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Today U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen, member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $86.32 million in federal funding for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects benefiting... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Announces More than $86.3 Million for Army Corps of Engineers Projects Supporting Port of Baltimore

Today U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) announced that a $1 million grant has been awarded to the Carroll County Health Department (CCHD) to improve the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce $1 Million Grant for Carroll County Health Department

Today U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) announced that the National Science Foundation has awarded a $350,000 grant to Bowie State University to improve... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce $350,000 Grant for STEM Education at Bowie State

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.), along with Congressmen Elijah E. Cummings (MD-07), Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (MD-02), John... Continue Reading about Maryland Congressional Delegation Lauds $9M Federal Grant to Implement Positive Train Control on MARC Trains

Today U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) announced that Harford Community College will receive a $200,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce $200,000 Grant for Harford Community College

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement on President Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement: "President Trump's decision to... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Trump Withdrawal from Paris Climate Agreement

Today U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), co-chairs of the Senate Foreign Service Caucus, sent a letter to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Sullivan Ask Tillerson for Details of State Department and USAID Staff Changes

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, joined Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and a bipartisan group of 27... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Pushes to Fund Homeless Veteran Support Programs

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen, Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, joined 28 Senate Democrats in sending a letter to President... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Senate Democrats to President Trump: Don’t Cut Assistance to Rural Development

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin(both D-Md.) have announced $3,877,768 in federal funding for colleges across the state of Maryland to help underrepresented... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce More Than $3.8 Million in Federal Funding for College Preparation Program

After protesters outside of the Turkish ambassador's residence in Washington, D.C. were violently attacked earlier this month, leaving nine hospitalized, U.S. Senator Chris Van... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Signs Bipartisan Letter Demanding Investigation into Turkish Security Detail’s Involvement in Attack on Washington, D.C. Protesters

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined SenatorChris Murphy (D-Conn.) and agroup of 21 senators on Thursday in demanding that the FY 2018 Labor, Health and Human Services, and... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Effort to Restore Medicare Program Eliminated in Trump’s Budget

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen released the following statement in recognition of Memorial Day: "As we gather with family and friends this Memorial Day, withsome people heading to... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Memorial Day

U.S. Senators representing Maryland, Virginia and Delaware are calling on appropriators to fully fund the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Program, which supports public... Continue Reading about Chesapeake Bay Senators Urge Robust Funding for Gateways and Watertrails Grants

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) have announced $1.09 million in federal funding for Maryland's Department of Natural Resources. The funding comes from... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce More Than $1 Million in Funding for Maryland Department of Natural Resources

Today U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen andBen Cardin (both D-Md.) announced that the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation has awarded NeighborWorks America grants totaling... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce $1,515,105 for Affordable Housing and Community Development

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced legislation to bring transparency and accountability to law enforcement agencies across the nation... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Booker, Castro Introduce Legislation to Improve Public and Police Safety through Increased Law Enforcement Transparency

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen, Bob Menendez, and Jeff Merkley, along with 33 Democratic and Independent Senators, called on the Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Financial... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Menendez, Merkley Lead Senators in Call to Reject Efforts to Block Corporate Political Spending Disclosure

Today U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) announced a $67,300 Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) grant for the Allegany College of Maryland's STEM... Continue Reading about Cardin, Van Hollen Announce $67,300 Grant for Allegany College for STEM Enhancement Project

Today U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen spoke on the Senate floor to honor the life of Second Lieutenant Richard Wilbur Collins III, who was murdered this past weekend in an incident... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Honors Second Lieutenant Collins on the Senate Floor