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Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), along with 13 of their Senate colleagues, sent a letter to Consumer... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cortez Masto, Brown Send Letter to Administration for Failure to Provide Restitution to Veteran Victims of Deceptive Marketing Practices

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Andy Harris, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie... Continue Reading about Maryland Delegation Announces More Than $2.6 Million for Disaster and Hazard Mitigation

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) joined Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and 19 of their Senate colleagues in demanding that the Trump Administration develop a national vaccine... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Colleagues Demand Trump Administration Develop Vaccine Strategy That Addresses Coronavirus’ Disproportionate Impacts on Communities of Color

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought urging them once again... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Doubles Down on Call for Trump Administration to Make Payroll Tax Deferral Optional for Military and Federal Employees

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen joined Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and 10 Senate colleagues, in raising serious... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Senate Dems Urge Pompeo to Deescalate Violence in the South Caucasus and Broker Negotiations

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) reintroduced... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Udall, Dingell Introduce Care Corps Demonstration Act

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and U.S. Representative Karen Bass (D-Calif.) were joined by local and national justice advocates to announce new legislation to... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Bass Introduce New Community-Based Crisis Response Legislation

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the America’s Conservation Enhancement (ACE) Act, a bipartisan package that includes the Chesapeake WILD Act, legislation... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Capito Legislation Creating New Grant Program for Bay Restoration Heads to President’s Desk for Signature

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement regarding the Senate passage of a continuing resolution to fund the government through December... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Senate Passage of Continuing Resolution to Fund Government through December 11th

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-MD) joined their colleagues in sending a letter to U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Blast Trump Administration for Failing to Protect Workers During COVID-19 Pandemic

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Mark R. Warner (D-VA) introduced the Chai Suthammanont Remembrance Act, legislation requiring... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Warner Introduce Bill to Promote Federal Worker Safety and Increase Transparency Around Agency Reopening Plans

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) and Tim Kaine and Mark Warner (both D-Va.) applauded the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s decision to allow oyster... Continue Reading about Bay Senators Applaud USDA Decision to Support Local Oyster, Clam Businesses Facing Economic Hardship Due to COVID-19

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), joined by NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine and a number of leaders in Maryland’s space initiatives, hosted a virtual event to... Continue Reading about Senator Van Hollen, NASA Administrator Bridenstine, Maryland Space Leaders Discuss Maryland’s Vital Role in NASA

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin, who represent the State of Maryland where over 128,000 federal employees work, introduced a Senate resolution celebrating... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Introduce Resolution Recognizing Contributions of Federal Workers and the National Federation of Federal Employees

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes and Kweisi Mfume (D-Md.) announced $1,443,647 in federal funding for Johns... Continue Reading about Baltimore Delegation Announces More Than $1.4 Million for COVID-19 Research at Johns Hopkins University

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman David Trone (all D-Md.) announced the award of $1,675,272.73 in federal funds to 11 Washington County fire... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Trone Announce More Than $1.6 Million for Washington County Firefighters

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement on President Trump’s nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to succeed Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Trump Nomination of Amy Coney Barrett

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) applauded the U.S. House of Representatives’ passage of H.R. 4447, the Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act, sweeping legislation to... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Applauds House Passage of the Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) introduced legislation to strengthen consumer protections and reform medical debt practices. The... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Murphy Introduce Legislation to Reform Medical Debt and Strengthen Consumer Protections

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced $2,786,000 in grant funding and a loan of $720,000 to repair and... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Trone Announce More Than $3.5 Million in Federal Funds to Improve Water Infrastructure in Allegany County