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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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Jul 9, 2024

We can invest in our security, and in our working families, and our communities, not just to throw money away at billionaires.

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Jul 9, 2024

The single biggest driver of our national debt since 2001 has been Republican tax cuts.

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Jul 9, 2024

If we all agree that we're not cutting Social Security and Medicare, and we all agree that their trust funds become cash insolvent in approximately 10 years, there's only one solution left. Raise new revenues to fund Social Security and…

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Jul 9, 2024

Make America Great Again (MAGA) Republicans live in a fantasy world of a balanced budget, with extended Trump tax cuts, and funded Social Security, Medicare, defense and veteran's programs. Can't happen.

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Jul 8, 2024

The single biggest driver of our national debt since 2001 has been Republican tax cuts.

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Jul 8, 2024

Make America Great Again (MAGA) Republicans live in a fantasy world of a balanced budget, with extended Trump tax cuts, and funded Social Security, Medicare, defense and veteran's programs. Can't happen.

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Jul 8, 2024

If we all agree that we're not cutting Social Security and Medicare, and we all agree that their trust funds become cash insolvent in approximately 10 years, there's only one solution left. Raise new revenues to fund Social Security and…

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Jul 8, 2024

There's no reason that investors on Wall Street should pay less in taxes than a firefighter in Spokane, Washington.

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Jul 8, 2024

The trickle down economics was going to work, right?

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Jul 8, 2024

It makes no sense to add even more to our deficits to disproportionately benefit those at the very top.

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Jul 8, 2024

A number of months ago you had projected that the Trump tax cuts would add--well, this is back during that time, $4.6 trillion to the debt over the next 10 years.

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Jul 8, 2024

This whole theory of trickle down economics was behind the claims that the tax cuts were going to pay for themselves, right?

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Jul 8, 2024

Claims going forward that continuing the Trump tax cuts would pay for themselves, as you said is absurd.

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Jul 8, 2024

We can invest in our security, and in our working families, and our communities, not just to throw money away at billionaires.

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Jun 18, 2024

I would really urge the Administration to take this action and take it immediately because the situation's getting worse, not better.

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Jun 18, 2024

I do not think that the humanitarian situation in Gaza has gotten better.

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Jun 18, 2024

We are pursuing this case because he has family in Baltimore and also because he has been unjustly detained.

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Jun 18, 2024

I would really urge the Administration to take this action and take it immediately because the situation's getting worse, not better.

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Jun 18, 2024

I do not think that the humanitarian situation in Gaza has gotten better.

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Jun 18, 2024

We are pursuing this case because he has family in Baltimore and also because he has been unjustly detained.

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Jun 17, 2024

I would really urge the Administration to take this action and take it immediately because the situation's getting worse, not better.

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Jun 17, 2024

I do not think that the humanitarian situation in Gaza has gotten better.

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Jun 17, 2024

We are pursuing this case because he has family in Baltimore and also because he has been unjustly detained.

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Jun 12, 2024

I happen to believe that climate risk is the biggest looming risk over our economy.

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Jun 12, 2024

I think if you look at our current tax system, it's riddled with provisions that need to be revised and reformed.

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