WASHINGTON, July 8 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Van Hollen Statement on Supreme Court Paving the Way for Administration Plan for Mass Firings of Federal Workers * Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement on the U.S. Supreme Court's emergency ruling in AFGE v. Trump, giving the Trump Administration initial approval to carry out its plans to fire large swaths of the federal workforce: "Without ruling on th  more