U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.)
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Recent News About U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.)
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Following Years-Long Push, Van Hollen, Markey Join Vp Harris In Baltimore To Announce Launch Of Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund
U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Tom Carper, and House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.) will join Vice President Kamala Harris and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan to announce the launch of the National Clean Investment Fund and the Clean Communities Investment Accelerator – two competitive grant programs under the $27 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF).
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Van Hollen Secures $375m For New Fbi Headquarters In Senate Fsgg Appropriations Bill
U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) released the following statement regarding the inclusion of $375 million in funding for a new FBI Headquarters within the passage of the Committee’s Fiscal Year 2024 funding legislation by the full Senate Appropriations Committee.
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Van Hollen, Warner, Colleagues Introduce Legislation To Help First-Time, First-Generation Homebuyers Narrow The Wealth Gap
U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Mark R. Warner (D-Va.), Rev. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) introduced bicameral legislation to help first-time, first-generation homebuyers – predominately Americans of color – build wealth much more rapidly.
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Van Hollen Statement On Bipartisan Passage Of Fsgg Appropriations Bill
U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) released the following statement regarding the bipartisan passage of the Committee’s Fiscal Year 2024 funding legislation by the full Senate Appropriations Committee.
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Van Hollen, Cardin Introduce Biden Judicial Nominee Matthew Maddox To The Senate Judiciary Committee
U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) appeared at the Senate Judiciary Committee to introduce U.S. Magistrate Judge Matthew Maddox at the start of his confirmation hearing for a seat on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. The senators had recommended Judge Maddox to President Joe Biden who made the nomination earlier this year.
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Van Hollen, Huffman Introduce Bill To Fully Fund Special Education
U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) introduced the IDEA Full Funding Act. This legislation would finally ensure Congress fulfills its commitment to fully fund the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). In 1975, Congress passed IDEA to ensure that every child with a disability has access to educational opportunity.
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Maryland Delegation Members Announce More Than $650,000 For Wildlife Disease Prevention, Including To Combat Avian Flu
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 (all D-Md.) announced $665,266 in federal funding to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to control the spread of wildlife diseases.
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Van Hollen, Colleagues Urge President Biden To Coordinate Strategy To Maximize Offshore Wind Development
U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) was joined by Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Tom Carper (D-Del.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) in calling on President Biden to designate a policy lead to facilitate greater interagency coordination around ocean use in order to keep offshore wind projects across the nation on track.
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Van Hollen, Cardin, Ruppersberger Announce Over $1 Million For Baltimore County Public School Infrastructure, Energy Improvement Project
U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger (all D-Md.) announced $1,273,989 in Department of Energy (DOE) funding to help Baltimore County’s Watershed Public Charter School upgrade its facility to improve the learning environment, air quality, and health outcomes for students and staff.
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Van Hollen, Warren, Jacobs Call On Dod To Release Information On Possible Civilian Casualty From Recent Syria Airstrike
U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and U.S. Representative Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.), a member of the House Armed Services and Foreign Affairs Committees, sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, expressing concerns that a recent May 2023 U.S. airstrike in Syria may have killed a civilian. Senators Van Hollen and Warren and Representative Jacobs are asking DoD to publicly release as much of their internal investigation into the airstrike as possible.
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Maryland Congressional Delegation Announces $3.8 Million To Boost Local Meat And Blue Catfish Processing
U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John P. Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Andy Harris, M.D., Jamie Raskin, David J. Trone, and Glenn Ivey (all Md.) announced $3.8 million through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Meat and Poultry Intermediary Lending Program for the Maryland Agricultural and Resource-Based Industry Development Corporation’s (MARBIDCO) loan program to help Maryland-based, small- and medium-sized food businesses increase their capacity to process meat and invasive Blue Catfish in the state.
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Van Hollen, Menendez, Risch, Colleagues On Anniversary Of Hong Kong Handover, National Security Law
U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and their Senate colleagues in releasing the following statement marking the 26th anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover and the 3rd anniversary of the Hong Kong “National Security Law.” Joining Senators Menendez and Risch, in addition to Senator Van Hollen, are Senators Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), John Boozman (R-Ark.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Mitt Romney (R-Utah), and Steve Daines (R-Mont.).
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Baltimore Receiving $1.5 Million To Improve Safety At Railroad Crossings
Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes and Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) announced $1,534,280 in federal funding to make safety improvements to the Warner Street Highway-Rail crossing in Baltimore City. Funds will be used to both improve the flow of commuter and freight rail traffic through a busy area of Baltimore City and to conduct a study and support planning for both short and long-term alternatives to the grade-crossing.
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Maryland Delegation Members Announce Nearly $40 Million For University Of Maryland, College Park Electric Bus Project
U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny Hoyer, Jamie Raskin and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) announced $39,863,156 in Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funding for the University of Maryland, College Park to replace 35 aging diesel transit buses with battery powered electric buses and add charging stations to their fleet.
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Maryland-National Capital Trail Network Receiving $25 Million For Major Construction, Safety Improvement Projects
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 (all D-Md.) announced $25 million for the Creating Equitable Connections on the Capital Trails Network project in Prince George’s and Montgomery Counties and Washington D.C.
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Bipartisan Group Of Senators Urge President Biden To Prioritize Deteriorating Security Situation In Northern Kosovo
U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and a bipartisan group of lawmakers in a letter to President Biden urging the administration to prioritize addressing the deteriorating security situation between Kosovo and Serbia. Joining Senator Shaheen on the letter in addition to Senator Van Hollen are U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.).
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Van Hollen, Cardin Deliver Federal Funding To Baltimore Community Lending, Unveil Renovation Plans For Business Development & Resource Center
On Friday, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) joined Baltimore Community Lending (BCL) leadership and small business owners to highlight the $1 million they fought to secure in the Fiscal Year 2023 appropriations package to support the renovation of BCL’s new Small Business Development and Resource Center and office headquarters. The Senators secured this federal funding as part of their effort to increase economic opportunity in disadvantaged communities.
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Maryland Congressional Delegation Members Announce $20 Million For Major Mondawmin Station Infrastructure Improvements
U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, and David Trone (all D-Md.) announced $20 million for the Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration’s (MDOT MTA) Mondawmin RAISE Transit Hub Project.
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Maryland Congressional Delegation Announces More Than $267 Million For Broadband Equity, Access And Deployment In Maryland
U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie B. Raskin, David Trone, and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) today announced $267,738,400 in Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funding for the state of Maryland to expand access to affordable, reliable, high-speed broadband.
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Van Hollen, Cardin Welcome U.S. Army Corps Recommendations For The Port Of Baltimore Shipping Channel
U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen, a member of the Senate Appropriations Energy and Water Subcommittee, and Ben Cardin, a senior member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, (both D-Md.) praised the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) for its ongoing commitment to improving navigation, efficiency and safety at the Port of Baltimore.