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Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS), expressed his... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Details Objections to Trump DOJ’s Spend Plan, Rebukes Unlawful Funding Cuts & Transfers

U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) sent a letter today to ExxonMobil CEO Darren Woods asking for information on the company’s... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Whitehouse, Merkley Probe ExxonMobil’s Guyana Offshore Oil Contract and the Company’s U.S. Tax Liability

Today, U.S. Senator Chirs Van Hollen joined Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and 9 of their Senate colleagues wrote to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Markey, Colleagues in Urging Trump’s EPA to Reverse Rollback of Vehicle Emissions Standards, Stop Attacks on Clean Air

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Ranking Member Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), U.S.... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Whitehouse, Markey, Dingell & Over Three Dozen Members File Amicus Brief Urging Reversal of D.C. Appeals Court Panel Decision Allowing Clawback of Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Grants

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, underscored the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Underscores Illegality of Trump Action to End Collective Bargaining Agreements for Nonpartisan NASA, NOAA Employees

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks, and U.S. Representatives Kweisi Mfume, Steny Hoyer, Jamie Raskin, Glenn Ivey, Sarah Elfreth, April McClain Delaney, and... Continue Reading about Maryland Delegation Members Statement on Duffy Key Bridge Letter

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) reintroduced the Democracy in Design Act, legislation to preserve the Guiding Principles for Federal... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Luján Reintroduce the Democracy in Design Act to Democratize Federal Architecture Design

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) in introducing a historic resolution calling on the President to recognize a Palestinian... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Merkley, Colleagues in Historic Call for U.S. Recognition of Palestinian Statehood

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks (Both D-Md.) introduced the Department of Defense’s Cost of War Act (DoD COW), which if passed will require the costs for the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Alsobrooks Introduce Department of Defense’s Cost of War Act

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Seantor Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, in... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Welch, Colleagues in Introducing Bill to Restore NOAA’s Extreme Weather Database, Keep Americans Informed of Natural Disasters

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks and U.S. Representatives Steny Hoyer, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, Glenn Ivey, Sarah Elfreth, April McClain Delaney, and... Continue Reading about Maryland Delegation Members Urge EPA Not to Abandon Efforts to Combat Climate Change, Pointing to Threats Facing Maryland Communities

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) introduced a resolution to designate September 14 through 20, 2025 as Community School Coordinators Appreciation Week to recognize the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Colleagues Introduce Resolution to Designate Community School Coordinators Appreciation Week

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) released a report they have compiled detailing their findings on the humanitarian situation in Gaza,... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Merkley Release Report Detailing Findings on Humanitarian Situation in Gaza, Following Recent CODEL to Gaza Border, Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Egypt

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on reports that... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Shaheen Statement on Violence and Unrest in Nepal

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) – along with 22 bipartisan Members of Congress representing the Chesapeake Bay watershed region – called for a new Chesapeake Bay... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Chesapeake Bay Watershed Region Lawmakers Push for New Bay Agreement that will Tackle Pollution, Preserve the Bay

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) made the following statement on Da’Cara Thompson and law enforcement’s apprehension of her suspected killer: “Da’Cara Thompson’s murder... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Da’Cara Thompson

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and eight of his Senate colleagues urged the U.S. Department of Labor to reverse its July decision to cancel a proposed rule to end the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Colleagues Urge Administration to Reinstate Fair Pay Rule for Workers with Disabilities

This week, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) reintroduced their legislation to grant the District of Columbia full control over... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Norton File Bills to Grant D.C. Full Control Over Its National Guard, Police

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks and U.S. Representatives Kweisi Mfume and Johnny Olszewski (all D-Md.) announced $1,127,448 in federal funding for... Continue Reading about Maryland Congressional Delegation Members Announce Over $1.1 Million to Support Students at Baltimore-Area Community Colleges

Today, Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and Representative Grace Meng... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Markey, Meng Slam FCC Proposal to Rip Internet Access Away from Students