Chris Van Hollen

Many of us, including myself, warned about the provisions that would encourage the offshoring of American investment, and jobs.

The bottom line is an incentive to ship U.S. jobs and investment overseas.

The notion that somehow we cannot add additional revenue to meet the needs is clearly inconsistent with our own history.

Transparency usually works for the best of everybody, so people can't hide what they're doing from investors and the public and others.

I've introduced legislation called The Disclosure of Tax Havens and Offshoring Act, to require the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to mandate that large corporations disclose basic tax and financial information on a country…

I'm honored to be here with my friend and colleague, Senator Cardin, to introduce President Biden's nominee for the Maryland seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Ms. Nicole Berner.

Protecting end-to-end encryption? Yes.

I think to the extent that export controls exist, they need to be carefully and thoroughly enforced.

Congress should make the Executive Order provisions permanent law through bipartisan legislation.

It is not an automatic tool. It does not require cutting off arms transfers, but it is a tool that the executive branch has never used.

Protecting end-to-end encryption? Yes.

I think to the extent that export controls exist, they need to be carefully and thoroughly enforced.

Congress should make the Executive Order provisions permanent law through bipartisan legislation.

I am going to be working to make sure that we reactivate it or activate it since it has never been activated.

It is not an automatic tool. It does not require cutting off arms transfers, but it is a tool that the executive branch has never used.

We passed the Hong Kong Accountability Act to provide the Executive Branch with more tools to go after both Chinese Government officials, as well as folks in Hong Kong, who were cracking down on dissent

I think to the extent that export controls exist, they need to be carefully and thoroughly enforced.

Would you agree that we should use all of the tools at our disposal?

Protecting end-to-end encryption? Yes.

I think that governments can look at the research done by Freedom House and other human rights groups to look at those countries that could be qualified for that.

We need to do a lot more on that front.

It is not an automatic tool. It does not require cutting off arms transfers, but it is a tool that the executive branch has never used.

Congress should make the Executive Order provisions permanent law through bipartisan legislation.

I look forward to working with folks on that.

Such a pattern of impunity has emboldened states to act abroad without fear of consequences.