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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

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), joined Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, Angela Alsobrooks... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Alsobrooks, Warren, Smith in Questioning HUD Secretary on Alarming Consequences of New DOGE Task Force on Housing for Americans

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement on his opposition to Senate Republicans’ budget resolution that paves the way to rip away services... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Republican Budget to Fund Tax Cuts for the Ultra-Rich at the Expense of All Other Americans

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) spoke on the Senate floor against President Trump’s betrayal of the Ukrainian people and freedom and democracy around the world. A... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Blasts Trump for Betrayal of Ukrainian People, Freedom and Democracy Around the World

Today, Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) wrote to Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz about revelations that Assistant U.S.... Continue Reading about Senators Van Hollen, Markey, Whitehouse, and Sanders Demand Answers from Justice Department on Forced Resignation of Assistant U.S. Attorney Over Illegal Pressure to Freeze National Green Bank Funding

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks (both D-Md.), and a bipartisan group of 265 lawmakers wrote a letter to President Trump demanding he immediately reinstate... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Alsobrooks Demand Trump Reinstate NLRB Member Wilcox, Protect Workers’ Rights

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement on the Trump Administration’s actions to layoff federal employees without cause: “The Trump-Musk... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Trump Administration Actions Against Federal Workers