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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

In a newly released letter,U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee,and Senator Ben Cardin, Ranking Member on the Senate Foreign Relations... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Urge Senate Appropriators to Decrease Funding for President Trump’s Deportation Force

Today U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) announced that the National Science Foundation has awarded Harford Community College $648,953 to encourage science,... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce $648,953 Grant for Harford Community College

Today U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) announced that the National Science Foundation has awarded Morgan State University $249,544 to encourage science,... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce $249,544 Grant for Morgan State University

Today U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen, member of the Senate Banking Committee, announced that the bipartisan Russia Sanctions amendment includes language to block President Trump... Continue Reading about Russia Sanctions Amendment Ensures Trump Cannot Give Russian Officials Access to Diplomatic Properties Without Congressional Approval

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded a grant of $97,662 to the Maryland Department of Agriculture... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce $97,662 for Farm to School Programs in Maryland

Today U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) joined Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), U.S. Representative John Conyers (D-MI), and nearly 200 other Members of Congress to ask the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Lawsuit to Hold President Trump Accountable to the Constitution

Today U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) announced that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded a $200,000 grant to the City of Baltimore... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce $200,000 for Contaminated Site Cleanup in Baltimore

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), along with Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), John Kennedy (R-La.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Thad Cochran... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Menendez, Kennedy, Rubio, Warren, Cochran Lead Bipartisan Flood Insurance Reform Bill

U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-MD) joined a group of Senators representing six states in urging Senate appropriators to fully fund the Appalachian Regional... Continue Reading about Cardin, Van Hollen Urge Appropriators to Maintain Critical Funding to Appalachian Regional Commission

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) today met with members of the Prince George's County Council to discuss issues facing the Council and communities across the County, and... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Discusses Local Priorities with Prince George’s County Council

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) joined Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), as well as U.S. Representatives Bobby Scott (D-VA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR),... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Members of Congress Urge Secretary DeVos to Protect Students, Reverse Student Loan Decisions

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen announced that his office is accepting applications from students in Maryland for nominations to one of the UniformedServiceAcademies. All... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Announces Service Academy Applications Now Being Accepted

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) have urged the Administration not to return two diplomatic... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Graham, Klobuchar, Gillibrand Urge the Administration Not to Return New York and Maryland Diplomatic Compounds in the U.S. to Russian Control

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) have announced $500,000 in federal funding for affordable housing in Prince George's County. The funding - which comes... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce $500,000 for Affordable Housing Funding in Prince George’s County

Today U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen, member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $17.78 million in federal funding for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects benefiting... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Announce $17.78 Million for Army Corps of Engineers Projects Benefiting the Eastern Shore

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen, member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, wrote to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers expressing his support for funding to dredge the Knapps... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Urges Army Corps to Prioritize Knapps Narrows Dredging