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U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and their Senate colleagues in announcing their intention to file an amendment to maintain the congressional... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Kaine in Filing Amendment to Maintain Congressional Oversight of Foreign Military Assistance

As part of the ongoing commitment to protecting children and improving air quality, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) joined the U.S. Environmental... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Join Biden-Harris Administration in Announcing More Than $4.5 million in Awards for Clean School Buses In Maryland as Part of Investing in America Agenda

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.), and Sherrod Brown... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Peters, Stabenow, Padilla, Butler, Brown, Colleagues in Warning Non-Unionized Automakers Not to Interfere in UAW Unionization Efforts

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement regarding the Administration’s decision on Friday to waive Congressional review of an arms... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Administration’s Decision to Bypass Congressional Arms Sale Approval

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 $240 Million for Clean Water Infrastructure Across Maryland

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 More Than $25 Million to Improve Road Safety Across Maryland

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) joined the Biden-Harris Administration in announcing Baltimore-based Green & Healthy... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Mfume Announce $50 Million Inflation Reduction Act Investment for Baltimore’s Green & Healthy Homes Initiative to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across the Mid-Atlantic

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee,... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Kaine, Marshall, Colleagues in Bipartisan Push to Lower Prescription Drug Costs

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and their Senate colleagues in sending a letter to... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Merkley, Baldwin, Booker, Colleagues in Pushing to Keep Anti-LGBTQ+ and Anti-Abortion Provisions Out of Critical Government Funding Bills

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) praised the confirmation of former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley to serve as the next Social Security Commissioner.... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Lead Bipartisan Vote to Confirm O’Malley for Social Security Commissioner

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, John Sarbanes and Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) announced $12,901,800 in National Fish and Wildlife... Continue Reading about Maryland Delegation Announces Nearly $13 Million for Coastal Restoration and Resilience Projects

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) and Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-Va.) wrote to President Biden requesting that the administration... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Warner, Kaine Push to Fund WMATA National Security Needs

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) welcomed the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) release in November of 130,716 H-2B temporary nonagricultural... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce Availability of Over 130,000 H-2B Visas for Fiscal Year 2024 and Bipartisan Legislation to Support Seafood Industry’s Long-Term Workforce Needs

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) called on President Joe Biden to urge the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Schatz, Welch, Kaine, Booker Call on Biden to Urge Israeli, Egyptian Governments to Allow Journalists Into Gaza, Protect Free Press

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and their Senate colleagues in calling on the Department of the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Padilla, Cortez Masto in Calling on Treasury and IRS to Expand Access to Vehicle Refueling Infrastructure Credits

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and their Senate colleagues in introducing a resolution in support of... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Warren, Baldwin, Democratic Senators in Introducing Resolution Affirming Support for FDA’s Scientific Judgment That Medication Abortion Is Safe and Effective

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) announced Senate passage of their bipartisan legislation to ensure foreign U.S. government employees who have... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Tillis Pass Bipartisan Legislation to Preserve Visa Program for U.S. Government Employees Abroad in Annual Defense Bill

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman John P. Sarbanes (all D-Md.) announced their success in securing Senate passage of their provision to prevent... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Sarbanes Secure Provisions to Codify Public Access to Greenbury Point in Senate-Passed Defense Bill

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) voted to pass the final fiscal year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) in the Senate, which includes critical investments... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Secures Key Provisions in Annual Defense Bill Passed by Senate

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) formally introduced Nicole Berner, President Joe Biden’s nominee for a Maryland seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Introduce Biden Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Nominee Nicole Berner to Senate Judiciary Committee