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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) joined Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin and Senator Tammy Duckworth (both D-Ill.) this week in sending a... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Join Colleagues Urging Biden Administration to Establish National Monument to Julius Rosenwald

WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Congresswoman Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.) reintroduced the Upholding Human Rights Abroad Act, legislation to close loopholes in... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Jacobs Reintroduce Legislation to Expand Human Rights Safeguards on U.S. Security Cooperation Programs

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) announced $800,000 for the City of Aberdeen’s Transit Oriented Development Station Square Improvement... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce $800,000 for Planning to Improve Access to Aberdeen Train Station, Cross-City Connection

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies,... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, and Baldwin Introduce Bill to Expand Existing Federal Partnership for Bike and Pedestrian Safety

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement regarding the prohibition of funding for UNRWA – the U.N. agency primarily responsible... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Decries Prohibition of UNRWA Funding, Calls on Administration to Release Remaining Funds

Rejects drastic cuts and scores of extreme Republican riders that would hurt consumers, help scammers, block action on climate change, promote discrimination, block Free File for... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Murray Release Financial Services and General Government Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriations Bill

WASHINGTON – Friday, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) visited J.M. Clayton Seafood Company to meet with local crab house representatives and discuss efforts to support... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Meets with Eastern Shore Crab Houses, Highlights Efforts to Support Seafood Industry’s Employment Needs

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Chair of the Senate Finance Committee, along with U.S.... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Warren, Wyden, Pressley, Jayapal, Grijalva, Larson, Lawmakers Call on Biden Administration to Stop Garnishing Social Security Payments to Pay Defaulted Student Loans

WASHINGTON – In light of the ongoing negotiations around a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, today, Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) and 17 of his... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Colleagues in Urging the Biden Administration to Establish a Framework for U.S. Recognition of a Nonmilitarized Palestinian State

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin announced $4,509,759 for two projects on the Eastern Shore to reconnect communities divided by infrastructure.... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce $4.5 Million for U.S.-50, Route 113 Infrastructure Projects

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) today congratulated Maryland attorney Nicole Berner on her confirmation to a Maryland seat on the U.S. Court... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Hail Senate Confirmation of Nicole Berner for Maryland Seat on U.S. Court of Appeals for Fourth Circuit

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.)... Continue Reading about Maryland Delegation Members Announce Over $6 Million to Improve Transportation and Health Technology, Safety in Maryland

WASHINGTON - Senator Chris Van Hollen joined Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Haiti Caucus Co-Chairs Congresswomen Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Yvette Clarke (NY-09), and Sheila... Continue Reading about Amid Escalating Violence in Haiti, Van Hollen Joins Markey, Pressley, Haiti Caucus and Colleagues in Urging Biden Administration to Extend TPS and Halt Deportations

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin visited Tilghman Island Seafood in Talbot County – the only USDA-certified blue catfish processing facility on... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Visit Seafood Processing Business, Highlight Efforts to Accelerate Blue Catfish Processing

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen, a member of the Appropriations Committee, and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) announced $32,537,200 in direct federal funding for local... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce Over $30 Million in Direct Investments for Eastern Shore in Senate-Passed FY24 Funding Package

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen, a member of the Appropriations Committee, and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) announced $23,027,031 in direct federal funding for local... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce Over $23 Million in Direct Investments for Anne Arundel County and Southern Maryland in Senate-Passed FY24 Funding Package

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen, a member of the Appropriations Committee, and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) announced $31,781,589 in direct federal funding for local... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce Over $30 Million in Direct Investments for Montgomery, Prince George’s Counties in Senate-Passed FY24 Funding Package

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen, a member of the Appropriations Committee, and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) announced $19,607,279 in direct federal funding for local... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce Nearly $20 Million in Direct Investments for Western Maryland in Senate-Passed FY24 Funding Package

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen, a member of the Appropriations Committee, and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) announced $56,292,302 in direct federal funding for local... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce Over $56 Million in Direct Investments for Greater Baltimore Region in Senate-Passed FY24 Funding Package

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) announced $6,000,000 for Baltimore City’s Restoring Connections to Druid... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Mfume Announce $6 Million for Planning to Reconnect West Baltimore Communities to Druid Hill Park