Chris Van Hollen · [email protected]

October 9, 2021 at 6:02 PM

What happens in Texas, won't stay in Texas

  One month ago, Texas passed one of the most restrictive abortion laws our country has ever seen, and the Supreme Court allowed it to go into force. And last night — just days after a federal judge issued an order blocking implementation of that outrageous law — the 5th U.S. Circuit …

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October 7, 2021 at 4:29 PM

32 times

  Mitch McConnell has voted to raise the debt ceiling 32 other times throughout his Senate career. So what gives now? This is the brass-knuckled politics of destruction, plain and simple. Mitch is convinced that obstructing Joe Biden’s success — even if it risks a major economic crisi…

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  Chris Van Hollen · [email protected]

October 5, 2021 at 4:22 PM

re: the USPS

  This week, Donald Trump’s Postmaster General Louis DeJoy will begin implementing a plan to permanently slow down first-class mail services. That’s right, this is the next step in his continuing efforts to slash Post Office services, slow delivery times, and raise postage rates. DeJo…

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  Chris Van Hollen · [email protected]

October 1, 2021 at 7:04 PM

thank you!

  First, I want to take a moment to say ‘Thank You’ for your support in helping us reach our end-of-quarter fundraising goal late last night. Grassroots supporters like you are what power this campaign — and I am so grateful to be in this fight for our democracy alongside you. This pa…

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September 30, 2021 at 9:56 PM

our FEC deadline at midnight

  It's been nine months since National Youth Poet Laureate, Amanda Gorman, delivered her stirring poem, "The Hill We Climb" at Joe Biden's presidential inauguration. It was a powerful moment calling for unity and justice, a reckoning with the our past and looking toward a hopeful futu…

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  Samantha Gross, Team Van Hollen · [email protected]

September 30, 2021 at 1:49 PM

before the deadline passes

  Tonight is our September fundraising deadline, and at the moment, it looks like we are still a little short of reaching our goal before the deadline passes. Contributions from grassroots supporters like you are what power Chris’s work to advance a bold new agenda for the American pe…

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September 29, 2021 at 4:47 PM

forty-eight hours

  Republicans are hell-bent to overturn the results of the 2020 election — and do whatever they can to make the Biden Presidency fail. It's sickening. Their obstructionist agenda now includes threatening an economic calamity by refusing to raise the debt ceiling so we can pay the bill…

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September 28, 2021 at 2:17 PM

a shameless strategy

  “Senate Republicans block debt limit measure, stopgap funding as government shutdown looms” — ABC News 9/27/21 We are now on the precipice of a government shutdown with less than three days to go. And make no mistake: this is about pure political gamesmanship — plain and simple. Mit…

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September 27, 2021 at 4:31 PM

this Thursday

  This Thursday campaigns across the country file their end-of-quarter reports. And Senate candidates up for re-election in 2022 need to show the strongest possible fundraising results — including our campaign right here in Maryland where Mitch McConnell is working to recruit a big mo…

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  Raphael Warnock · [email protected]

September 25, 2021 at 2:57 PM

Trump in Georgia

  As you read this, Donald Trump is on his way to my home state of Georgia. He’s getting ready to speak at a rally tonight and endorse a slate of Republican candidates running for office next year, including one of my potential Senate opponents. Many of those who will appear on stage …

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  Chris Van Hollen · [email protected]

September 23, 2021 at 2:35 PM

reining in Big Pharma

  Americans spend more on prescription drugs than anyone else in the world and that’s not accidental. Pro-industry laws have allowed drugmakers to set any price they want for their products. And while the pharmaceutical industry consistently rakes in huge profits, everyday Americans s…

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  Chris Van Hollen · [email protected]

September 20, 2021 at 8:02 PM

Add your name: No Government Shutdown

  In just 10 days Congress, and our country, face an important deadline: the final day to pass a continuing resolution to keep our government funded or face a painful and costly government shutdown. At the same time, we are also approaching another deadline — the need to lift the debt…

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September 17, 2021 at 4:37 PM

tomorrow's 'J6' rallies

  The fences that encircled the Capitol for months after the January 6th insurrection are going back up again as Washington DC prepares for a weekend rally — funded and organized by former Trump operatives — in support of the seditionists who attacked the US Capitol to try and block t…

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September 15, 2021 at 6:03 PM

dire predictions, with an important silver lining

  "Climate change could trigger migration of 216 million people, World Bank warns" — NBC News Yesterday a newly released report from the World Bank included the latest dire predictions about the global impact of the climate crisis in the next 30 years if bold action is not taken. But …

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  Chris Van Hollen · [email protected]

September 14, 2021 at 6:54 PM

Can you fill out our fall priorities survey?

  This fall is shaping up to be extremely busy — and consequential — in the U.S. Senate. We must take action on a number of our key legislative priorities including passing the Build Back Better Budget through reconciliation and advancing critical legislation to protect voting rights …

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September 13, 2021 at 8:43 PM

Can you help us meet our goal?

  As Republican governors lashed out defiantly last week against President Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandate — ignoring the fact that their own states have strict vaccine mandates to prevent other diseases — the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee sent out a fundraising email from…

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  Chris Van Hollen · [email protected]

September 10, 2021 at 5:36 PM

vaccine mandates are not ‘un-American’

  “People like to say we’re done with COVID, but COVID is not done with us.” That’s Dr. Fauci setting the record straight after Congressman Jim Jordan outrageously declared the “real America” is done with COVID-19. Even as COVID cases and deaths are spiking in red states across the co…

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  Chris Van Hollen · [email protected]

September 8, 2021 at 9:51 PM

Texas Governor Greg “rights-restrictor” Abbott

  What’s happening in Texas is bad for our democracy and bodes ill for the future. The sweeping voting restrictions bill signed into state law yesterday by Texas Governor Greg Abbott is a central pillar of the GOP scheme to hold on to power in a rapidly changing state increasingly pop…

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  Chris Van Hollen · [email protected]

September 6, 2021 at 3:04 PM

Our Build Back Better Budget

  This Labor Day we have something to celebrate and something to fight for. The good news is both the Senate and the House have passed Budget Resolutions that create the framework for passage of the Democratic Build Back Better Budget Reconciliation plan. That plan would make once-in-…

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  Chris Van Hollen · [email protected]

September 3, 2021 at 6:23 PM

the Supreme Court

  Just minutes before midnight on Wednesday, the Supreme Court voted 5-4 against taking action to stop a devastating new Texas law from going into effect. The law bans abortion for Texas women after six weeks of pregnancy (a period during which many are not even aware they are pregnan…

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  Chris Van Hollen · [email protected]

September 1, 2021 at 8:28 PM

thank you

  I want to take a moment to say 'Thank You'. Your support enabled us to reach our August fundraising goal late last night and stay on track to build a strong campaign to protect our majority and keep up the fight for progress for the American people. Just today we saw the Supreme Cou…

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August 31, 2021 at 4:05 PM

Voting Rights Advancement Act

  Last Tuesday — just days before the 60th anniversary of the historic march on Washington led by civil rights giants Martin Luther King Jr., John Lewis, and others — House Democrats passed the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. This is a critical step forward in the battle to …

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  Chris Van Hollen · [email protected]

August 30, 2021 at 4:17 PM

fighting back

  The Supreme Court’s notorious 5-4 Citizens United decision in 2010 opened the floodgates to a torrent of corporate money — including buckets of secret money — being spent to elect and defeat candidates. And when it comes to resources, the GOP has been amassing huge sums to promote t…

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August 26, 2021 at 5:11 PM

Mark Kelly

  After winning a special election to fill the former seat of John McCain, Mark Kelly faces another grueling and expensive campaign to keep this Arizona Senate seat Blue in 2022. We need to hold this Senate seat and make sure Mitch McConnell doesn’t regain the Senate gavel and, with i…

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  Chris Van Hollen · [email protected]

August 25, 2021 at 8:38 PM

we must pass the entire Build Back Better Plan

  For years we have been pushing against the well-funded efforts of Big Oil companies and climate deniers to block critical measures to fight global warming. Now, after four years of moving backwards under Trump, there is no time left to waste. The climate crisis is here and now — and…

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August 23, 2021 at 5:03 PM

Kevin McCarthy

  It’s been quite a week for House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. First he failed to condemn the remarks of one of his members who actually expressed sympathy with a North Carolina man who threatened to blow up the Capitol last Thursday. Then he called for ‘investigations’ into Presi…

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August 20, 2021 at 9:46 PM

Protect the right to vote

  The Texas Republican House Speaker signed civil arrest warrants for the 52 House Democrats who fled the state 39 days ago, denying the Republican-controlled legislature the necessary quorum to pass restrictive voting legislation. Now, they have the two-thirds of members needed to re…

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  Chris Van Hollen · [email protected]

August 19, 2021 at 6:32 PM

Nevada

  My friend, Catherine Cortez Masto and I were both elected to the Senate in 2016 and are up for re-election in 2022. Mitch McConnell has been working hard to recruit a well-funded opponent to challenge Senator Cortez Masto next November. And earlier this week GOP candidate Adam Laxal…

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  Chris Van Hollen · [email protected]

August 17, 2021 at 7:18 PM

preserving our democracy

  Next week House Democrats are preparing to vote on a revised version of the John Lewis Voting Rights Act that would restore key voting provisions struck down by the Supreme Court in 2013. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer plans to put this critical legislation on the Senate floor when w…

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August 15, 2021 at 6:41 PM

tonight

  This past week was an important one in the U.S. Senate. First, we passed a bipartisan infrastructure bill that was the first significant investment in our nation's physical infrastructure in decades. Among many priorities, it will repair roads and bridges, expand public transit, dep…

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August 14, 2021 at 3:02 PM

50-49

  Tomorrow marks the midway point to the September FEC fundraising deadline when every campaign for federal office files a public fundraising report detailing both the funds it has raised and the number of donations. As recently reported, Senate Republicans led by Mitch McConnell and …

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  Chris Van Hollen · [email protected]

August 11, 2021 at 6:52 PM

a historic moment

  It’s been a whirlwind 24 hours in the United States Senate. Yesterday morning the Senate voted 69-30 to pass the bipartisan Infrastructure and Jobs Act to make historic investments in our nation’s physical infrastructure. It’s the first significant infrastructure package in decades,…

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August 10, 2021 at 5:43 PM

USPS: when is enough enough?

  “DeJoy maintains financial ties to former company as USPS awards it new $120 million contract” — The Washington Post While President Biden has restored confidence in our government, one major holdover from the Trump Administration remains unaddressed: Postmaster General Louis DeJo…

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August 9, 2021 at 6:46 PM

polluters need to pay

  Earlier today the U.N. Secretary General issued a new alarming report on the global climate crisis — calling this moment “code red for humanity". But we don’t need to read the report to know that — we can plainly see what’s happening all around us. There’s no denying the climate cri…

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August 6, 2021 at 7:41 PM

56 years ago today

  “No voting qualification or prerequisite to voting, or standard, practice, or procedure shall be imposed or applied by any State or political subdivision to deny or abridge the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race or color.” — Voting Rights Act 1965 …

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August 4, 2021 at 8:01 PM

the climate emergency is here

  This summer we’ve witnessed the escalating harm from climate change. We’ve seen unprecedented floods, heat waves, record wildfires and droughts. The truth is: the lights are blinking RED and this is a critical moment for action. Throughout my career, I have fought and passed measur…

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  Chris Van Hollen · [email protected]

August 2, 2021 at 8:33 PM

Kevin McCarthy

  First, I want to take a moment to say THANK YOU for your assistance in helping us reach our July fundraising goal. Your support is what powers our campaign, and I’m grateful to be in the fight for progress alongside you. We cannot give up in the battle for the heart and soul of our …

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July 31, 2021 at 4:16 PM

a moment to explain why this matters

  I'm reaching out today to ask you to make a small contribution to my re-election campaign ahead of our July fundraising deadline tonight. I hope you will give me a moment to explain why it's important. Republican Congressional leaders have made it clear that they are not going to br…

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  Team Van Hollen · [email protected]

July 30, 2021 at 2:59 PM

a critical juncture

  Tomorrow is an important fundraising deadline. As we work to re-elect Chris and keep the Senate Blue, the measure of our strength is the engagement of our grassroots movement. The future of voting rights, the fight to confront the climate crisis, our mission to build a more inclusiv…

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  Chris Van Hollen · [email protected]

July 29, 2021 at 9:22 PM

conspiracy peddlers not welcome

  Trump ally, Congressman Jim Jordan headlined a sold-out Republican fundraising event on Maryland’s Eastern Shore yesterday. The high dollar dinner was closed to the public, but it’s not difficult to guess what he told the crowd. Jordan is a staunch supporter of Trump’s scheme to inv…

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July 28, 2021 at 4:47 PM

Let’s call it what it is: domestic terrorism

  Yesterday’s testimony before the select House Committee to investigate the January 6th attack was chilling. Americans have seen images and testimony before, but the detailed accounts of the brutal and racist attacks on the Capitol Police and D.C. Police officers that we heard yester…

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July 26, 2021 at 10:18 PM

no one can choose when they get sick

  Americans owe more than $140 billion in medical debt. It’s the largest source of debt in collections in our country and the #1 cause of bankruptcy for American families. This is a national crisis — and it needs to be fixed. For starters, I’m working in the Senate to pass legislation…

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  Chris Van Hollen · [email protected]

July 23, 2021 at 10:06 PM

Our goal: a full and credible investigation

  House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s efforts to scuttle the creation of a special select committee in the House of Representatives to investigate the events of January 6th are reprehensible. After Mitch McConnell killed the effort to create an outside Commission by blocking the v…

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July 21, 2021 at 5:17 PM

Rand Paul’s attack on Dr. Fauci

  Conspiracy theorists are working overtime in the Republican Party. Yesterday, in a Senate hearing with Dr. Anthony Fauci, Senator Rand Paul used his time to double down on dangerous conspiracy theories claiming Dr. Fauci is complicit in covering up the genesis of the coronavirus and…

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  Chris Van Hollen · [email protected]

July 19, 2021 at 5:14 PM

it’s time to end corporate offshore tax havens

  Corporate tax avoidance has had a very harmful impact on our country and our ability to build a shared economy that works for every American — not just the wealthiest. U.S. corporations dodge paying tens of billions of dollars in income taxes each year by shifting profits to subsidi…

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July 16, 2021 at 7:02 PM

the latest new low for Trump Republicans

  DeSantis sells ‘Don’t Fauci My Florida’ merchandise as new coronavirus cases near highest in nation — The Washington Post While Florida records some of the highest new COVID infections, hospitalizations, and deaths per capita in the country, Governor Ron DeSantis is busy spreading m…

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  Chris Van Hollen · [email protected]

July 15, 2021 at 8:33 PM

Universal pre-K, expanded Medicare, $ to confront climate change and more

  Senate Democrats announce plans for $3.5 trillion budget package to expand Medicare, advance Biden priorities — The Washington Post Yesterday I was proud to join my Democratic colleagues on the Senate Budget Committee as we released our budget plan to invest in America’s families an…

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July 14, 2021 at 3:25 PM

the right to vote must be protected

  “…bullies and merchants of fear, peddlers of lies are threatening the very foundation of our country.” Yesterday, President Biden spoke to the nation about the ongoing Republican assault on voting rights and our democratic process — calling it “the most significant test of our dem…

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July 12, 2021 at 10:25 PM

it was a doozy

  You may have missed it (and I wouldn’t blame you), but the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) was held in Dallas, Texas over the weekend. This was the first CPAC conference since Trump lost the election — and it was a doozy. It was CPAC’s biggest conference ever …

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July 11, 2021 at 7:59 PM

Starting this week

  The United States has one of the highest rates of child poverty among the world's wealthiest nations. It's a disgrace. The good news is that thanks to the American Rescue Plan, starting this week nearly 39 million eligible American families will begin to receive up to $300 per month…

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