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Today, Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) joined 44 of their colleagues in re-introducing historic, comprehensive federal legislation to ban discrimination... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Join Colleagues in Re-Introducing Historic, Comprehensive LGBT Non-Discrimination Legislation

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen, member of the Senate Appropriations and Agriculture Committees, and Ben Cardin, senior member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee,... Continue Reading about Cardin, Van Hollen Announce Funding for the Chesapeake Bay

Today U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen, member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Ben Cardin, Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), announced... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce Investments for Western Maryland

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) joined Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and 13 Senate cosponsors to reintroduced the Clean Ocean and Safe Tourism... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Introduce COAST Act in Response to Trump Executive Order to Expand Offshore Drilling

Today U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen, member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Ben Cardin, Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Transportation and... Continue Reading about Cardin, Van Hollen Announce Funding for Fully Consolidated FBI Headquarters

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and 14 Senate cosponsors to reintroduced the Clean Ocean and Safe Tourism (COAST) Anti-Drilling Act that... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Introduces COAST Act in Response to Trump Executive Order to Expand Offshore Drilling

Today U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen, member of the Senate Appropriations and Banking Committees, and Ben Cardin, Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works... Continue Reading about Cardin, Van Hollen Announce Funding for the Purple Line, WMATA

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) have announced $415,900 in federal funding to add an additional 126 acres of land to Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge.... Continue Reading about Cardin, Van Hollen Announce $415,900 in Funding to Expand Maryland’s Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge

Today U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen announced that the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) has been awarded a $147,479 grant from the U.S. Department of... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce New $147,479 Grant for UMES

As President Trump prepared to release a new executive order tomorrow that may call for opening up new areas offshore for oil exploration, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Call on Trump Administration to Protect Coastlines from Offshore Oil Drilling

Today U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen led every Democratic member of the Maryland Congressional Delegation in urging National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to protect... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Leads Maryland Delegation in Effort to Protect Vital NASA Missions

Today U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement on President Trump's outline of a tax reform proposal: "President Trump's tax reform proposal is a... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Trump Tax Reform Proposal

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and 21 other Senators in announcing the Raise the Wage Act, which would raise... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Announces Bill to Raise Federal Minimum Wage to $15

Today U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen joined Senator Tom Udall and a group of 30 Democratic senators in condemning President Trump's executive order which threatens national... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Condemns Trump Executive Orders Threatening National Monuments

Following Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein's confirmation late yesterday, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen joined Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and a group of 13 Senators... Continue Reading about Van Hollen to Newly Confirmed Deputy Attorney General: Appoint Special Prosecutor Immediately

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) introduced the Access to Contraception for Women Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2017 to overhaul... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Shaheen Introduce Legislation to Ensure Women Servicemembers Have Access to Basic Health Care

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin, along with Congressmen Elijah Cummings, Dutch Ruppersberger, and John Sarbanes (all D-Maryland) Wednesday released the following... Continue Reading about Two Years After Unrest, Baltimore Congressional Delegation Continues Push for Greater Opportunities, Criminal Justice and Civil Rights Reforms for the People of Baltimore

Washington, D.C.- Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and a group of 16 senators calling on Senate Majority Leader Mitch... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Urges Leader McConnell and Speaker Ryan to Focus on Funding for Opioid Crisis and Medical Research

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen released the following statement in support of the confirmation of Rod Rosenstein to serve as Deputy Attorney General: "Mr. President, I support Rod... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Confirmation of Rod Rosenstein

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) have announced $10,036,845 in federal funding to fight Maryland's opioid health crisis. The grant is funded by the 21st... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce $10 Million in Funding to Combat Maryland Opioid Crisis