While Pepco cannot control extreme weather events, it has direct control over how it prepares and responds to them.  Unfortunately, despite Pepco’s recently announced reliability enhancement plan, the findings in our analysis point to Pepco’s continued underperformance. Without in any way diminishing the hard and often heroic efforts of Pepco’s ind...

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By Rep. Chris Van Hollen

July 19, 2012

One major challenge facing Congress if we don’t act now is automatic, meat-ax budget cuts at the end of this year — set up as a measure of last resort in the Budget Control Act. The cuts — $1.2 trillion over 10 years — are a reckless and irresponsible way to reduce the deficit. It was des...

Washington, Jul 5, 2012 -Today Maryland Congressman Chris Van Hollen sent a letter to President Barack Obama asking that the United States publicly declare our determination to deploy oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to counter any significant supply disruption from the Persian Gulf in the wake of Tuesday’s test-firing of medium-range miss...

House Republicans took a very clear stance on this issue when they all voted to pass the Republican budget, which would result in a doubling of student loan interest rates while providing windfall tax breaks for millionaires. The GOP has suddenly changed their tune now that it has become politically unpopular. While they may be paying lip service t...

DISCLOSE Act 2012 Would Provide Much Needed Transparency

Washington, DC – Today Maryland Congressman Chris Van Hollen participated in a Congressional Forum on Citizens United v. FEC hosted by the House Administration Committee.  Below are his remarks as prepared for delivery: 

“I would like to thank the Ranking Member of the Election Subcommittee, ...

Rockville, MD – Today, Maryland Congressman Chris Van Hollen and Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett announced that the Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County has been granted 15 new Veterans Supportive Housing (VASH) vouchers by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

“I’m so pleased to announce these addit...