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Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), and over 25 Senators in... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Whitehouse, Senate Democrats in Investigation into EPA’s Decision to Disregard Health Impacts in Air Pollution Standards

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks and U.S. Representatives Kweisi Mfume, Steny Hoyer, Jamie Raskin, Glenn Ivey, Sarah Elfreth, April McClain Delaney, and... Continue Reading about Maryland Delegation Members Press Trump’s ICE for Plans to Address “Deeply Disturbing” Conditions in Baltimore Holding Rooms

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and over 40 members of the Senate Democratic Caucus in demanding that Secretary of Homeland... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Blunt Rochester, Senate Democrats in Calling on Secretary Noem to Reverse Termination of TPS for Haiti

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) in demanding answers as the Department of Defense plans to use AI software known for antisemitic... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Ossoff, Colleagues Launch Inquiry into Department of Defense’s Use of AI Software Known for Antisemitic Content

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and Ed Markey (D-Mass.), and U.S.... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Whitehouse, Markey, Dingell Lead Colleagues in Filing Amicus Brief Challenging Trump Administration’s Unconstitutional Clawback of Climate Funds

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks and U.S. Representative April McClain Delaney (all D-Md.) wrote to the members of the Washington County Board of County... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Alsobrooks, McClain Delaney Press Washington County Commissioners for Transparency on ICE Warehouse Purchase

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, urged Vice President JD Vance to advocate for the immediate release of two... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Urges Vance to Press for Release of U.S.-Affiliated Journalists Wrongfully Detained in Azerbaijan

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Subcommittee on Interior Environment, and Related Agencies, and Senator Angela Alsobrooks... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Alsobrooks Announce Nearly $30 Million for Maryland Water Infrastructure, Investments in Environmental, Bay Restoration

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Alsobrooks Announce Over $50 Million for Maryland Public Safety, Bay Preservation, and Research Projects in Key Government Funding Bill

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks (both D-Md.) released the following statement on the Trump Administration Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Schedule... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Alsobrooks Statement on Trump Administration Rule Paving Way for More Firings of Merit-Based Federal Workers

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and U.S. Representatives James Walkinshaw (D-Va.) and Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) announced the launch of the Federal Workforce Caucus. The... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Walkinshaw, Hoyer Launch the Federal Workforce Caucus

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS), and U.S. Senator... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Wyden Question Trump Administration Over Secret Process for Tariff Cuts that Favor Politically Connected Companies Over Small Businesses

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Tina Smith (D-Minn.) and Representative Sean Casten (D-Ill.-06) in introducing the Addressing Climate Financial Risk... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Casten, Smith on Legislation to Mitigate Climate Risk in US Financial System

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking Committee, alongside seven... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Warnock, Warren in Blasting OMB Director Vought Over Proposed Rule to End Discrimination Protections

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen joined Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.), along with Representatives Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), Lou Correa... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Warren, Colleagues in Pushing for Expedited Probe of ICE’s Violence Upon Confirmed Investigation

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, and the Committee’s Democrats in calling on... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Merkley, Senate Budget Democrats in Demanding Hegseth Explain Reasoning for Fully Classifying Spending Plans, Preventing Congressional Oversight

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Martin Heinrich... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Klobuchar, Heinrich, Merkley in Raising Concerns About National Trail Program

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen joined Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.), along with Representatives Diana DeGette (D-Colo.), Robin Kelly (D-Ill.),... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Joins Warren, Colleagues in Opening New Investigation into Trump Ripping Legal Status Away From Haitian Workers

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement on the return of Chantal Anicoche to the United States: “I’ve spoken with Chantal and am pleased that... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Return of Chantal Anicoche

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and co-chairs of the Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control Working Group, Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Markey, Merkley, Wyden in Urging Trump to Keep Longstanding Ban on South Korean Nuclear Enrichment, Reprocessing