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Today U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen wrote to the CEO of Deutsche Bank USA to raise concerns about conflicts of interest between the bank and President Trump. He is asking for... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Writes to Deutsche Bank on Conflicts of Interest with Trump Administration

Today U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen announced the Customers Not Cargo Act, which would prohibit airlines from forcibly removing passengers after they have already boarded the plane... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Announces Customers Not Cargo Act

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen has introduced bipartisan legislation to allow high quality municipal debt to be classified at a level equivalent to debt issued by corporations. Debt... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Introduces Bipartisan Legislation to Provide Financial Stability to Muni Bonds

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and Dick Durbin (D-IL) pushed back against Attorney General Jeff Sessions' decision to review... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Booker, Duckworth, Durbin Push Back Against Attorney General on Consent Decrees

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) today are demanding answers from United... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Senate Democrats Demand Answers from United Airlines Following the Forcible Removal of a Passenger

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) today are demanding answers from United... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Senate Democrats Demand Answers from United Airlines Following the Forcible Removal of a Passenger

U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) announced a $750,000 Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) grant for Garrett County to construct Phase II of Keyser's... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce $750,000 ARC Grant for Garrett County

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) led a group of 21 other Senators in calling on President Trump to reconsider his proposal to completely eliminate... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Murphy Call on President Trump to Restore Funding for National Sea Grant College Program

U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) announced a $120,000 Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) grant for the Town of Boonsboro to upgrade a critical sewer... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce $120,000 ARC Grant for Boonsboro Sewer Replacement

Today U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen issued the following statement on the U.S. Military Strike in Syria: "I believe a limited, proportional response to Assad's abhorrent use of... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on U.S. Military Strike in Syria

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) joined Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) and nine Democratic Senators to introduce the Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals (FRAC) Act,... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Introduces Legislation to Close Environmental Loophole for Natural Gas Drillers

Today U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen issued the following statement on the change in Senate precedent to end the 60-vote threshold on Supreme Court nominees: "Today is a sad day in... Continue Reading about Van Hollen: Today is a Sad Day in the United States Senate

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) are urging the Appropriations Committee to ignore President Trump's budget and provide robust funding for the Essential... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Call for Continued Funding of Essential Air Service to Support Hagerstown Regional Airport

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Ben Cardin (D-MD), and Mark Warner (D-MD), along with Representatives Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Eleanor... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, National Capital Region Delegration Calls for Federal Investment in WMATA Safety Improvements

As community advocates, doctors, elected officials, and public health professionals gather for National Public Health Week, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Edward J.... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Markey Introduce Legislation During National Public Health Week to Reduce Gun Violence

Today U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass) and six other Senate Democrats in sending a letter questioning the nation's largest broadband... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Questions Major Broadband Providers About Privacy Rules

Today U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen issued the following statement applauding today's court decision to deny the Department of Justice's (DOJ) request to delay the Baltimore... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Applauds Court Decision Denying DOJ Effort to Delay Baltimore Consent Decree

Today U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Richard Burr (R-NC), and Bob Casey (D-PA) introduced a package of bills aimed at enhancing the ABLE Act. The ABLE to Work Act builds on... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Introduces Bipartisan Legislation to Expand ABLE Accounts

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin with Congressmen Elijah E. Cummings, Dutch Ruppersberger and John Sarbanes (all D-Md.) have written to Attorney General Jeff Sessions... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Baltimore Delegation Call on Attorney General Sessions to Rescind Request to Delay Baltimore Consent Decree

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) wrote to Attorney General Jeff Sessions about the Department of Justice's decision to continue to use private... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Booker Demand Answers from DOJ on Private Prisons