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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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Feb 26, 2009

It's essential that we take very firm and strong action at the Federal level.

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Feb 26, 2009

I hope someday legislation will be passed to protect people like us.

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Feb 26, 2009

These are policies and financial funding and incentives have to come at the national level, and that's why we also have to deal with issues around federal preemption.

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Feb 26, 2009

Prince George's County is a vivid example that, right in the backyard of our nation's capital, the foreclosure crisis is here, and growing.

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Feb 26, 2009

The voices of consumers and the voices of civil rights protection need to move away from the kid table to the front table.

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Feb 26, 2009

Federal preemption is also inhibiting the solution.

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Feb 26, 2009

It's important to get that--the stories, right from the ground.

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Feb 26, 2009

We've also had many cases where we have not been able to make progress, which is why it's essential that we move forward more aggressively on that front.

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Feb 26, 2009

We all need to get behind that plan.

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Feb 26, 2009

We need those benchmarks and we really need to tie the productivity in meaningful modifications and by that, I mean principal reductions.

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Feb 26, 2009

I think we all know that people with second homes, people with yachts, real estate speculators and others can currently go into bankruptcy court.

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Feb 24, 2009

I cannot tell you exactly. By the way, the $115 is per ton of CO2, not carbon.

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