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U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Ben Cardin (M-MD), Joe Manchin (D-WV), and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) today introduced the Appalachian Forest National Heritage Area Act of... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Manchin, Capito Introduce Legislation to Designate Appalachian Forest Heritage Area

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) introduced the Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act (FEPPLA), legislation... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Schatz, Gillibrand Introduce Legislation to Provide Working Parents with Paid Leave

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) announced $154,574 in Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) grants and local funding to boost economic development in... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce $154,574 in ARC Grants, Local Funding for Western Maryland

Today U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and a group of 26 Senators to reintroduce the Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act, or... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Gillibrand Introduce FAMILY Act to Create Paid Family and Medical Leave Program

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement after the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously ruled to continue blocking the enforcement of President... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Ninth Circuit Court Ruling on Trump Immigration Executive Order

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) and other Senate Democrats in unveiling "Five Fights for Federal Employees," a proposal to protect... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Pledges to Fight Unfair Trump Attacks on Federal Workers

Today U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen spoke on the Senate floor to oppose the confirmation of Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education. An excerpt of his remarks is available below, and... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Speaks Out Against Betsy DeVos on Senate Floor

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen submitted the following statement to the congressional record in opposition to the confirmation of Congressman Mick Mulvaney as Director of the Office... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement in Opposition to Confirmation of Rep. Mick Mulvaney for OMB Director

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) joined Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) today in writing to President Donald Trump warning that... Continue Reading about Van Hollen to Trump: Don’t Pull the Rug Out From Under States Fighting Opioid Crisis

Members of the Maryland Congressional delegation have written to Governor Larry Hogan (R-Md.) urging him to protect the needs of his constituents by speaking out against the repeal... Continue Reading about Team Maryland Calls on Hogan to Protect Marylanders from the Repeal of the Affordable Care Act

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen submitted the following statement to the congressional record of the SEC Resource Extraction Rule: "Mr. President, with this resolution, the Senate... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on the SEC Resource Extraction Rule

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen released the following statement in opposition to Labor Secretary nominee Andrew Puzder: "The Department of Labor is charged with protecting American... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement in Opposition to Confirmation of Andrew Puzder

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollenurged Senate leaders to defend the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Methane and Natural Gas Waste Prevention Rule, which protects air quality... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Urges Senate Leaders to Protect the BLM Rule that Prevents Natural Gas Waste, Safeguards Health and Economic Growth

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen joined 47 Senators in sending a bipartisan letter to President Trump urging him to prioritize policies that will promote deployment of high-speed,... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Urges President Trump to Include Broadband in Any Infrastructure Initiative

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen have signed on as original cosponsors to the Federal Adjustment of Income Rates (FAIR) Act, a bill that would... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Cosponsor Bill to Give Federal Workers a Raise

In an effort to help thousands of children who undergo cancer treatment each year, today U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen joined Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), Shelley Moore Capito... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Introduces Bipartisan STAR Act to Combat Childhood Cancer

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Democratic members of the Senate Banking Committee in sending a letter to Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan demanding answers after revelations... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Calls for Answers into Alleged Wells Fargo Fraud Cover-up

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen submitted the following statement to the congressional record on the vote to confirmRex Tillerson as Secretary of State: "Mr. President, my father... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement in Opposition to Confirmation of Rex Tillerson

President Trump has nominated billionaire school privatization advocate Betsy DeVos as U.S. Secretary of Education, a position that has far-reaching consequences for students in... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Join Maryland Educators in Opposition to Betsy DeVos for Secretary of Education

From the moment President Trump's executive order on immigrants and refugees was signed, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen has been working on behalf of Marylanders who were blindsided... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Mother of Young Boy Detained Because of Trump’s Immigration Ban Speak Out