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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· Oct 31, 2023

The President has been very clear about the need to distinguish between Hamas and the overwhelming number of Gaza's over 2,000,000 Palestinian civilians who have nothing to do with Hamas.

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· Oct 31, 2023

I agree that we have to provide the people of Ukraine with military assistance that they need to defend themselves against Putin's aggression.

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· Oct 30, 2023

Mr. President, I commend the Senate for its passage of our bipartisan resolution, S. Res. 437, condemning anti-Semitism, including any anti-Semitic acts committed on university or college campuses. No one deserves to feel unsafe in their…

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Ben Cardin
@bencardin· Democratic · MD· Oct 30, 2023

Madam President, I would ask consent that the vote scheduled for 5:30 p.m. start immediately. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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Ben Cardin
@bencardin· Democratic · MD· Oct 30, 2023

Madam President, I rise today in support of the nomination of Matthew Maddox to be a U.S. district judge for the District of Maryland, and I urge my Senate colleagues to confirm his nomination. I joined with Senator Van Hollen to recommend…

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Ben Cardin
@bencardin· Democratic · MD· Oct 26, 2023

Mr. President, I, too, also oppose this motion for the reasons that Senator Risch outlined. Our presence there are not troops in hostility. To the contrary. We have been asked. Our African partners have asked for our support, and our…

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Ben Cardin
@bencardin· Democratic · MD· Oct 26, 2023

Mr. President, I just want to correct the record. It is correct that they asked the French to leave, but they want America's presence there. They have not asked America and its troops to leave. That is why it is not hostilities. We are…

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Ben Cardin
@bencardin· Democratic · MD· Oct 26, 2023

Mr. President, I would ask unanimous consent that there be 2 minutes of debate, equally divided, prior to each rollcall vote during the consideration of H.R. 4366. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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Ben Cardin
@bencardin· Democratic · MD· Oct 26, 2023

Mr. President, I would ask consent that the vote scheduled for 11:30 begin immediately. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Vote on Motion to Discharge

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Ben Cardin
@bencardin· Democratic · MD· Oct 25, 2023

Mr. President, section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which…

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· Oct 25, 2023

I appreciate that and we have been following closely the impact of the oil price cap as well that was placed on Russia, which seems to have had some--a pretty significant bite.

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· Oct 25, 2023

I would like to pick up on a question I think Senator Duckworth raised regarding diversifying energy supplies--gas supplies away from Russia.

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Steny Hoyer
@stenyhoyer· Democratic · MD· Oct 25, 2023

We must follow this resolution with action. We must all vote for this resolution and speak with one voice; action that shows the world that America will defend its allies in Israel, in Ukraine, and around the world. Mr. McCAUL. Mr…

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Steny Hoyer
@stenyhoyer· Democratic · MD· Oct 25, 2023

I thank the gentleman for yielding. For millennia, the Jews of the world have been subject all over the world to prejudice, hate, and violence. Mr. Speaker, I have visited the Kfar Aza kibbutz over four times in the last 25 years. It was a…

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· Oct 25, 2023

I appreciate that and we have been following closely the impact of the oil price cap as well that was placed on Russia, which seems to have had some--a pretty significant bite.

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Ben Cardin
@bencardin· Democratic · MD· Oct 25, 2023

Mr. President, section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which…

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Ben Cardin
@bencardin· Democratic · MD· Oct 25, 2023

Mr. President, for the Committee on Foreign Relations I report favorably the following nomination lists which were printed in the Records on the dates indicated, and ask unanimous consent, to save the expense of reprinting on the Executive…

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· Oct 25, 2023

I would like to pick up on a question I think Senator Duckworth raised regarding diversifying energy supplies--gas supplies away from Russia.

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