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U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.), a senior member and Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee,... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Schatz, Murray, Colleagues in Condemning Labor Department’s Cancellation of Funding to Fight Child Labor, Human Trafficking Worldwide

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and 24 of their Democratic colleagues in... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Durbin, Colleagues to Demand President Trump Rescind Harmful Claims that He Will Transfer Incarcerated U.S. Citizens to a Foreign Prison

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), joined Senators Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Co-Chair of the Senate Humanities Caucus, and U.S. Representative Dina Titus... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Schiff, Reed, Titus to Demand Trump Administration Undo Termination of Funding for National Endowment for the Humanities

Today, U.S. Senator Chirs Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.)—a member of both the U.S. Senate Armed Services (SASC) and Veterans’... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Duckworth, Colleagues in Condemning Trump and Hegseth’s Trans Military Service Ban

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks and Representatives Steny Hoyer, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, Glenn Ivey, Sarah Elfreth, April McClain Delaney, and Johnny... Continue Reading about Maryland Democratic Delegation Pushes Sec. Kennedy for Answers on Disastrous Mass Layoffs

Following his request to meet with Salvadoran President Bukele and his announced intent to visit El Salvador earlier this week, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Announces Departure for El Salvador Tomorrow Morning

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement regarding the conviction of Rachel Morin's killer: “While the conviction of Rachel Morin’s killer will... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Conviction of Rachel Morin's Killer

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) has requested a meeting with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele while he is in the United States this week in order to discuss the return of... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Requests Meeting with President Bukele to Discuss Return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia; Announces Intent to Travel to El Salvador This Week if Abrego Garcia is Not Returned

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks and Representatives Steny Hoyer, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, Glenn Ivey, Sarah Elfreth, April McClain Delaney, and... Continue Reading about Maryland Delegation Members Slam OMB’s Proposed NASA Goddard Cuts, Vow to Fight Back Against NASA Budget

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) Ranking Member Gary... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Schumer, Peters, Blumenthal, Colleagues Press Trump Administration for Answers on Plans to Gut the Federal Workforce

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen, the leading Democrat on the Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) – which has funding jurisdiction... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Trump Administration’s Proposed Cuts At NOAA

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS), released the following... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Trump Administration’s Proposed Gutting of NASA Goddard Missions

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) made the following statement on the Supreme Court’s ruling ordering the Trump Administration to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Supreme Court Ruling on Kilmar Abrego Garcia

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) renewed his effort in Congress to create a unified Chesapeake National Recreation Area (CNRA). The CNRA Act proposes to unite a series... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Colleagues Reintroduce Legislation to Establish Chesapeake National Recreation Area

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks (both D-Md.) wrote to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem and U.S. Immigration and Customs... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Alsobrooks Press Trump Administration on Inhumane Conditions for Detainees at ICE’s Baltimore Field Office

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) made the following statement on his appointment to the Board of Visitors of the United States Naval Academy: “The Naval Academy has... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Appointment to Naval Academy Board of Visitors

Today, U.S. Senator Chirs Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, (D-Ore.), Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Senator Elizabeth Warren... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Wyden, Cortez Masto, Warren, Padilla Seek Watchdog Investigation of Potential Trump Admin. Violations of Taxpayer Privacy Laws

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) introduced a bill to make the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation (USRC), a... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Norton Introduce Bill to Make Union Station Eligible for Funding Under Federal Transportation Grant Programs

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) and U.S. Representative Donald Norcross (D-N.J.) in reintroducing the Public Service Freedom... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Hirono, Norcross in Introducing Legislation to Strengthen Rights of Public Sector Workers to Join Unions, Bargain Collectively

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, SFRC Democrats to Rubio: Plan for USAID Illegal, Unconstitutional; Broader Restructuring Threatens National Security