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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

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks and U.S. Congresswoman April McClain Delaney (all D-Md.) announced $11,259,000 in federal funding to upgrade the Town of... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Alsobrooks, McClain Delaney Announce Over $11 Million to Improve Grantsville’s Wastewater Treatment Plant

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), and 19 other... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Murray, Duckworth, Colleagues in Introducing Resolution Recognizing the Service of Women in Combat

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), Angus I. King (I-Maine), Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Jeff... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Kaine, Bennet, Hickenlooper, King, Luján, Merkley, Shaheen, Warner & Welch Unveil Amendment to Improve Laken Riley Act

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement regarding the deal reached between Israel and Hamas to release the hostages and establish a ceasefire... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Agreement to Release Hostages, Establish Ceasefire

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and a bicameral group of colleagues, Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), and Jeff... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Welch, Bicameral Group of Lawmakers in Requesting Answers from State Department on Death of U.S.–Turkish Citizen Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, Fatally Shot by an Israeli Soldier in the West Bank

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) introduced the District of Columbia statehood bill for the 119th Congress in the Senate with the support of 40 of his colleagues,... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Leads 40 Colleagues in Introducing D.C. Statehood Bill

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), in his first legislative action of the 119th Congress, reintroduced the Polluters Pay Climate Fund Act, legislation to require the... Continue Reading about In First Action of 119th Congress, Van Hollen Reintroduces Legislation to Make Polluters Pay for Fueling Climate Change

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement celebrating the U. S. Department of Transportation’s awarding of grants under... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Markey Applaud DOT Grant Awards for Active Transportation

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks and Congressman Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) announced $85,511,803.50 in federal funding for Baltimore City’s first phase of... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Alsobrooks, Mfume Announce $85 Million for First Phase of Highway to Nowhere Redevelopment

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) applauded President Biden’s signing of the Social Security Fairness Act, bipartisan legislation the Senator cosponsored to ensure... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Applauds President’s Signing of Bill to Ensure Full Social Security Benefits for Public Employees

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) have reintroduced their Federal Flood Risk Management Act, legislation to ensure that... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Schatz, Booker Introduce Bill to Harden Our Infrastructure Against Impacts of Climate Change

Last week, the U.S. Senate passed H.R. 6826, legislation designating the Visitor and Education Center at Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine as the "Paul S. Sarbanes... Continue Reading about Bill to Rename Fort McHenry Visitor and Education Center after Senator Paul Sarbanes Passes Congress

Last week, the United States Senate passed legislation (H.R. 9544) to designate a Baltimore United States Post Office (USPS) as the ‘‘United States Representative Elijah E.... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Mfume Bill to Rename Post Office in Honor of Elijah Cummings Passes Congress

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D- Md.) and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) introduced legislation that would direct the Social Security Administration to change the way it calculates... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Moran Introduce Legislation to Empower Individuals with Disabilities

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and U.S. Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, David Trone, and Glenn... Continue Reading about Maryland Congressional Delegation Announces $800,000 to Improve Railroad Safety

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement on his vote to pass a continuing resolution to keep the federal government running through March 14.... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Vote to Ensure Full Federal Funding for Key Bridge Replacement, Avert Government Shutdown

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) voted to pass the Social Security Fairness Act, bipartisan legislation he cosponsored to ensure public sector workers and their... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Votes to Pass Bill Ensuring Full Social Security Benefits for Public Employees

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) introduced bipartisan sanctions legislation following concerns about military action by Turkey or... Continue Reading about Van Hollen and Graham Introduce Bipartisan Sanctions Against Turkey

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) celebrated passage this week of America’s Conservation Enhancement (ACE) Reauthorization Act in the U.S. Senate. The... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Celebrate Senate Passage of Historic $92 Million Reauthorization of the Chesapeake Bay Program and Other Key Watershed Conservation Measures