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This week, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), co-Chairs of the Senate Foreign Service Caucus, sent a letter to Senate Leadership urging the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Sullivan – Co-Chairs of the Foreign Service Caucus – Make Bipartisan Push for Critical Fix to Foreign Service Pay

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Angus King (I-Maine), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Reverend Raphael Warnock... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Luján, Colleagues Urge the FCC to Require Disclosure of the Use of AI-Generated Content in Political Ads on Radio and TV

Ahead of National Hispanic Heritage Month, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), chair of the Senate Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI)... Continue Reading about Ahead of Hispanic Heritage Month, Van Hollen Joins Padilla, Cornyn, Castro to Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Resolution to Honor Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin announced $566,481.89 in federal funding for three Eastern Shore fire departments to upgrade personal protective equipment. The... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce Over $560,000 for Eastern Shore Fire Departments

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, David Trone, and Glenn Ivey... Continue Reading about Maryland Delegation Members Announce $2.7 Million for Chesapeake Bay Wildlife Habitat Restoration through Chesapeake WILD Program

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and U.S. Representatives Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) and Judy Chu (D-Calif.) introduced legislation to require the biggest polluters to begin... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Nadler, Chu Introduce Legislation to Make Polluters Pay for Fueling Climate Change

U.S. Senators Chirs Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) today applauded the bipartisan Senate confirmation of Magistrate Judge Adam Abelson to fill a vacancy on the U.S.... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Praise Bipartisan Confirmation of Judge Adam Abelson for the U.S. District Court for Maryland

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), both of whom serve on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Kaine, Marshall in Bipartisan Push Urging Department of Education to Help Ensure Schools Can Properly Meet New Transparency Rules

“The Netanyahu Government – including racist extremists like Smotrich and Ben-Gvir – has fueled settler violence in the West Bank at the same time that it has announced new illegal... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on American Citizen Killed in West Bank

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Glenn Ivey, David Trone, and Jamie Raskin (all D-Md.) announced $951,500.90 in federal funding for fire... Continue Reading about Maryland Delegation Members Announce Over $951,000 for Firefighter Training, Equipment Upgrades in Prince George’s, Montgomery Counties

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a member of the Senate Appropriations and Foreign Relations Committees, joined Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the SFRC... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Murphy, Colleagues in Urging Biden Administration to Withhold Military Aid to Egypt Over Human Rights Concerns

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman Steny Hoyer (all D-Md.) announced $707,877.04 in federal funding for seven fire departments in Charles and St.... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Hoyer Announce Over $700,000 for Fire Departments in Southern Maryland

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (D-Md.) announced $1,269,403 in federal funding for infrastructure and expansion projects at the Salisbury Regional Airport,... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce $1.2 Million for Airport Infrastructure Projects on the Eastern Shore

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, David Trone, and Glenn Ivey... Continue Reading about Maryland Delegation Members Announce $332,000 to Protect Children from Lead in Drinking Water at Schools and Childcare Facilities

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) welcomed the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) step forward on a second regional offshore wind energy sale in the Central... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Welcomes Start of Process for Potential Second Central Atlantic Offshore Wind Sale

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), and John Boozman (R-Ark.) sent a bipartisan letter to Secretary of State... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Coons, Ricketts, Colleagues in Bipartisan Letter Supporting U.S. Efforts to Enhance Diplomatic Engagement with Pacific Islands Countries

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and U.S. Representative Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) along with Senate Environment and Public Works... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Markey, Dingell, Carper Welcome Release of $27 Billion from National Climate Bank Network to Spur Clean Energy Projects Nationwide

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) announced $20,900,000 for Johns Hopkins University (JHU) to advance surgical abilities... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Mfume Announce $20 Million for Johns Hopkins University to Improve Cancer Surgery

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration with oversight over federal elections,... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Klobuchar, Welch, Durbin, Colleagues in Urging Justice Department to Protect Election Workers in Upcoming Election

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) led a group of colleagues in urging the Biden Administration to impose targeted... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Doggett, Lead Members in Urging Sanctions on Former Bangladeshi Officials Over Human Rights Violations