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  • Van Hollen Hails County Action to Impose Stiffer Penalties for Tree Cutting
    Dec 13, 2006  - Congressman Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) hailed the Montgomery County Council’s passage of a resolution to increase the maximum penalties allowed under Montgomery County’s Forest Conservation Law. The resolution was drafted by the C & O Canal Stewardship Task Force, which was formed by Congressman Chris ...
  • Remarks of Chris Van Hollen on S. 843, the Combating Autism Act of 2006
    Dec 6, 2006  - Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of S. 843, the Combating Autism Act of 2006. As a long-time supporter and friend of the autism community, I am pleased that this bi-partisan legislation is before the full House today. Autism is a lifelong neurological disorder that usually strikes sometime with...
  • Chris Van Hollen Floor Statement on FISA
    Sep 28, 2006  - We all understand that electronic surveillance is a vital tool in the war on terror. We all want to know when Osama bin Laden is calling – when he’s calling, who he’s calling, what he’s saying. Existing law, FISA, gives the President the authority to do that. And if the President wants greater flexi...
  • Military Commissions Act of 2006
    Sep 27, 2006  - Mr. Speaker, we now know what the Administration wanted to hide from the American people: that the consensus view of all 16 intelligence agencies is that the Iraq war has made the overall terrorism problem worse, not better; that it has fueled the jihadist movement and made us less safe, and not mor...
  • Statement of Congressman Chris Van Hollen on H.R. 6164, The National Institutes of Health Reform Act of 2006
    Sep 26, 2006  - Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express my strong support for H.R. 6164, the National Institutes of Health Reform Act of 2006. I commend the Energy and Commerce Committee for bringing a bipartisan bill to this floor. It is long overdue for Congress to reauthorize the NIH – the last NIH authorization wa...
  • Veterans' Memorials, Boy Scouts, Public Seals, and Other Public Expressions of Religion Protection Act of 2006
    Sep 26, 2006  - Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from New York. This bill, which is presented to the Congress under the banner of a so-called “American values” agenda, turns American values on their head. It is an example of false advertising at its very worst, and it forgets the lessons of American history. This ...
  • Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (BATFE) Modernization and Reform Act of 2006
    Sep 25, 2006  - Mr. Speaker, this bill says that its purpose is to, and I quote, modernize and reform, unquote, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. But what it really does, under the guise of so-called modernization and reform, is to make it virtually impossible for federal law enforcement off...
  • Van Hollen Statement on H.R. 5059 and H.R. 5062
    Sep 25, 2006  - Mr. Speaker, I rise to explain my votes in opposition to H.R. 5059 and H.R. 5062. While I agree with the substance of these bills, I strongly opposed the decision of the House Republican leadership to use these important bills as part of an effort to play politics with the environment. The Republica...
  • Congressman Van Hollen's Statement on H.R. 4830, H.R. 6094, and H.R. 6095
    Sep 21, 2006  - Mr. Speaker, I stand to explain my votes on the immigration bills that this Congress considered today. I applaud our decision to pass the Border Tunnel Prevention Act (H.R. 4830), which would make it illegal for any person to build or finance a cross-border tunnel and for any person to use such a tu...
  • National Addiction Recovery Month
    Sep 21, 2006  - Mr. Speaker, I rise today to call our attention to National Addiction Recovery Month this September, and I encourage all my colleagues to join me in recognizing and commending those who commit their time and effort to addiction recovery. In 2005, an estimated 19 million Americans used illicit drugs....

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