Chris Van Hollen

Every major American corporation ought to do an independent audit of its own lobbying and electioneering and political influence efforts in the last decade.

Another initiative I have been working on for over a decade is putting a price on carbon but doing it in a way that would make sure that any higher costs passed along do not hurt or burden lower-income or middle-income families.

The discrepancy between what corporate America tells the public about its attitude on climate change and what it tells Congress about its attitude on climate change is a disgraceful discrepancy.

98 percent denial is not only the result of a complicated program.

Senator Warren has been one of the people pushing really hard, along with many of us, but she has been just a champion in pushing to reduce the complexity of this program.

As a result, I think of a lot of complicated interpretation and a deliberate effort to mislead students.

Don't you agree that this kind of miscommunication is a significant part of why we have a 98 percent denial rate and why people like my constituent are put in this kind of position?

Will you agree that my constituents in Maryland, many of whom have experienced exactly the same kind of problems, will be able to essentially have exactly the same process that you have developed in the State of Massachusetts.

I think it does not include payroll taxes either.

Well, we have a draft piece of legislation that is almost finalized. As I said, we intend to introduce it shortly.

There should not be a huge loophole where people pay zero.

We know that about 70 percent of those unpaid taxes are from the very wealthy, so that would be a first important start.

We are going to have to be more deliberate and have policies targeted to accomplish that.

The longer somebody is out of work, the harder it becomes for them to find work.

Democracy is fragile in Latin America, and when you have the largest democracies backslide and their future looks grim, these are all very concerning trends.

I think we need to widen the aperture of our engagement.

It is concerning what is happening in Brazil, and, particularly, the rhetoric.

I share the concerns that were raised and expressed about the situation in Venezuela, the situation in Nicaragua, with both those regimes.

I think that there are, on some levels, threats to the democratic institutions in the country.

I remain very concerned about the long-term unemployment.

What role can the United States play in trying to resolve this deadlock that I think is, again, is only serving the interests of Russia.

The status quo right now is being easily exploited by Russia.

I agree that markets work best when investors and consumers have all available information, which is why it is troubling to hear some witnesses suggest that we should not be providing investors with information about the risks from climate…

If that risk is not priced into these products, as you say, when the companies are unable to pay out on the insurance claims, it is the taxpayers who end up picking up the bill.

We cannot have a 21st century economy built on a 19th century model. That does not make environmental sense.