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November 30, 2025

I think it's very possible there was a war crime committed.

Chris Van Hollen

Chris Van Hollen

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Chris Van Hollen is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from Maryland since January 3, 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously represented Maryland's 8th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from January 3, 2003, to January 3, 2017. Throughout his career, Van Hollen has focused on issues such as economic policy, healthcare, and education reform.

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Nov 30, 2025

I do think it is outrageous and unfair to try to punish an entire class of people for the evil acts of one person.

abcnews.go.com
Nov 30, 2025

They've never presented the public with the information they've got here

npr.org
Nov 30, 2025

This is a desperate attempt of the Trump administration to blame everybody else in the world and not accept any accountability.

abcnews.go.com
Nov 30, 2025

We should always review our vetting, but in this case, there's no evidence that there was something that escaped the vetting.

abcnews.go.com
Nov 24, 2025

All the way, she’s taken on powerful corporate interests.

nytimes.com
Oct 31, 2025

Trump should spend less time traveling around the world and more time negotiating an end to his shutdown.

msnbc.com
Oct 23, 2025

This is why we have primaries, so we can have a contest of different people’s views.

nbcnews.com
Oct 23, 2025

We should not be punishing federal employees for something they had nothing to do with. They’re not responsible. They’re innocent bystanders.

thehill.com
Oct 23, 2025

Ron Johnson’s bill would essentially weaponize the government shutdown to allow President Trump to decide who works and gets paid and who doesn’t work and doesn’t get paid.

nypost.com
Oct 23, 2025

Our belief is that no federal employee, no one should bear the burden or be punished for a shutdown they have nothing to do with.

nypost.com

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