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Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) sent a letter to Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Rubio Urge Banking Committee to Hold Mark Up of DETER Act

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and U.S. Representative Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.) sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman (FCC) Ajit Pai urging the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Clarke Urge FCC to Support Workforce Diversity, Collect Data on Broadcast Demographics

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Richard Burr (R-N.C.) have introduced the Child Care Protection Improvement Act. This bipartisan legislation would create a task force to... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Burr Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Improve Child Care Protection

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) along with Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Todd Young (R-IN), Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and Ben Cardin (D-MD) today introduced a... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Senators Introduce Resolution Condemning Brunei for Barbaric Laws

Bills Would Reform Prison Education, Encourage Colleges and Universities To Keep Criminal Records Out Of Admissions Process This week, U.S. Senators Chris Van... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Cummings Announce Legislation to Promote Educational Opportunities for Americans with Criminal Records

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement regarding the nomination of Janet Dhillon to chair the EEOC: "I opposed the confirmation of Janet... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Confirmation of Janet Dhillon

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined a group of Senators in writing to Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan raising concerns over the expanding mission of active... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Senators Demand Legal Justification for Expanded Militarization of the Southern Border

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman David Trone (all D-Md.) met with Luke, Maryland Mayor Ed Clemons, Jr. and Allegany County Administrator Brandon... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Trone Meet with Luke, Maryland Mayor Ed Clemons and Allegany County Administrator Brandon Butler

Introduction of Legislation Corresponds with Foreign Service Day – May 3rd U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), cofounders of the bipartisan... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Sullivan Introduce Bill to Support Foreign Service Families

Gun sellers exploit loopholes to get around Instagram block Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen joined several of his Senate colleagues in demanding Facebook do more to block gun... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Senators to Facebook: Ban on Gun Sales Not Enough without Enforcement

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin, along with Congressmen Elijah E. Cummings, Dutch Ruppersberger and John P. Sarbanes released the following joint statement following... Continue Reading about Baltimore Congressional Delegation Expresses Ongoing Commitment to Baltimore City and Mayor Jack Young

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Ben Cardin (D-Md, Tom Carper (D-Del.) , Mark Warner (D-Va.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) on Wednesday introduced legislation... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Delmarva Senators Call to Expand Chesapeake Bay Public Access

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement regarding the announced closure of the Verso paper mill in Luke, Maryland: “I am deeply... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on the Closing of Verso Paper Mill in Luke, Maryland

Emily Thompson from Denton will serve in the U.S. Capitol during the Summer Session Today U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen announced the appointment of Emily Thompson from Denton, MD... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Appoints New Senate Page from Caroline County

Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), and John Cornyn (R-Texas) today introduced the Preventing Online Sales of E-Cigarettes to Children Act. This... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Senators Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Block Online E-Cigarette Sales to Minors

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) along with eight Senators are demanding that CFPB Director Kathy Kraninger reverse her decision to remove Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA)... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Senators Demand CFPB Maintain Home Mortgage Disclosure Database

Latest Federal Relief for May 2018 Flash Flooding Reimburses County for Thistle Road Repairs U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Representative Elijah E. Cummings... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Cummings Announce More than $1 Million in FEMA Funding for Baltimore County

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) join a group of Senate Democrats in sending a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler and... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Senators to EPA: Change Course and Extend Methylene Chloride Protections to Workers

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen announced that his office is now accepting applications from students in Maryland for nominations to one of the Uniformed Service Academies... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Announces Service Academy Applications Now Being Accepted

Senators Call the Proposal “a Solution in Search of a Problem” U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) have written to the Office of Personnel... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Lee Call on OPM to Rescind Potential New Hiring Rules