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U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) today announced $490,300 in federal funding through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce $490,300 for University of Maryland Sea Grant Program

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen released the following statement in opposition to the nomination of Mike Pompeo to serve as the Secretary of... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Announces Opposition to Pompeo

Today, Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) along with Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty (CT-05), along with  Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT), Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Congresswoman... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Esty, Murphy, Blumenthal, Kelly, Adams to Introduce Handgun Purchaser Licensing Act

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin released the following statement in response to the guilty verdicts handed down against Rene Hofstetter and Mathias Wilbs... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Commend Alex Villamayor Verdict

Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) today... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Democratic Senators Introduce Legislation to Put the Brakes on Trump Admin. Efforts to Roll Back Fuel Economy Emissions Standards

Today Senator Chris Van Hollen issued the following statement on the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) Budget and Economic Outlook and the upcoming vote in the House of... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on New CBO Budget and Economic Outlook

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen joined Senator Ben Cardin along with Congressmen John Sarbanes, Steny Hoyer, Elijah E. Cummings, C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, John Delaney, Anthony Brown... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Maryland Congressional Delegation Urge Gov. Hogan to Take Necessary Steps to Secure State Election Security

Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) announced $50,000 in federal funding through the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) for Hagerstown Community... Continue Reading about Cardin, Van Hollen Announce $50,000 Grant for Hagerstown Community College

Yesterday U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) joined CNN’s Wolf Blitzer to discuss the DETER Act, bipartisan legislation that he and Senator Rubio introduced aimed at... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Discusses DETER Act, Russian Move to Oust Diplomats

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) along with Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform,... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Cummings Introduce Bicameral Legislation to Improve Student Access to Federal Financial Aid

Today U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen announced funding for several key Maryland projects as part of the Fiscal Year 2018 Omnibus Appropriations Bill. As a member of the Senate... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Fights for Maryland Priorities in Spending Bill

Mr. President, the brutal war in Yemen has raged for three years. At least ten thousand civilians have lost their lives in this conflict. More than eight million Yemenis are on the... Continue Reading about Statement for the Record on S.J.Res. 54

Today U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen issued the following statement on the Great Mills High School shooting:“Today I joined the St. Mary’s County Sheriff and School Superintendent... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Great Mills High School Shooting

Last night, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen discussed Russia and the bipartisan Defending Elections from Threats by Establishing Redlines (DETER) Act on MSNBC with Kasie Hunt. Below... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Discusses Russia, DETER Act on MSNBC

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) spoke to students from Maryland and across the area who marched to the U.S. Capitol as part of the national school walk out against gun... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Maryland Students at Rally to Stop Gun Violence

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) introduced the IDEA Full Funding Act. This legislation would finally ensure Congress' commitment to fully fund... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Tester Introduce Legislation to Fully Fund Special Education

Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) have introduced legislation to address the significant modernization needs in schools of agriculture and the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Hirono Introduce Legislation to Clear Maintenance Backlog, Improve Agricultural Research Facilities

U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger (all D-Md.) today announced that Baltimore County will receive $20 million in federal funding... Continue Reading about Cardin, Van Hollen, Ruppersberger Announce $20 Million in Funding for Baltimore County, TradePoint Atlantic Project

Today U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen announced his support of the Senate Democrats' new $1 trillion infrastructure investment proposal. The plan would create more than 15 million... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Senate Democrats Announce Infrastructure Investment Proposal

Today U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen and Anders Fogh Rasmussen, former Secretary General of NATO and Prime Minister of Denmark, met to discuss the DETER Act and the need for the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Rasmussen Discuss DETER Act, Need to Coordinate on Russian Election Interference