Chris Van Hollen

Well, Lawrence, again, this is a projection because what we know from the latest intelligence reports is like back in 2016, Vladimir Putin not only supports Donald Trump to be the next president of the United States, but is engaged in…

I support the referral for a committee hearing of the nominations of Frank Dunlevy, Christopher Bancroft Burnham, and John M. Barger to be Members of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board. ____________________

I want to thank the Senator from Missouri for bringing us to the floor last week, for bringing us to the floor this week, and for working with us to make sure that we could make important changes to an important resolution that he brought…

I am grateful. I thank the Senator from Maine, but I am happy to have her go first.

He did, and we have seen that pattern over and over again. We just learned of this briefing that took place in the House of Representatives this week. The response from President Trump was not, Oh, my goodness. Let's pass this legislation…

I thank the Senator from Rhode Island for the question. All I can say is we have seen a pattern from this President. We saw this President, President Trump, in Helsinki a few years ago, standing next to Vladimir Putin, and our President…

This could just be the beginning.

No, they just took the guardrails off. They've just said President Trump you can be a serial violator of the Constitution of the United States.

They failed and they just made this United States Senate the first Senate to have an impeachment trial with no witnesses and documents, the first one in the history of our republic.

My amendment was to guarantee a fair and impartial trial and process.

You've got to be shown the evidence.

I have no additional information to support the administration's claim that this was an imminent attack on Americans.

This was an unnecessary escalation of the situation in Iraq and Iran.

I think the world is more dangerous. It's certainly more dangerous place for Americans in the region today than it was yesterday.

This administration is engaged in a reckless maximum pressure campaign on the Iranians with no end game.

The president cannot take us to war in Iran without a congressional authorization.

If you were going to have a fair trial, every American understands that means that everybody gets to put on their case. That means you get to call witnesses.

The Biden issue is a total red herring. It's been well-documented that there is no truth to the allegations.

Michael Duffey's exactly the witness that we need to hear from.

It's very reasonable to seek some assurances right up front that there will be witnesses.

I am, because I'm willing to listen to all the evidence before rendering a final verdict in this case. Do I think that the House has made an overwhelming case for impeachment as of this point in time? Yes, I do.

I want to start by saluting my friend, our colleague, the Senator from Alaska, for his moving and powerful statement and for his service as a marine and now a Senator from Alaska. It has been a great honor to work with him on many issues…

Senator Van Hollen called it 'profiting over housing that is run down that's not properly taken care of.'

The president may pretend today that he wants to help Baltimore but he's been obviously trying to drag it down.

It sounded, unfortunately, as part of a pattern of the president's racist attacks that we've seen over weeks and months and years now. It may well be part of a larger political strategy. I think it's a strategy that will fail. I think the…