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Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) was announced as the Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies. This... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Announced Ranking Member of Influential Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Subcommittee

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a member of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committees, joined Budget Committee Ranking Member Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.),  Democratic... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Colleagues Demand Hold on Vought Nomination to OMB Amid Order to Halt Federal Grants and Loans

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, released the following statement regarding the Office of Management and Budget’s... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Slams Trump Administration for Illegal Withholding of Federal Grant Funds

Today, Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks and Congressman Jamie Raskin (all D-Md.) wrote Acting Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Dorothy... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Alsobrooks, Raskin Sound Alarm on NIH Disruptions, Urge Immediate Restoration of Operations

Today, U.S. Senators Chirs Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), and Andy Kim (D-N.J.) and a... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Colleagues in Introducing Resolution Condemning Pardons of Individuals Found Guilty of Assaulting Capitol Police Officers

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks (both D-Md.) announced $260,758 in federal funding for equipment and infrastructure projects at Salisbury Regional... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Alsobrooks Announce Over $260,000 to Support Airports on the Eastern Shore

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) spoke on the Senate Floor in opposition to the nomination of Pete Hegseth to serve as Secretary of the Department of Defense. Video of... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Floor Speech on Nomination of Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Representative Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.) announced that, based on a Biden Administration briefing and as also demonstrated by recent... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Jacobs Confirm UAE Providing Weapons to RSF in Sudan, in Contradiction to its Assurances to US

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) and Sean Casten (D-Ill.) released the following statement... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, DeLauro, Durbin, Casten Release Statement on Trump’s Rescission of Biden’s West Bank Sanctions

WASHINGTON – Today, in a hearing before the Senate Budget Committee, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) questioned President Trump’s nominee to serve as the Director of the... Continue Reading about VIDEO/TRANSCRIPT: Van Hollen Questions Vought, Nominee for OMB Director, on Federal Workforce Protections, Congressional Power of the Purse

Today, U.S. Senator Chirs Van Hollen joined Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and 14 of their colleagues in urging House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to quickly authorize a... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Moran, Colleagues in Calling for a Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony to Recognize the Six Triple Eight

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement on his vote on S.3933:  “We must keep our communities safe and prioritize the detention of violent... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on S.3933

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement regarding President Trump’s inaugural address: “Today, the President painted a dystopian picture of... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on President Trump’s Inaugural Address

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) in reintroducing legislation to provide increased oversight and accountability into... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Cortez Masto, Colleagues in Reintroducing Legislation to Increase Transparency for Presidential Inaugural Committees

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen and Congressman Jamie Raskin (both D-Md.) reintroduced their Handgun Permit to Purchase Act, legislation to expand adoption of state and local... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Raskin Reintroduce Permit-to-Purchase Gun Safety Bill

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) in introducing bipartisan legislation, along with Senators John Kennedy (R-La.) and Marsha... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Cortez Masto in Introducing Legislation to Help Nevadans Recover from Natural Disasters

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.) introduced the VA Home Loan Awareness Act to help more veterans take advantage of the VA Home Loan program and... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Sheehy Introduce VA Home Loan Awareness Act

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks and U.S. Congresswoman April McClain Delaney (all D-Md) announced $2,077,698 in federal funding (ARC) to increase access... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Alsobrooks, McClain Delaney Announce Over $2 Million to Increase Health Care Access and Address Physician Shortage in Western Maryland

Today, Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) urged President Joe Biden to trigger the 90-day extension in the Protection Americans’... Continue Reading about Senators Van Hollen, Markey, Booker, Call on Biden Administration to Extend TikTok Ban Deadline

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and six of their Senate colleagues urged the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Federal Insurance Office... Continue Reading about In Wake of California’s Wildfires, Van Hollen, Wyden, and Colleagues Call on Treasury Department to Swiftly Publish Data about Impact of Climate Crisis on Homeowners Insurance