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U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin, along with Congressmen Steny Hoyer and Anthony G. Brown (all D-Md.) released the following joint statement of disapproval in response... Continue Reading about Team Maryland Calls Trump Administration’s Decision to Cancel FBI Headquarters Consolidation Procurement Wasteful, Urges Immediate Restart

Today U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen, member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, spoke at a press conference about the announcement that the Trump Administration,through the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen on FBI: This is a Reckless Decision Made by the Trump Administration

Today U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen amd Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) announced that the National Science Foundation has awarded the American Physical Society (APS) a grant to address... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce $1 Million Grant for the American Physical Society

Today U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) announced that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded Prince George's County a $20,000 grant to... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce $20,000 EPA Grant for Prince George’s County Composting Project

Today U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin(both D-Md.) announced that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded Prince George's County a $20,000 grant to... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce $20,000 EPA Grant for Prince George’s County Composting Project

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) have written to Governor Larry Hogan (R-Md.) urging him to protect marine mammals and Maryland's fisheries from needless... Continue Reading about Maryland Senators Urge Governor Hogan to Protect Marine Mammals and Atlantic Fisheries

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK) this week were joined by Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas Shannon for the inaugural meeting of... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Sullivan Convene Senate Foreign Service Caucus

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) have announced $87,414 in federal funding for the West Lanham Hills Volunteer Fire Department. The funding comes from the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce $87,414 for West Lanham Hills Volunteer Fire Department

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) have announced $346,858 in federal funding for the Community Fire Company of Rising Sun. The funding comes from the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce $346,858 for Community Fire Company of Rising Sun

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen joined U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (both D-MD) and 19 of their colleagues to introduce the Marketplace Certainty Act to help stabilize the health care... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Introduces Additional Legislation to Stabilize Health Care Marketplace

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) joined U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and 12 of their colleagues to introduce the Military Consumer Enforcement Act. This bill would protect... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Reed Introduce Legislation to Protect Servicemembers and Military Families from Financial Fraud

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen, member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Ben Cardin, Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Transportation and... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Statement on House Move to Cut Funding for FBI Headquarters Consolidation

Today U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen released additional information from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) showing that -- over time -- the Senate Republican Medicaid cuts are... Continue Reading about New CBO Report: Senate Republican Plan Would Cut Medicaid by More Than A Third Over Next 20 Years

Last night U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen hosted a grand opening event at his Baltimore office, which will be responsible for community outreach and constituent services. The office... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Opens Baltimore Office

Maryland's bipartisan congressional delegation today gathered in the U.S. Capitol to review the state of the Chesapeake Bay and the essential role that partnerships have played in... Continue Reading about Maryland Congressional Delegation Holds Bipartisan Meeting on the State of the Chesapeake Bay

Today U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen issued the following statement on the decision to postpone the vote on the Senate Republican health care bill. Senator Van Hollen spoke at a... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Decision to Postpone Vote on Senate Republican Health Care Bill

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Representative John Sarbanes... Continue Reading about Bicameral, Bipartisan Effort of Lawmakers from Maryland, Virginia and Delaware Seeks to Preserve Successful Chesapeake Gateways Partnership

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen released the following statement on the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysis of the Senate Republican health care bill: "Senate Republicans are... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on CBO Score of Senate Republican Health Care Bill

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen will host a forum on the Affordable Care Act on Saturday, June 24, 2017 at 2:30 pm with Congressman Steny Hoyer (MD-05), highlighting the moral... Continue Reading about Van Hollen to Host Health Care Forum

Today U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen released the following statement on the health care plan that Senate Republicans unveiled after drafting it in secret: "It is a bleak day in the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Senate Republican Health Care Plan