights Violations

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Chairman of the Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government (FSGG), and... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce Key Committee Passage of Over $14 Million for Maryland Initiatives Supporting Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Senator Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) announced the inclusion of $3,030,000 in key Senate... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce Key Committee Passage of $3 Million for Maryland Water Infrastructure Projects and Investments in Port and Shipping Channels

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Senator Ben Cardin, Chair of the Senate Finance Health Care Subcommittee (both D-Md.),... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce Key Committee Passage of Over $25 Million for Maryland Health Care, Education, and Workforce Training Projects

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) led over a third of the Senate in a bipartisan push urging the return of American journalist Austin Tice.... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cornyn Lead Broad Bipartisan Push for the Return of American Journalist Austin Tice

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger (all D-Md.) today announced the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) partnership with the 175th Wing... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Ruppersberger Welcome STARBASE STEM Education Program at Warfield Air National Guard Base

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman David Trone (all D-Md.) announced $838,351.13 in federal funding to support Maryland firefighters and first... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Trone Announce $838,000 for Firefighters, First Responders in Western Maryland

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen and Congressman John Sarbanes, along with U.S. Senator Ben Cardin and Congressmen Jamie Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.), urged PJM... Continue Reading about Maryland Delegation Members Urge Power Grid Operator PJM to Address Planning Failures Causing Delayed Retirement of Brandon Shores Coal Power Plant

Today, Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined his colleagues Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Representatives Jim McGovern (MA-02) and Bill Keating (MA-09) in sending a... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Markey, McGovern, Keating in Calling Attention to Worsening Human Rights Conditions in Bangladesh