Chris Van Hollen: “This bill is unfortunately lacking key provisions that are central to communities across Maryland.”

Your broad deregulatory agenda would compromise the integrity of our capital markets at a moment when Americans are already reeling from spiraling costs and unprecedented corruption in the Trump economy.

While we share the goal of revitalizing the public markets and providing more companies with the opportunity to go public, the ill-conceived deregulatory measures you have taken will not revive or sustain a healthy IPO market.

I cannot support it in its current form.

The proposed rule would also undermine the enforcement of civil and voting rights laws by eliminating the only appropriate data used for compliance.