It was stunning actually, because what you would hope for from our national leaders is some reflection, some understanding that the situation that we…

- Chris Van Hollen

It is widely known that the effects of childhood poverty follow children through adolescence and into adulthood.

- Chris Van Hollen

In addition to myself and a number of others, President Clinton talked about the deficit and the debt issue. And he pointed out, really, what I point…

- Chris Van Hollen

Every day, families in the United States face the stark choice between a roof over their heads and food on the table. Buying health insurance, owning…

- Chris Van Hollen

One of the greatest obstacles to escaping poverty is the staggering cost of higher education.

- Chris Van Hollen

It is Basic Management 101 that if you reward failure you are going to get more failure, and if you want success you should reward success. But if yo…

- Chris Van Hollen

As we have all said, we understand that electronic surveillance is a vital tool in the war on terror. We all want to know when Osama bin Laden is cal…

- Chris Van Hollen

I get along very well with Paul Ryan personally. We have very deep differences on policy issues. But we express them civilly.

- Chris Van Hollen

As we get closer to the end of this Congress, we should be addressing the urgent needs of the American people - the war in Iraq, affordable health ca…

- Chris Van Hollen