PRess Releases

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a member of the Senate Budget Committee, and Ben Cardin (D-Md,), a senior member of the Senate Finance Committee, joined a group of Senate... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Colleagues Request the IRS Extend Tax-Filing Deadline for Individual Taxpayers

Today, during a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Hearing, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) pressed Douglas Benevento, nominee to be Deputy Administrator of the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Presses EPA on Bay Enforcement Authority, Telework Policies

Today in a letter to President Trump, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Senator Mark R. Warner (D-VA), and 32 other Senate Democrats called for an economic stimulus package... Continue Reading about In Letter to President, Van Hollen, Democratic Senators Call for Coronavirus Economic Response Focused on Helping Those Workers & Families Most Harmed

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) joined Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and 20 other Democratic Senators in demanding that Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia ensure the federal... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Murray, Democrats Push Scalia to Advocate for Workers, Question DOL’s Absence from Task Force

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii), and Ben Cardin (D-Md.) introduced S. 3428, the Telework Metrics and Cost Savings Act – legislation that... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Hirono, Cardin, Introduce Bill to Expand Telework Opportunities for Federal Employees

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) joined Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), and 31 other Democratic Senators in urging Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos to provide clarity and... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Murray, Democrats Push DeVos to Issue Clear Guidance for Schools and Families, Following Widespread School Closures

Members of Maryland’s congressional delegation, including U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin, and Congressmen Steny Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John P. Sarbanes, Andy... Continue Reading about Maryland Congressional Delegation Receives Coronavirus Update from Maryland Health Secretary

United States Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), along with Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Cory A. Booker... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Warren, Colleagues Question Bureau of Prisons and Private Prison Contractors About Plans to Prepare for and Manage Coronavirus at Federal Prisons

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) have filed an amendment authorizing a study on the creation of a National Climate Bank to leverage public and private... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Markey File Amendment to Bipartisan Energy Package to Create a National Climate Bank

In recognition of Harriet Tubman Day, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) are announcing the reintroduction of their legislation... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Klobuchar Reintroduce Legislation to Bring Harriet Tubman Statue to U.S. Capitol

Following final passage of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) today sent a... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Urge Hogan to Enlist Federal Resources to Help Maryland Small Businesses with Coronavirus Preparedness & Response

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) joined Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA), co-chairs of the Senate Baltic Caucus, as well as 22 of their Senate colleagues... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Durbin, Grassley Introduce Bipartisan Resolution to Celebrate 30th Anniversary of Restoration of Independence of Baltic States

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) joined Senator Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and several other members of the Senate Banking Committee in a pair of letters to financial... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Warner, Banking Democrats Urge Regulators to Provide Guidance to Financial Institutions about Forbearance Due to Coronavirus Impacts

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Representatives Cindy Axne (D-Iowa) and Lloyd Doggett (D-Tex.) led a letter signed by 33 Senators and Representatives to the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Axne, and Doggett Lead Bicameral Letter Urging the OECD to Require More Transparent Tax Reporting

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) joined Senator Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and six Senators in urging the United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to commit that... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Senators Call on OPM to Guarantee Protections for Federal Workers and Contractors Complying with Coronavirus Response

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), along with seventeen of their Senate colleagues, in sending a second letter to the U.S. Department... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Warren, Colleagues Reiterate Request for Update on VA Efforts to Protect Veterans from Foreign Disinformation Campaigns

Today, amid reports of the first cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the national capital region, U.S. Sens. Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) and Sens. Mark R.... Continue Reading about Maryland and Virginia Senators Urge WMATA to Prioritize Employee and Rider Safety Amid Coronavirus Threat

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen joined a convening of Maryland's congressional delegation, including Senator Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, John P. Sarbanes, and David... Continue Reading about Maryland Congressional Delegation Talks Public Education with Maryland’s HBCU Presidents

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and John Kennedy (R-La.), members of the Senate Banking Committee, sent a letter to Investor Advocate Rick Flaming of the Securities and... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Kennedy Ask SEC to Educate Investors About High-Risk Chinese Companies

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.), released the following joint statement on the announcement that three individuals in Maryland have tested positive... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Statement on Maryland Cases of Novel Coronavirus