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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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Aug 8, 2025

Netanyahu's plan to reoccupy Gaza is key to the far-right's goal of taking over Gaza and the West Bank and forcing Palestinians out.

commondreams.org
Aug 2, 2025

I could not agree more. Our message is simple: Release the damn Epstein files, and for God's sake, don't try to destroy the evidence while we wait for those files to be released.

govinfo.gov
Aug 2, 2025

Again, I cannot, Senator, read the mind of any of our colleagues. It was a voice vote, but of course the objection we are seeing here on the floor of the Senate today indicates that our Republican colleagues do not want to go on record and…

govinfo.gov
Aug 2, 2025

Just briefly because, as I made clear, this was the very provision that Senator Barrasso this morning said that Republicans have supported, and he indicated that this was something that they wanted to see move forward. Well, that was this…

govinfo.gov
Aug 2, 2025

We, certainly, more importantly, the American people, and especially the victims deserve to know that nobody will tamper with the files between now and the moment they are released. Again, the fastest way to address this issue, to meet the…

govinfo.gov
Aug 2, 2025

In the meantime, though, the best way, as you pointed out and all of us have pointed out and even Attorney General Bondi at one point pointed out, is just release the damn files. That is how we would get to the bottom of all of this. And…

govinfo.gov
Aug 2, 2025

This is a report that just came out. The headline is ``The FBI Redacted Trump's Name in the Epstein Files.'' It is a Bloomberg report, and it is just one more example of what appears to be an effort to cover up any role that Donald Trump…

govinfo.gov
Aug 2, 2025

Certainly. If the President of the United States is signaling to Ghislaine Maxwell and her attorneys that he would provide a pardon without any possible reason to do so other than for her to give testimony--in this case, it would be false…

govinfo.gov
Jul 31, 2025

I would ask why our Republican colleagues are saying that they won't let this package go through if it includes a provision that requires that wherever the FBI moves its new headquarters, that it meets the security requirements that we…

govinfo.gov
Jul 30, 2025

About a trillion dollars was cut from Medicaid. That’s a trillion dollars that was going to help people with disabilities, going to help people in nursing homes, going to help people struggling with substance use challenges, going to help…

democracynow.org
Jul 30, 2025

Donald Trump to date has not publicly called upon the Netanyahu government to restore the UN distribution system for aid to begin to get the 500 trucks a day that would be necessary to surge food at this point in this growing famine.

breitbart.com
Jul 30, 2025

They went from 400 distribution sites to four, which is also a way to control the population.

breitbart.com
Jul 30, 2025

I think it’s very important that we get his eyewitness testimony there have also been other whistleblowers who have reported on what’s happening there in Gaza.

breitbart.com
Jul 29, 2025

Immediately cease funding for the GHF and return to UN-led aid coordination mechanisms with enhanced oversight

theintercept.com
Jul 29, 2025

American taxpayers should not be spending one penny to fund this private organization, backed by mercenaries and by the IDF, that has become a death trap.

democracynow.org
Jul 29, 2025

They’re required by LAW to let us conduct oversight. When I read the law to an ICE official, she said they’re no longer allowing ANY tours, regardless of notice.

breitbart.com
Jul 27, 2025

Well, here's the problem though, Margaret, we continually see that Netanyahu, at the end of the day, does cater to his most far right wing of his- of his government.

cbsnews.com
Jul 27, 2025

Well, the United States should make very clear that it's unacceptable to use U.S. weapons to target or indiscriminately fire on civilians and civilian infrastructure.

cbsnews.com
Jul 27, 2025

American taxpayers should not be spending one penny to fund this private organization backed by mercenaries and by the IDF that has become a death trap.

cbsnews.com
Jul 27, 2025

What that tells me is they're willing just to use their powers to try to shut down the government if they don't get their way.

cbsnews.com
Jul 27, 2025

The United States should make very clear that it's unacceptable to use U.S. weapons to target or indiscriminately fire on civilians and civilian infrastructure.

cbsnews.com
Jul 25, 2025

They are snatching up anyone they can find as they pursue their mass deportation agenda and terrorizing our communities in the process.

cnn.com
Jul 22, 2025

It is absolutely a violation of international law to prohibit food from getting into starving people, and the United States is complicit in this.

breitbart.com
Jul 22, 2025

There have been war crimes committed in Gaza. There’s no doubt about it.

breitbart.com
Jul 22, 2025

No, not at all and the United States did not sign on to that document that you just mentioned, that was signed by many, many of our allies and major countries around the world.

breitbart.com

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