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Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Mark R. Warner (D-Va.), and Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) and U.S. Representative Gerald E. Connolly (D-Va.-11) led... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Kaine, Warner, Alsobrooks, & Connolly Lead Colleagues in Letter to OPM Opposing Trump Administration’s Revival of Schedule F

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks (both D-Md.) joined Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) and Chris Coons (D-Del.) in introducing a resolution in the Senate... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Alsobrooks, Colleagues Introduce Resolution Condemning Trump's Acceptance of Luxury Plane from Qatar

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) led a bipartisan, bicameral letter with over 80 of their... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Tillis, Murray, Murkowski Lead Bipartisan, Bicameral Letter Calling on DHS to Reinstate Disaster Mitigation Program Critical to Local Communities

Thursday, members of Maryland’s Congressional Delegation met to discuss their efforts to defend federal investments for Maryland’s priorities and ensure constituents can continue... Continue Reading about Maryland Congressional Delegation Members Meet on Defending Federal Investments, Services for Maryland

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on State Department & USAID Management, International Operations,... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Shaheen Press Rubio For Answers on USAID Repatriation Orders

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks and Representatives Steny H. Hoyer, Andy Harris, and Sarah Elfreth (all Md.) applauded the addition of five historical... Continue Reading about Maryland Congressional Delegation Members Applaud the Addition of Five Maryland Historical Sites to the National Underground Railroad Network

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) pressed Treasury... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Warren Lead Colleagues in Pressing Bessent, Bondi on Oversight of Binance Following Reported Meetings with Company Executives and Administration Officials

Today, in a hearing before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) questioned Department of Homeland Security Secretary... Continue Reading about VIDEO/TRANSCRIPT: Van Hollen Presses DHS Secretary Noem on Maryland-Based National Fire Academy – Gets Commitment for Funding to Resume

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and U.S. Representatives Blake Moore (R-Utah) and Lori Trahan (D-Mass.) introduced bipartisan, bicameral... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Moran, Moore, Trahan Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Boost Employee Ownership of Businesses

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) called on U.S.... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Colleagues Call on GAO to Investigate U.S. Compliance with Laws Requiring the U.S. to Ensure Government Recipients of Foreign Aid Respect Human Rights, Facilitate Humanitarian Aid

At a meeting of the U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a member of the Board, offered a motion for the Board to recommend that the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Motion to Reinstate Banned Books at Naval Academy Board of Visitors Meeting

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and lead Democrat on the Subcommittee for Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Trump Budget Proposal

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), co-founders of the bipartisan Senate Foreign Service Caucus, announced a resolution celebrating May 2,... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Sullivan Recognize U.S. Foreign Service Day

Today, U.S. Senator Chirs Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) in introducing first-of-its-kind legislation to strengthen Congress’ authority to protect workers... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Merkley, Waters in Launching New Effort to Boost Congress’ Oversight of Trump’s Mass Firings

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks (both D-Md.) announced $200,000 in federal funding for four local NeighborWorks organizations in Maryland to support efforts to... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Alsobrooks Announce $200K to Maryland to Lower Cost of Housing

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and ten Senate Colleagues in urging the Trump administration to abandon... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Schiff, Durbin Call on Trump Administration to Abandon Debilitating Budget Cuts to State Department That Would Imperil U.S. National Security, Global Leadership

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) Joined Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, and over 35... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Warren, Colleagues in Pressing Administration on Impact of Mass CFPB Firings for Consumers Scammed by Big Corporations; Government Watchdog Takes Up Warren, Kim Call to Investigate

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) wrote to President Donald Trump, detailing the Senator’s meeting with Salvadoran Vice President Félix Ulloa which revealed that the... Continue Reading about In Letter to Trump, Van Hollen Presents Details of Conversation with Salvadoran VP Ulloa that Reveal the Trump Administration’s Ongoing Defiance of Court Orders to “Facilitate” the Return of Illegally Deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia, Despite a Clear Ability to Comply

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) wrote to U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, expressing concerns with reports that... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Warren, Kaine Press Hegseth on High Civilian Casualties in Yemen Strikes and Trump Administration’s Dismantling of Safeguards Against Civilian Harm

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement regarding a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report finding that the U.S. State Department... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on GAO Report Detailing State Dept. Failure to Address Credible Reports of Civilian Harm by U.S. Weapons