WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen issued the following press release:

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) was joined by more than 20 of his Senate colleagues in pressing Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin to reverse disciplinary actions taken on employees for signing a "Declaration of Dissent" in defense of scientific integrity, whistleblower rights, and constitutional protections last year.

Senator Van Hollen was joined in sending this letter by Senators Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawa...