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Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks and U.S. Representatives Kweisi Mfume, Sarah Elfreth, and Johnny Olszewski (all D-Md.) released the following statement... Continue Reading about Maryland Delegation Members Statement on Army Corps Permit for Francis Scott Key Bridge Reconstruction

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) reintroduced the Farewell to Foam Act, bicameral legislation to phase out single-use... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Doggett Renew Effort to Curb Foam Container Pollution to Protect Our Environment, Public Health

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a member of the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, and Senator Edward Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Schumer, Markey, Whitehouse in Calling for Answers from Citibank on Climate Bank Funding Freeze

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement regarding Trump’s Joint Address to Congress: “Tonight was another chapter in Donald Trump’s great... Continue Reading about Van Hollen on Trump Joint Address: “Lies, Lies, and More Lies”

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement regarding reports that the Trump Administration is moving to dismantle civilian harm mitigation... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Defense Department Move to Dismantle Civilian Harm Mitigation Tools

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement regarding the General Services Administration’s proposed list of Maryland federal properties to be... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Proposed GSA List of Maryland Federal Properties

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and seven of their Senate... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Cortez Masto, Wyden, Colleagues in Reaffirming Congress’ Authority to Maintain Trade Restrictions on Russia

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined 41 Congressional Democratic colleagues in writing a letter to President Donald Trump, raising concerns about his unlawful... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Warren, Colleagues to Trump: Fire Elon Musk, Reinstate Agency Leaders and Federal Watchdogs

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) announced that Skye Perryman, President & CEO of Democracy Forward, will be attending President Trump’s Joint Address to Congress... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Announces Skye Perryman, President & CEO of Democracy Forward, as Guest to Trump Joint Address

Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and colleagues in introducing the Keep Americans Safe Act (KASA) to... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Hirono, Blumenthal, Colleagues in Introducing Bill to Ban High-Capacity Gun Magazines

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen joined Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), and colleagues in urging EPA Administrator... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Duckworth, Booker, Blunt Rochester in Urging Trump Administration to Reopen EPA Environmental Justice Office That Helped Most Disadvantaged Communities Solve Environmental and Public Health Challenges

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 Layoffs At NOAA

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Chris Coons (D-DE), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Tim... Continue Reading about Senate Foreign Relations Committee Democrats Statement on Trump Administration’s Reckless Termination of U.S. Foreign Assistance Programs

Today, Senators Chirs Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks and Congressman Kweisi Mfume (all D-MD) introduced the Justice Thurgood Marshall National Historic Site Establishment Act of... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Alsobrooks, Mfume and Bipartisan Maryland Delegation Introduce Bill to Designate Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall's Baltimore Elementary School as a National Historical Site

The Democratic members of Maryland’s Congressional delegation held a meeting with leaders from federal employee unions and Democracy Forward to discuss supporting federal employees... Continue Reading about Team Maryland Democrats Meet with Federal Employee Union Leaders, Democracy Forward to Discuss Efforts to Defend Federal Workforce

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (BHUA), and 12 of... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Warren, Colleagues Slam Education Department’s “Woefully Inadequate,” “Misleading” Response to Senate Inquiry on DOGE’s Access to Borrower’s Personal Information

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and U.S. Representative Adam Smith (D-WA-09) to introduce strengthened legislation to put an end... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Merkley, Smith Launch Renewed Effort to Kick Hedge Funds Out of America’s Housing Market

Following reports that U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick intends to lay off thousands of employees at the Department and its sub-agencies, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Warns Secretary Lutnick: Mass Firings at Commerce Department Would be “Flatly Illegal”

Today, U.S. Sensators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Mark R. Warner (D-Va.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.),  and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) sent a letter to U.S.... Continue Reading about Senators Call on Duffy to Provide Immediate Transparency on FAA Personnel Firings and Safety Concerns

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement regarding reports that the Trump Administration has revoked National Security Memorandum-20 (NSM-20),... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Blasts Trump Decision to Revoke NSM-20