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  • Van Hollen Announces STEM Grant for Montgomery College
    Sep 14, 2012  - Today Maryland Congressman Chris Van Hollen announced that the National Science Foundation has awarded a $300,000 grant to Montgomery College’s “Teaching Pathways Opening Doors to STEM” project. The program will help increase the number of teachers in the fields of science, technology, engineering, ...
  • 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 Condemns Attack on Americans in Libya
    Sep 12, 2012  - Today Maryland Congressman Chris Van Hollen released the following statement condemning yesterday’s attacks against Americans in Libya, which took the lives of Ambassador Christopher Stevens, Foreign Service Information Management Officer Sean Smith, and two other Americans: “I stand with President ...
  • 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 the FISA Amendments Act Reauthorization Act of 2012 (H.R. 5949)
    Sep 12, 2012  - Mr. Speaker— I rise in opposition to the FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2012. Clearly, we must work to ensure that our intelligence and law enforcement communities continue to have the tools they need to protect American citizens. It is critically important, however, that in our effort to de...
  • Van Hollen Statement on 11th Anniversary of the 9/11 Attacks
    Sep 11, 2012  - Today Maryland Congressman Chris Van Hollen issued the following statement in observance of the 11th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001: “Eleven years ago today, our country experienced the worst attack in our history. We lost over 3,000 men, women, and children to a senseles...
  • Van Hollen, Mikulski, Cardin Announce Federal Funding to Hire Firefighters in Montgomery County
    Sep 6, 2012  - Today Maryland Congressman Chris Van Hollen joined US Senators Barbara A. Mikulski and Ben Cardin (both D-Md) in announcing the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service has been awarded $3,646,098 in federal funding through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Staffing for Adequate Fire & Eme...

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