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U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement on President Biden’s nomination of former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley to serve as... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Biden Nomination of Martin O’Malley to Lead Social Security Administration

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) announced $497,861 in Inflation Reduction... Continue Reading about Maryland Department of the Environment Receiving Nearly Half Million to Improve Air Quality and Environmental Justice in Three Communities

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, David Trone, and Glenn Ivey (all... Continue Reading about Maryland Delegation Members Announce Over $28 Million to Support Early Childhood Education Programs Across Maryland

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) announced the introduction of a bill to posthumously award to Henrietta Lacks the Congressional Gold Medal –... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Introduce Legislation to Honor the Late Henrietta Lacks with Congressional Gold Medal

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) announced that the U.S. Department of Justice is increasing the number of Assistant U.S.... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Mfume Announce New DOJ Resources to Strengthen Public Safety in Baltimore City and the State of Maryland

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Tom Carper (D-Del.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.)... Continue Reading about Senators Van Hollen, Carper, Kaine, Cardin, Booker and Representative Norton Introduce the District of Columbia Courts Judicial Vacancy Reduction Act

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) in introducing the bipartisan Driving for Opportunity Act to provide... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Coons, Wicker Introduce Bill to Reduce Debt-Based Driver’s License Suspensions

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) addressed the Senate Appropriations Committee, indicating his support for the $3.3 billion in security assistance to Israel for its... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Addresses Appropriations Committee on Use of U.S. Foreign Assistance to Government of Israel

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government and a member of the Banking, Housing, and... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Applauds FedNow Launch

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement regarding the U.S.... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Merkley, Schatz, Welch Release Statement on U.S. MOU with Israel on Visa Waiver Program

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) along with Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.),... Continue Reading about In Letter to Teamsters, Van Hollen, Senate Democrats Commit to Not Intervene in Case of UPS Workers Strike

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) — members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee — issued the following joint statement with Senator... Continue Reading about Joint Statement in Response to President Herzog’s Address

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representatives Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) and Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.) reintroduced the Payments... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Warren, Pressley, Lynch Reintroduce Bill to Provide Americans Immediate Access to Money in Their Bank Accounts

To preserve military readiness, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) in introducing the Fighter Force... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Crapo, Hickenlooper Introduce Bill to Preserve Air Force Fighter Force Structure

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman John P. Sarbanes (all D-Md.) announced provisions in the Senate Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Sarbanes Secure Language to Halt Changes to Greenbury Point Access in Annual Defense Bill

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS), and Senator Ben... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce Appropriations Committee Passage of Nearly $10 Million for Maryland Public Safety and Research Projects in Key Funding Legislation

Today, members of Maryland’s federal, state, and local governments including Governor Wes Moore, Lieutenant Governor Aruna Miller, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van... Continue Reading about A Joint Statement from Team Maryland on Updated FBI Criteria

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Tom Carper, and House Energy and Commerce Committee... Continue Reading about Following Years-Long Push, Van Hollen, Markey Join VP Harris in Baltimore to Announce Launch of Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) released the following statement... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Secures $375M for New FBI Headquarters in Senate FSGG Appropriations Bill

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Mark R. Warner (D-Va.), Rev. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and U.S. Representative Emanuel... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Warner, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Help First-Time, First-Generation Homebuyers Narrow the Wealth Gap