Chris Van Hollen

I have been very worried about the public safety issues at Reagan National because of the congestion. This is why Senator Warner and Senator Kaine from Virginia and I voted against that bill, because you're taking the most congested…

My biggest fear is this is a person, number one, who's just unprepared to deal with the challenges around the world.

We would be putting a person of very low character in the highest position of the Defense Department.

You cannot be a leader of the U.S. Armed Forces when you're attacking members of the 3.5 million who are part of that armed forces.

I think there are some Republican senators who are going to look at what the consequences of this vote would be.

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 4:37 p.m., adjourned until Monday, December 9, 2024, at 3 p.m. ____________________

It seems to me we have a responsibility to make a statement.

We, the U.S. Senate, should hold that up until we get absolutely assurances from the UAE.

That common thread is: Resisted by the executive branch.

I wish the Biden administration had pursued that.

That common thread is: Resisted by the executive branch.

We, the U.S. Senate, should hold that up until we get absolutely assurances from the UAE.

It seems to me we have a responsibility to make a statement.

I wish the Biden administration had pursued that.

When we do not apply these standards in a uniform way our adversaries like China, like Russia, point out that we conveniently use human rights and these instruments only as a cudgel against our adversaries and that we do not mean them

It seems to me we have a responsibility to make a statement.

I wish the Biden administration had pursued that.

The challenges in Sudan are just horrible, and it is purported to be the worst humanitarian crisis in the world today.

That common thread is: Resisted by the executive branch.

We, the U.S. Senate, should hold that up until we get absolutely assurances from the UAE.

I think that when we do not apply these standards in a uniform way our adversaries like China, like Russia, point out that we conveniently use human rights and these instruments only as a cudgel against our adversaries and that we do not…

If I could ask you about another approach that Montgomery County, Maryland has taken for some time now toward more affordable housing, which is an inclusionary zoning process.

I appreciate that, and I think it is important that people hear the revolving loan fund, because these are investments made by these, in this case, Montgomery County, in partnership with the private sector.

So you anticipated my next question, is what can we do here at the federal level to incentivize what seems to be a good model?

Clearly, we have an affordable housing crisis. We have a shortage of housing supply.