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New Law Will Help Families Relocate to Greater Opportunity Areas Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.) announced that the Senate voted to pass and... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Young Housing Bill Signed into Law

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) announced legislation that would prevent the Trump Administration from taking any action to escalate nuclear tensions, by... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Announces Bill to Halt Trump Administration’s Nuclear Escalation

Today U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen announced that he would be attending the Munich Security Conference from February 16th – 17th and the Organization for Security and... Continue Reading about Van Hollen to Attend Munich Security Conference, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Winter Meeting

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement regarding reports of President Trump’s plan to put forward a National Emergency Declaration to... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Trump Decision to Declare a National Emergency

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen announced his support for the bipartisan government funding agreement. The plan contains multiple priorities the Senator has fought for –... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Government Funding Agreement

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) have announced over $4.5 million in federal funding for the Maryland State Highway Administration to repair damages... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce over $4.5 Million for Maryland Roads Damaged by Severe Weather

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (Both D-Md.) lauded today’s bipartisan Senate passage of a package of conservation and natural resources bills that will help... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Historical and Conservation Priorities Pass the Senate

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), U.S. Rep. Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA-32), and U.S. Rep. John Katko (R-NY-24) introduced the Transit Worker and Pedestrian Protection... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Napolitano, Katko Introduce Legislation to Protect Transit Workers and Pedestrians

Today U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) announced bipartisan support for legislation to provide federal employees with a 2.6 percent cost of... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Murkowski Announce Bipartisan Support for 2.6% Pay Raise for Federal Workers

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) issued the following statement regarding the passing of former U.S. Congressman John Dingell: “I am deeply saddened by the passing of my... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on the Passing of John Dingell

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) along with Representatives Brad Sherman (D-Cali.) and Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) reintroduced the Building up... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Fischer, Sherman, & Loudermilk Reintroduce BUILD Act

Today U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent a letter to Senate Banking Committee Chairman Mike Crapo urging the Committee to engage in a... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Warren Renew Call for Senate Banking Committee to Investigate Deutsche Bank

Mr. President — I come to the Senate Floor today with a sense of great disappointment — disappointment in what my colleague, the senior senator from Florida and the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on S.1, Strengthening America’s Security in the Middle East Act of 2019

Tonight U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen issued the following statement on President Trump’s State of the Union address: “The White House promised this State of the Union... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on State of the Union Address

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Tammy Duckworth... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Democratic Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Help Prevent Housing Discrimination

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Susan Collins (R-ME), Mark Warner (D-VA), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Doug Jones (D-AL) today... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Rubio, Colleagues Re-Introduce Bill to Enforce Commerce Deal with Chinese Telecom Firm ZTE

Today U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Congressman Walter Jones (R-N.C.) led a letter with Senators Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), and Kirsten Gillibrand... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Jones Lead Bipartisan, Bicameral Letter on Death of CPO Shannon Kent

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) joined Congressman Elijah E. Cummings along with Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger and John Sarbanes to announce the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin to Announce Legislation to Improve Student Access to Federal Financial Aid

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) has announced that federal contract worker and Hagerstown, Md. resident Lila Johnson will join him for President Trump’s State of the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Announces State of the Union Guest: Federal Contract Worker Lila Johnson

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) have signed on as original cosponsors to the Rebuild America’s Schools Act (S. 266), a bill that would provide... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Introduce Legislation to Support Maryland School Construction and Renovation Needs