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WASHINGTON – In an effort to put a stop to abusive and predatory lending practices that target vulnerable consumers, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Jack Reed (D-RI),... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Colleagues Seek to Cap Consumer Loans at 36%

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) announced the inclusion of provisions from their Reconnecting Communities Act, legislation the two Senators... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce Inclusion of Initiative to Reconnect Communities, Remove Harmful Infrastructure Like Baltimore’s Highway to Nowhere within Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and a bipartisan group of lawmakers issued a joint statement in response to the breakdown of the April 19th agreement reached earlier this... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Bipartisan Colleagues in Statement on Breakdown of Georgian April 19 Agreement

Today, Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Tom Carper (D-Del.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and Ben Cardin (D-Md.) reintroduced legislation... Continue Reading about Senators Van Hollen, Markey, Carper, Whitehouse, Cardin Reintroduce Legislation to Magnify Offshore Wind Workforce Training

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and U.S. Representative Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.) applauded the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) decision to move forward on... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Clarke Applaud FCC Decision to Move Forward on Workforce Diversity Initiative

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, released the following statement regarding the agreement reached by... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Applauds Proposed Security Supplemental with Funding for U.S. Capitol Police, Maryland National Guard, D.C. Police

Today, Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on... Continue Reading about In Letter to Secretary of State Blinken, Senators Van Hollen, Markey, Colleagues Urge the United States to Press the Philippine Government on Human Rights Violations

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Congresswoman Grace Meng (NY-06), along with 15 additional senators and 25 House members, have... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Markey, and Rep. Meng Introduce Bicameral Legislation to Close the Homework Gap, Get More Students Online

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) praised President Joe Biden’s nomination of Delegate Erek Barron to be the new U.S. Attorney for the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Praise Biden Nominee Erek Barron for U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) have released their requests for Congressionally Directed Spending for projects under the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Submit Appropriations Requests Supporting Local Workforce Training, Health Care, and Education Projects

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement regarding the selection of former Montgomery County, Maryland Police Chief Tom Manger to lead the U.S.... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Applauds Selection of Tom Manger to Head U.S. Capitol Police

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a member of the Senate Budget Committee, Senator Ed Markey (D-Mass.), and Congresswoman Debbie Dingell applauded the inclusion of... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Markey, Dingell Applaud Inclusion of the Clean Energy Accelerator in Senate Democrats’ Budget Framework

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced new legislation to extend Social Security benefits to age 26 for students who are survivors,... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Sanders Introduce Legislation to Extend Social Security Benefits for Students

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Jamie Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.) announced $378,753 in American Rescue Plan funding for... Continue Reading about Montgomery and Prince George’s County Congressional Delegation Announce More Than $375,000 in American Rescue Plan Funding to Support Fire and EMS Departments in COVID-19 Recovery

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Jamie Raskin and David Trone (D-Md.) announced $1,381,911 in American Rescue Plan funding for fire and... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Raskin, Trone Announce American Rescue Plan Funding for More Than 60 Fire and EMS Departments in Western Maryland

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony Brown, and Jamie Raskin (all D-Md.)... Continue Reading about Maryland Congressional Delegation Announces More Than $1.2 Million in American Rescue Plan Funding to Support Local Fire and EMS Departments Across Baltimore and Central Maryland

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (all D-Md.) announced $1,037,955 in American Rescue Plan funding for fire and emergency rescue... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Hoyer Announce American Rescue Plan Funding for More Than 50 Fire and EMS Departments in Southern Maryland and Eastern Shore

U.S. Senators  Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman David Trone (D-Md.) today announced plans to introduce S.2367, the Frederick Jobs and Historic Preservation Training... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Trone Announce New Bill to Keep National Park Service Historic Preservation Training Center in Frederick

U.S. Senators  Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman David Trone (D-Md.) today announced plans to introduce S.2367, the Frederick Jobs and Historic Preservation Training... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Trone Announce New Bill to Keep National Park Service Historic Preservation Training Center in Frederick

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today introduced legislation (S.... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Klobuchar, Booker, Warren Reintroduce Legislation to Replace Statue of Dred Scott Author Roger Taney with Trailblazing Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall