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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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Jan 31, 2024

Housing affordability is a huge issue everywhere in our country.

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Jan 31, 2024

We need to look for more ways to incentivize and encourage more supply.

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Jan 31, 2024

NATO, it is not easy to get in, but as all of you have just stated it is really hard to penalize somebody, a member who is not cooperating with the greater objective.

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Jan 31, 2024

I appreciate that. Many of us have been trying to make that point to our colleagues and I am glad to see a unanimous view on that.

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Jan 31, 2024

I think we would judge that Putin's attack on Ukraine has been a strategic failure.

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Jan 31, 2024

Continuing support for the Ukrainian people is essential to the credibility of the NATO alliance.

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Jan 31, 2024

This is a way to help break the cycle of poverty, which is why we proposed to expand that particular program by 250,000 vouchers over the next five years.

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Jan 31, 2024

We need to look for more ways to incentivize and encourage more supply.

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Jan 31, 2024

Housing affordability is a huge issue everywhere in our country.

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Jan 31, 2024

We have to remember that there's a cost to doing nothing as well.

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Jan 31, 2024

As a nation, we underinvested in housing. It's created a harmful situation for millions of families.

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Jan 31, 2024

Helping families have a safe, stable place to call home should not be controversial.

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Jan 31, 2024

I think that a closed-door conversation at the Washington summit among the 31, hopefully 32, heads of state and government about values and how--and values are not just rhetoric.

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Jan 31, 2024

NATO, it is not easy to get in, but as all of you have just stated it is really hard to penalize somebody, a member who is not cooperating with the greater objective.

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Jan 31, 2024

I appreciate that. Many of us have been trying to make that point to our colleagues and I am glad to see a unanimous view on that.

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Jan 31, 2024

I think we would judge that Putin's attack on Ukraine has been a strategic failure.

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Jan 31, 2024

Continuing support for the Ukrainian people is essential to the credibility of the NATO alliance.

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Jan 31, 2024

I want to applaud you and the Biden Administration for issuing the executive order on imposing certain sanctions on persons undermining peace, security, and stability in the West Bank.

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Jan 30, 2024

This is a way to help break the cycle of poverty, which is why we proposed to expand that particular program by 250,000 vouchers over the next five years.

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Jan 30, 2024

We need to look for more ways to incentivize and encourage more supply.

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Jan 30, 2024

It's also very important, in my view, that we continue to support the rental assistance programs.

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Jan 30, 2024

Housing affordability is a huge issue everywhere in our country.

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Jan 30, 2024

I appreciate that. Many of us have been trying to make that point to our colleagues and I am glad to see a unanimous view on that.

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Jan 30, 2024

The first thing we should do is look carefully in terms of future accessions and make sure that we remember those three values.

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Jan 30, 2024

Continuing support for the Ukrainian people is essential to the credibility of the NATO alliance.

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