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  • Van Hollen Announces Renewed Funding for University of Maryland-NIST Cooperative Agreement
    Sep 19, 2012  - Today Maryland Congressman Chris Van Hollen announced the renewal of a successful collaboration between the University of Maryland and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for a period of three years. This agreement funds NIST activities at the Institute of Bioscience and Biotec...
  • 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, Mikulski, Cardin Announce National Science Foundation Grant For Montgomery College
    Jul 31, 2012  - Today Maryland Congressman Chris Van Hollen, along with U.S. Senators Barbara A. Mikulski and Ben Cardin (all D-Md.), announced that Montgomery College’s (MC) On-RAMP to STEM program has been awarded nearly $600,000 in grant funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for academically-talente...
  • Van Hollen Statement on Conference Report on Transportation, Student Loans, and Flood Insurance
    Jun 29, 2012  - Mr. Speaker, today’s bill is not a perfect bill, but it is an important bill. It will fund our nation’s infrastructure needs for two years, allowing states and localities to put millions of Americans to work rebuilding roads and bridges and improving transit options. It will prevent the interest rat...
  • Van Hollen Announces Winners of the 2012 Public Service Awards
    Jun 19, 2012  - Today Maryland Congressman Chris Van Hollen announced the recipients of the 2012 Van Hollen Public Service Award for outstanding community service. Congressman Van Hollen established the public service award program to recognize graduating students in area high schools for their contributions to the...
  • Van Hollen: Let’s Stay Here Until we Get it Done
    Jun 7, 2012  - Today Maryland Congressman Chris Van Hollen, Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, appeared on MSNBC’s Jansing & Co. to discuss House Republicans’ decision to leave Washington next week without addressing jobs, the transportation authorization bill, or the impending rise in student loan inte...
  • Republicans Haven’t Changed Their Minds on Student Loans, They’ve Changed Tactics
    Apr 27, 2012  - Today Maryland Congressman Chris Van Hollen, Ranking Member on the House Budget Committee, spoke in opposition to the House Republicans’ student loan bill. Below is a transcript of his remarks and you can watch the video here: Thank you Mr. Speaker, and I thank my friend from Massachusetts— Just a f...
  • Van Hollen: GOP Feeling the Heat, Trying a Head Fake on Student Loans
    Apr 26, 2012  - Today Maryland Congressman Chris Van Hollen, Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, on the Ed Schultz Radio show to discuss the House GOP proposal to pay for the student loan interest rate fix with the Prevention and Public Health Fund from the Affordable Care Act. The transcript is below. ED...
  • Van Hollen Statement on HR 2117
    Feb 28, 2012  - Mr. Speaker, I rise to oppose HR 2117, which would repeal important consumer and taxpayer protections without providing an alternate solution to safeguard students. Under the Higher Education Act, the federal government, states, and accrediting agencies share responsibility to ensure that students r...

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