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05.24.18
Van Hollen Secures Critical Funding for Port Maintenance in Energy and Water Appropriations Bill
Today U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen announced that he has secured critical funding and strong support for several port maintenance projects in Maryland – including the Port of... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Secures Critical Funding for Port Maintenance in Energy and Water Appropriations Bill -
Today U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen announced that he has helped secure $155 million for the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) in the Senate Appropriations FY 2019 Energy &... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Secures $155 million for Jobs, Economic Growth through the Appalachian Regional Commission
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Today U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen announced that he helped secure $13 million in funding for the Outreach to Socially Disadvantaged and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers Program in... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Secures Funding for Key Program for Farmers on the Eastern Shore
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This morning, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined NPR’s Rachel Martin to discuss the Senate Banking Committee’s passage of his amendment to prohibit the President from... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Discusses ZTE on NPR Morning Edition
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U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) released the following statement regarding their support for the bipartisan VA Maintaining Systems and Strengthening... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Support Improvements to Veterans’ Health Care
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U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) has joined 34 of his colleagues in urging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to preserve public access to the Bureau’s Consumer... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Colleagues Call on CFPB to Protect Public Consumer Complaint Database
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Earlier this year, the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) released a new Case Processing Manual that makes it easier for the Department of Education to dismiss... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Presses DeVos As Dept. of Ed. Weakens Discrimination Protections
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Today U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen secured language in the bipartisan Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2017 to expressly prohibit the President from changing... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Secures Language in Bipartisan Banking Bill to Block Trump From Walking Back ZTE Sanctions
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Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen announced that the new Democratic proposal – “A Better Deal for Teachers and Students” – includes his plan to finally ensure Congress meets its... Continue Reading about New Plan to Fund Schools Includes Van Hollen Proposal to Invest in Special Education
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Today Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Tom Carper (D-Del.), Tom Udall (D-N.M.), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) wrote to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Carper, Udall, Whitehouse Demand Transparency on Pruitt’s Legal Defense Fund
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Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen released the following statement regarding the Democrats’ introduction of A Better Deal for Our Democracy: “Over the past year and a half,... Continue Reading about Van Hollen: Democrats Provide a Better Deal for Our Democracy
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The Frederick County Division of Emergency Management is collecting information from County residents and businesses on damage and losses suffered as a result of the May 15 and... Continue Reading about Frederick County Flood Assessment Forms
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U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen is pressing Attorney General Jeff Sessions to support the City of Baltimore’s efforts to address violent crime. In a letter sent on Wednesday, Van... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Presses Sessions on Funding to Address Violence in Baltimore
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Twenty Senators are asking Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt to extend the deadline for weighing in on a proposed rule that would dramatically shrink... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Twenty Senators Urge Extension of Comment Period on Pruitt Rule to Favor Industry-Backed Science
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Following weeks of violence in Gaza, during which roughly 100 Palestinians have been killed and some 10,000 wounded by Israeli snipers, Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined... Continue Reading about Senators Call for Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza to be Addressed
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05.15.18
Van Hollen Statement on Gina Haspel
Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen released the following statement regarding the nomination of Gina Haspel as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency: “The women and... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Gina Haspel -
U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) have joined a bipartisan group of 30 U.S. Senators in urging the Federal Communications Commission... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Urge FCC to Expand Rural Health Program
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Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen pressed U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to answer for his decision to exempt Florida from offshore drilling efforts... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Presses Zinke on Offshore Drilling
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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Congresswoman Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-N.M.) introduced legislation to improve access to assistance for certain... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Lujan Grisham Introduce Bill to Help Veteran, Socially Disadvantaged Farmers
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) have announced $91,415 in federal funding to the Baltimore County Office of Housing through the U.S.... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce over $90,000 for Baltimore County Veterans’ Housing