Congressman Van Hollen speaks with 4th and 5th graders from the St. Jude Regional Catholic School on November 16, 2012

Congressman Van Hollen joins members of the of the Congressional Down Syndrome Caucus and disability advocates at a press conference on November 15, 2012 to urge support for the Achieving a Better Letter Life Experience (ABLE) Act

Congressman Van Hollen meets with Cub Scout Pack 817 on November 13, 2012. Cub Scout Pack 817 is from Bethesda, MD.

Congressman Van Hollen speaks at a Congressional Forum on Mental Health and Addiction Parity on June 26, 2012. The Forum focused on the implementation and enforcement of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008.

Congressman Van Hollen congratulates fifth grade graduates and their families at the Moving On Ceremony at College Gardens Elementary School in Rockville. June 11, 2012

Congressman Chris Van Hollen gives the commencement address to the 2012 graduating class of Walt Whitman High School on June 6, 2012

Congressman Van Hollen reads Dr. Seuss's The Lorax to students at Wheaton Woods Elementary School as part of the Read Across America event on March 1, 2012

Congressman Van Hollen discusses budget policy at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace on February 3, 2012

Congressman Van Hollen speaks out against corporate spending in politics on January 19, 2012 during a rally in Annapolis.

Congressman Van Hollen meets with Kevin Brandt (National Park Service Superintendant) and Matt Logan (President of C&O Canal Trust) at the C&O Canal Trust Benefit “Park After Dark” (Credit John Hoover Photography)