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Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo in announcing that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, U.S. Department of Commerce Announce $22.9 Million to Support the Offshore Wind Industry in Maryland Through American Rescue Plan Good Jobs Challenge

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, has joined Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio),... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Brown, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Fight Discrimination from Financial Institutions

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, and Anthony G. Brown (all D-Md.)... Continue Reading about Maryland Delegation Members Applaud Final Passage of Veterans’ Health Care Bill with Funding for Two Maryland Veterans Clinics

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) in introducing... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Protect Doctors From Republicans’ Anti-Abortion Attacks

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.) alongside Senators Mark R. Warner (D-Va.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), and... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Kaine Introduce Legislation to Protect Merit-Based Federal Workforce System, Federal Workers’ Rights

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) in introducing the Equal Access to Contraception for... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Blumenthal, Collins Introduce Bipartisan Senate Bill to Eliminate Copays for Veterans Accessing Contraception

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Chairman of the SFRC Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy; Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Menendez, Cardin Introduce Resolution Calling for Credible Elections in Angola

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) introduced legislation to create a new federal funding program to help construct and upgrade fire stations in... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Introduce Bill to Fund Vital Firehouse Upgrades

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Senator Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) in calling on the Biden Administration to work... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Durbin, Warnock, Senate Democrats Call on Biden Administration to Increase the Rate of Refugee Admissions

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) in announcing the creation of the Senate... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Warner, Crapo Unveil Bipartisan Caucus to Fuel Investment in Rural & Low-Income Communities

Friday, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) hosted a roundtable discussion with community leaders and organizations that support survivors of domestic violence to discuss new... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Meets with Organizations Supporting Survivors of Domestic Violence, Highlights New Federal Actions, Funds to Support Them

Ahead of the federal student loan payment pause set to expire at the end of next month, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Cory... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Colleagues Urge Biden Administration to Extend Student Loan Payment Pause

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman of the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Leahy Announce Appropriations Language Requiring State Department Report on the Shooting Death of American Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) announced the Senate passage of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (S. 4136) including key priorities he worked to secure in... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Secures Maryland Priorities in Bipartisan Water Infrastructure Package Passed by Senate Today

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) in calling on the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to take... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Hirono, Warren Urge VA to Immediately Begin Offering Abortion Services to Veterans and Eligible Dependents

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, released the text of the Fiscal Year... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Releases Text of FSGG Appropriations Bill, Including $500 Million in Funding for New FBI Headquarters, Investments in Economic Prosperity for Our Communities, Removal of Harmful Legacy Riders

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement applauding the Inflation Reduction Act, which includes key provisions from the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Secures Two Climate Provisions in Newly Released Inflation Reduction Act; Applauds Progress on Combatting Climate Change, Rising Costs

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement after his meeting with Anton Abu Akleh, the brother of American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh who was... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement Following Meeting with Family of American Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh

Senator Van Hollen delivers a speech on the U.S. Senate floor on July 26 urging passage of the bipartisan competition package Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) voted to... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Provisions Pass Senate in Bipartisan Bill to Enhance American Competitiveness in Technology, Innovation

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) sent a letter to Senate Appropriations Energy and Water Subcommittee Chair, Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), requesting... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Merkley, Colleagues Sound Alarm on Climate Crisis in Letter Requesting Appropriated Funds to Support President Biden’s Use of the Defense Production Act