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Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) joined Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and 33 Senate... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Murray, Democratic Colleagues Urge DeVos to Help 8.2 Million Federal Student Loan Borrowers Currently Unable to Access Relief

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a member of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, joined Ranking Member Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) along... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Brown Introduce New Legislation to Combat Discrimination in Our Nation’s Financial Services Industry

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Representative Don Beyer (D-Va.) introduced new legislation to improve and modernize the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Beyer Introduce Legislation to Improve ATF, Strengthen Gun Violence Prevention

Members of the Maryland congressional delegation, including U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John P. Sarbanes,... Continue Reading about Maryland Delegation Members Write to Governor Hogan Expressing Concern with COVID-19 Impacts on Latino Communities

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.) sent a bipartisan letter to President Trump urging the Administration to extend the New Strategic Arms... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Young Urge Administration to Extend New START to Constrain Russia’s Nuclear Forces

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Representative Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) have formally introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to make the payroll tax deferral outlined... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Connolly Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Make Payroll Tax Deferral Optional, Including for Military Members and Federal Employees

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and James Lankford (R-Okla.) released the following statement regarding new reports that Turkey has tested its Russian-made S-400... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Lankford Release Statement on New Reports of Turkey Testing the S-400 Anti-Aircraft System

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin, Congressman Dutch Ruppersburger, and Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski (all D-Md.) today announced $9,880,000 in... Continue Reading about Baltimore County Delegation Announces Nearly $9.9 Million for Tradepoint Atlantic Infrastructure Projects

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Tom Carper (D-Del.), the Committee’s Ranking Member, and Dianne... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Carper, Feinstein Lead Colleagues in Urging Trump Administration to Stop Rollback of Protections for Migratory Birds

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced $50,000 in federal funding for the Western Maryland Resources Conservation &... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Trone Announce $50,000 to Establish Agricultural Processing Study in Western Maryland

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) released the Administration’s first report required by the Senators’ recently enacted legislation, the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Toomey Release First Administration Report Detailing Individuals Undermining Hong Kong’s Autonomy

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) today applauded the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) decision to extend the critical school nutrition... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Applaud USDA Decision to Continue School Nutrition Program Through End of 2020-2021 School Year

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie Raskin and David... Continue Reading about Maryland Congressional Delegation Announces More Than $1.6 Million in Federal Funding to Improve Transit Safety

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, were joined today by Senators Ben... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Senate Democrats Urge President Trump to Stop Erdogan from Violating UN Security Council Resolutions Regarding Varosha

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and Tina Smith (D-MN) along with more than 15 colleagues, sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Klobuchar, Smith, Colleagues Urge Administration to Preserve Health Care Providers’ Access to Pandemic Relief Funding

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) today pressed the Trump administration for critical information regarding a whistleblower... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Merkley, Smith Press Trump Administration For Answers Over Disturbing Whistleblower Complaint Detailing ICE’s Human Rights Violations, Medical Malpractice

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) announced legislation to make the payroll tax deferral outlined by President Trump optional for any worker whose employer chooses to... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Announces Legislation to Make Payroll Tax Deferral Optional, Including for Military Members and Federal Employees

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced $430,124 in federal funding to establish a Virtual Cancer Care... Continue Reading about Cardin, Van Hollen, Trone Announce More Than $430,000 to Expand Telemedicine in Western Maryland

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer and Andy Harris M.D (all Md.) today announced $280,450 in federal funding to expand... Continue Reading about Maryland Lawmakers Announce More Than $280,000 in Federal Funding to Expand Digital Education Resources During the Pandemic

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie Raskin and... Continue Reading about Maryland Delegation Members Announce $100,000 in Federal Funding for Maryland Public Television Educational Programs