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This week, U.S. Senator Chirs Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined 17 other Senate Democrats in again demanding answers about the Trump administration's Presidential Advisory Commission on... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Presses Trump Administration for Answers on how its Commission on Election Integrity Will Use Sensitive Voter Data

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined a group of 20 senators in writing Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke to seek answers about the Department's apparent... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Colleagues Demand DHS Answers for Reported Violations of Sensitive Locations Policy

Today U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senate Democrats in a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Democratic Senators Request Update On Drug Enforcement Law

Today, Senator Van Hollen joined Senate and House Democrats introduced the Protect Access to Birth Control Act, legislation to rescind the Trump Administration's interim final... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Democrats Push to Block Trump Administration’s Roll Back of Birth Control Mandate

This morning, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen joined CNN's Headline News (HLN) with Carol Costello to discuss the Republicans' tax reform plan.Senator Van Hollen highlighted the GOP... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Discusses Tax Reform on HLN

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) urged the Department of Homeland Security to ensure the accuracy of the official fatality count in Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Calls on DHS to Take Concrete Steps to Ensure Accurate Accounting of Deceased Victims of Hurricane Maria

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin(both D-Md.) led 20 colleagues in sending a letter to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Department of Homeland Security... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Urge Trump Administration to Extend Temporary Protected Status for Honduras and El Salvador

Last night the U.S. Senate unanimously passed the Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Commission Act, legislation led by U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) to commemorate Frederick... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Legislation Honoring Frederick Douglass Passes Senate

Today, as tax reform takes center stage in Congress, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) offered a provision to keep in place the State and Local Tax... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cantwell Introduce Amendment to Ensure Tax Fairness, Protect Middle Class from Being Taxed Twice on Their Paychecks

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) have announced $45 million in federal funding for Maryland public schools. The funding is designated for the Striving... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce $45 Million in Federal Funding for Public School Literacy Program

Today U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen issued the following statement on clashes between the Iraqi government and Kurdish Peshmerga forces: "I am deeply disturbed by reports of the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Clashes Between Iraqi Government and Kurdish Peshmerga Forces

Wednesday, just hours after President Trump's harmful travel restrictions on foreigners from eight countries were set to go into effect,Senator Chris Van Hollen(D-Md.) joined in... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Democratic Senators Introduce Bill to Block Trump Travel Ban 3.0

U.S.Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardintoday joined Prince George's County officials and students at Greenbelt Middle School to announce a three-year, $25 million grant for... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Present $25 Million Federal Grant to Prince George’s County Public Schools

Today U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) led a letter with Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Robert... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Senate Banking Democrats Urge Treasury IG to Investigate Noreika’s SGE Status

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) have announced $15 million in federal funding for Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS). The Magnet Schools Assistance... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce $15 Million in Federal Funding to Expand Baltimore County’s Public Magnet Schools

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined a group of Senate Democrats in filing anamicus briefwith the U.S.Court of Appealsfor theFifth Circuitin the case ofPlanned Parenthood... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Senate Democrats File Amicus Brief in Support of Planned Parenthood; Stand Up for Women’s Health & Rights in Texas

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen andBen Cardin(both D-Md.)have announced a $240,139 National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (ILMS) for the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce $240,139 Grant for University of Maryland Libraries

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) have announced a $43,300 grant for the Chesapeake Charter Alliance, a public charter school operator, to purchase new... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce $43,300 Grant for Public Chesapeake Charter Alliance in Lexington Park

Today U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen issued the following statement on President Trump's announcement that he will not certify Iran's compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Trump’s Iran Announcement

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined a bipartisan group of 59 Senators in calling on Senate leaders to renew the Perkins Career and Technical Education Act, which provides... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Calls for Congressional Action to Renew Career and Technical Education Programs