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  • Van Hollen Statement on OMB Sequester Report
    Sep 14, 2012  - Today Maryland Congressman Chris Van Hollen, Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, issued the following statement on the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) sequester transparency report. This report provides only an estimate of cuts under sequestration since OMB was mandated to base its...
  • Van Hollen: Republican Sequester Replacement is a Charade
    Sep 13, 2012  - Today Maryland Congressman Chris Van Hollen, Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, spoke on the House floor in opposition to the Republican sequester replacement bill that does not take a balanced approach to deficit reduction. Video of his remarks is available here and the transcript is bel...
  • Van Hollen Statement on H.J. Res. 117, Six-Month Continuing Resolution
    Sep 13, 2012  - Mr. Speaker, this Continuing Resolution will fund the government through March 27, 2013, avoid a government shutdown and maintain critical programs and services for the American people. It is not in every respect the bill I would have written, but it is consistent with the Budget Control Act of 2011...
  • Van Hollen: Republican Sequester Replacement is a Charade
    Sep 13, 2012  - Today Maryland Congressman Chris Van Hollen, Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, spoke on the House floor in opposition to the Republican sequester replacement bill that does not take a balanced approach to deficit reduction. Video of his remarks is available here and the transcript is bel...
  • Van Hollen: House Republicans Prevent Vote on Balanced Approach to Replace Sequester
    Sep 12, 2012  - Today Maryland Congressman Chris Van Hollen, Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, issued the following statement after the House Rules Committee voted to deny Democrats an opportunity to offer an alternative to the sequester on the House Floor tomorrow: “Today, House Republicans refused to ...
  • Van Hollen Statement on CBO’s Updated Budget and Economic Outlook
    Aug 22, 2012  - Today Maryland Congressman Chris Van Hollen, Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, issued the following statement on the updated Budget and Economic Outlook from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO): “Today’s update of the Budget and Economic Outlook from CBO is another reminder that there ...
  • Van Hollen Statement on July Jobs Report
    Aug 2, 2012  - Today Maryland Congressman Chris Van Hollen, Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, issued the following statement on the Department of Labor’s July Jobs Report announcing that the U.S. economy added 163,000 jobs in July, including 172,000 private sector jobs and 25,000 manufacturing jobs: “W...
  • Van Hollen Statement on H.R. 6233, Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2012
    Aug 2, 2012  - Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to HR 6233, the Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act. I agree that we must take steps to assist farmer and rancher families affected by extreme drought conditions, but doing so at the expense of national conservation programs is a shortsighted approach. Conser...
  • Van Hollen On CNN: Democratic Plan Provides Tax Cuts to All Americans
    Aug 1, 2012  - Today Maryland Congressman Chris Van Hollen, Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, appeared on CNN’s Starting Point with Soledad O’Brien to discuss how House Republicans should stop holding the middle class tax cuts hostage in order to give the top 2 percent additional tax breaks. You can wa...
  • Van Hollen Statement on House Passage of Extension of Bush-Era Tax Cuts
    Aug 1, 2012  - Today Maryland Congressman Chris Van Hollen, Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, issued the following statement on the House passage of an extension of all of the Bush-Era Tax Cuts: “With this vote, House Republicans once again have shown that they stand with millionaires and special inter...

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