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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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Oct 2, 2026

The proposed repeal of the Rule would make extensive changes to Regulation NMS by permitting trade-throughs, or the execution of retail trades at worse prices than are otherwise available in the market.

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Oct 2, 2026

We are particularly troubled by the proposed rescission of Rule 611, the Order Protection Rule (the Rule), and the negative impacts it would create for everyday investors and our markets.

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Oct 2, 2026

We write to urge you to leave intact the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules protecting retail investors’ stock market orders.

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Oct 1, 2026

Their families – and the American people – deserve answers on their deaths. But today Republicans denied them that.

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Oct 1, 2026

The U.S. Government – including this Administration – has said time and again that our number one priority abroad is ensuring the safety and security of American citizens.

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Oct 1, 2026

Every American who wants to work should be able to find a job. But with AI as a looming threat to our workforce – and nearly two million Americans already unemployed for six months or longer – it’s clear that we need to do more.

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Sep 30, 2026

I will keep pressing for critical guardrails to protect humanity from the threat of unregulated AI development.

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Sep 30, 2026

As OpenAI and others review thousands of security incidents, we must urgently address the safety of these platforms.

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Sep 30, 2026

That’s why I called on OpenAI to reconsider its release of GPT-6 Astra, and why I’m pressing for answers on a number of questions that remain around these models – namely their safety.

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Sep 30, 2026

While I’m glad to see OpenAI hold the release of its latest model, GPT-6.1 Astra, this decision should come as yet another warning sign to those who want to proceed recklessly with the continued development of frontier artificial…

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Sep 30, 2026

That's more support than we've ever had in this fight. Republicans blocked us, but we won't stop until we get justice.

commondreams.org
Sep 30, 2026

Tonight, 47 senators supported my resolution to get accountability for the nine Americans killed on the West Bank and for Palestinians who face injustices daily.

commondreams.org
Sep 30, 2026

How many more Americans must be killed before the executive branch does its job? These families deserve answers.

theguardian.com
Sep 30, 2026

If the killing of nine Americans does not justify a report from our own state department, I would ask my colleagues: what would?

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Sep 30, 2026

While I was pleased that so many of my Democratic colleagues joined this effort, it’s clear the United States must do more.

theguardian.com
Sep 29, 2026

The US says our # 1 priority abroad is protecting Americans. But in the West Bank, 9 Americans have been killed by Israeli settlers or security forces with no justice.

dailycaller.com
Sep 29, 2026

What we're saying is that we can do much better," said Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md.

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Sep 27, 2026

If competitive compensation is necessary to recruit and retain qualified federal law enforcement officers, it is also necessary to recruit and retain qualified employees throughout the federal government.

marylandmatters.org
Sep 25, 2026

We worked as a team to submit those requests to the administration, and we’re going to keep pushing for those because we need to keep modernizing the port.

marylandmatters.org
Sep 25, 2026

Sickle cell disease has claimed the lives of too many people far too soon, including a former staff member of mine, John Amara.

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Sep 25, 2026

Every Marylander deserves to be able to exercise their right to religious freedom and worship without fear for their safety.

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Sep 23, 2026

USFS must make good on its word and keep Baltimore Urban Field Office employees in Baltimore so they can effectively continue their place-based and partnership-dependent work in the Baltimore area.

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Sep 15, 2026

It’s simple. Big Oil & Big Coal give millions to help get Trump elected. He lets them pollute more. You get dirtier air, extreme heat, flooding, & droughts.

newjerseymonitor.com
Sep 15, 2026

We are fighting back, and we’re going to keep fighting back, and we’re going to prevail in the long run because they are trying to dismember the department piece by piece and then shut it down.

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