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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 11h

Or we could hold you accountable for the harm you cause. Just because the Trump admin won't lift a finger doesn't mean big AI should get away with putting profits over people. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 02/10/2026

After Trump's pool guy screwed up the reflecting pool renovation, Trump tried to frame a Marylander, David Hearn. Yesterday, justice won & a judge barred the admin from bringing more baseless charges against him. Now the Trump admin should be held accountable.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 02/10/2026

The Egyptian govt has arrested & disappeared 6 journalists, with zero justification — the largest crackdown in years. Journalism is not a crime. The Egyptian govt must disclose their locations, provide access to their legal rights, & release all six immediately.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 02/10/2026

Thanks to Trump & Republicans' refusal to extend ACA tax credits, Marylanders will see their ACA premiums go up AGAIN in 2027. That's on top of rising copays & deductibles. They're gutting healthcare while they spend billions on an illegal war & tax cuts for the rich. Shameful.

Maryland ACA plan premiums will rise 14.6% next year

WYPR - 88.1 FM Baltimore | By Scott Maucione

Published September 25, 2026 at 1:23 PM EDT

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 01/10/2026

Pierre Damas Bel was an honor student & part of his college's ROTC program. He was also a TPS recipient. After Trump's attacks on TPS, he was forced to wear an ankle monitor that isolated and humiliated him. Pierre died in an apparent suicide. He was 20.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 29/09/2026

The US says our # 1 priority abroad is protecting Americans. But in the West Bank, 9 Americans have been killed by Israeli settlers or security forces with no justice. Meanwhile, they attack Palestinians daily with total impunity. Today, I'll force a vote to demand accountability.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 29/09/2026

While I welcome the decision of OpenAI to scrap the release of its new model, without mandatory safety & testing standards, we’re just trusting the AI giants to do the right thing. I called on OpenAI to reconsider its release of GPT-6 Astra & am still waiting for answers to key questions:

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 29/09/2026

A federal judge ruled that the Trump admin violated her order prohibiting overcrowding at ICE's Baltimore holding room — the very facility I've been sounding the alarm on after we saw this terrible footage last year. The judge is right to threaten contempt — the abuses must end.

‘Spectacular failure’: Baltimore ICE facility violated overcrowding order, judge finds

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 26/09/2026

The Trump admin admitted it made a mistake in illegally deporting this man TWICE, but — like it initially did with Kilmar Abrego Garcia — it's defying a court order & refuses to bring him back. This federal judge is right to hold the admin in contempt. There must be a penalty for flouting the law.

X Post from @kyledcheney: JUST IN: A federal judge (Trump-appointed Stephanie Gallagher) has held the Trump administration in contempt for deporting a man to El Salvador in violation of three court orders. She's ordering the government to return him.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 25/09/2026

Instead of lowering healthcare costs or gas prices, Trump is spending YOUR tax dollars on an illegal, blatantly political ad. He knows how unpopular he is — and now he is using your money to try to change your mind. Corrupt & illegal.

Trump ad airing with government funding despite law against ‘propaganda’
 The agency responsible for the commercial was not immediately clear.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 25/09/2026

Frontier AI models pose risks for all of humanity today. We must hold AI companies liable for harm, but we must also do more to avoid it in the first place. Trump's refusal to negotiate guardrails with China puts us all at risk.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 24/09/2026

Gas, groceries, & now mortgages, all are more expensive because of Trump's illegal war in Iran. From daily life to your future, Trump's war tax is raising prices everywhere. This isn't complicated: To protect our troops, save civilians, & lower prices we need to end this war NOW.

Mortgage Rates Hit 7% as Iran War Fallout Crushes a Weak Housing Market

The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the United States jumped to 7.03 percent, putting pressure on housing affordability.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 24/09/2026

Trump only wants to admit refugees who look like him. While he opens the doors for 17,500 more White South Africans, he's slamming them shut on those who truly are in harm’s way. This sick global apartheid policy must end.

Trump administration to welcome up to 17,500 more White South Africans as refugees

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 24/09/2026

President Trump's ban of Politico, CNN, & MSNOW is the stuff of authoritarians. But Trump's authoritarian envy doesn't change the fact that we have a constitution that expressly protects our free press. The White House must allow these outlets back in NOW.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 23/09/2026

Enough is enough. Instead of using taxpayer dollars to attack Iran & strangle the Cuban people, we should be investing them right here at home. What happened to America First?

Trump threatens to 'annihilate' Iran, says Cuba 'will fall'

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 22/09/2026

Prime Minister Netanyahu's lies about @mayor.nyc.gov don't change the fact that Netanyahu is a wanted war criminal who has blocked justice for Americans killed on his watch. If there's anyone who should be shamed & ashamed, it's him. He's lucky he was even allowed into our country.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 21/09/2026

Trump is working overtime to rig the midterms & preserve his power — & with it, the power of billionaires over the American people. Free & fair elections are vital to our democracy & are our only way to end a broken status quo. We can't let him get away with his schemes.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 18/09/2026

Nowhere is Trump's lie that he would focus only on the 'worst of the worst' clearer than his assault on TPS. TPS holders are here legally, they’re vetted, & they contribute to our communities. America is a nation of immigrants. Trump's attacks on them are cruel & un-American.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 15/09/2026

Days after another measles death, we discover that the most powerful public health official in America will be a headline speaker for an anti-vax rally hosted by a conspiracy org he used to lead. This is public health under Trump and RFK. Americans' lives are at risk.

Kennedy to deliver keynote for anti-vaccine group he once led

Health secretary has previously worked to distance himself from Children’s Health Defense

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 13/09/2026

In August, we stopped the Clarity Act, but when the Senate returns this week the crypto industry & their Republican flunkies in Congress will try again. As is, this bill does nothing to stop Trump's crypto corruption or the use of crypto by bad actors. We can't let this pass.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 12/09/2026

In recent months, OpenAI has reported multiple instances where their AI models broke containment during evaluation & caused security incidents. If OpenAI cannot guarantee safety & effectively monitor their latest model, GPT-6 Astra, it should be removed from public use NOW.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 12/09/2026

25 years ago, America watched in horror as the 9/11 attacks unfolded live on television. First responders gave & risked their lives to save survivors from the rubble. (1/2)

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 11/09/2026

Today marks 25 years since one of the darkest days in American history. We will never forget those we lost on 9/11, the first responders who gave and risked their lives saving others, & all those we lost in the years that followed.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 09/09/2026

Trump promised American workers a 'golden age' but he delivered another Gilded Age for billionaires & big corporations. In the post-WWII era, working people have never gotten a smaller share than today. Meanwhile, Trump & his buddies have never had it so good.

It's a Bad Time to Be an American Worker

Workers' share of US wealth has (once again) fallen to its lowest level ever recorded.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 09/09/2026

If Waltz & Trump are serious about ending the war in Sudan, they should stop US arms sales to countries sending weapons that fuel it. When I offered legislation to do so, Republicans blocked it, saying the admin was opposed. Talk is cheap, use your power to stop the killing.

Peace in Sudan Can Only Flower After a Weapons Embargo

The case for the White House's Security Council resolution on Sudan, made by two senior administration officials.

By Michael Waltz, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, and Massad Boulos, a senior advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump for Arab and African affairs.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 04/09/2026

We already have special research funds for diseases that impact our military. Hegseth has requested a $1.5 TRILLION budget. Still, the DOD is diverting funds for medical research at NIH. Stopping lifesaving treatments & cures to help wage foreign wars. This must end.

‘Outrageous’: Pentagon Secretly Working to Divert Billions From National Institutes of Health

“These funds were provided for lifesaving medical research, not as extra money for the Department of Defense,” said Rep. Rosa DeLauro.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 02/09/2026

Glad the president is celebrating an important NASA achievement that he tried to kill. Ever since his first term, Trump has tried to cancel the Roman Space Telescope. Time after time, Congress worked together to stop him. Looks like even he's glad we did.

Truth Social Post from President Trump: “NASA Mission Control yesterday! President DONALD J. TRUMP”

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 01/09/2026

While Trump pushes to fast-track data centers, ratepayers across the PJM grid area are paying $37 BILLION more in their utility bills to subsidize the electricity needs of data centers. Once again, Trump puts the billionaire class ahead of working people.

Truth Social post from President Trump: “The only reason that communities throughout the U.S.A. should not want Data Centers is if they want to end up being backwards and poor. If they want to be successful and rich, with far lower taxes and jobs all over the place, let Data Reign. The good news is that there are plenty of other places that want them. If we kill the Golden Goose, you will only have yourselves to blame.
China could not be happier with this anti Data Center movement. Actually, they can't believe it is happening! President DJT”

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 31/08/2026

Early in 2025, Hegseth asked top military leaders about cutting a program meant to protect civilians during war. No one thought it was a good idea. He did it anyway. Hegseth's leadership has been a failure on every level; he needs to go NOW.

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Top Commanders Told Hegseth Not to Cut Civilian Protection Program, Poll Showed. He Did It Anyway.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 31/08/2026

After Trump's illegal Venezuela raid, I called it out for what it was: A reckless act of war to grab Venezuelan oil for US oil companies & Trump's billionaire buddies. Now, the same people who said I was wrong then are celebrating Trump’s oil 'deal.' It should outrage us all.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 29/08/2026

This is big! A federal court just upheld Oregon's law to make polluters pay for the damage they’ve done. Now we must pass my Polluters Pay Act & bring this model nation-wide. It's simple: When polluters trash our environment, they should be the ones cleaning it up.

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Federal judge upholds first state polluter pays recycling law

By ELLIE BORST | 08/28/2026 05:03 PM EDT

The Oregon case was the first legal test for an approach Democrat-led states are using to hold producers responsible for their plastic waste.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 29/08/2026

Let's be clear: this isn't a win. This is proof Trump put our service members at risk to get Venezuelan oil for his billionaire buddies. Putting our soldiers’ lives on the line for private profit is a gross dereliction of his constitutional duty. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/b...

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 28/08/2026

As corporate profits skyrocket, working people are being stiffed like never before. Trump promised to tip the scales back towards working Americans. His admin's own data reveals the betrayal. We need to shake up this rigged system & ensure working people get their fair share.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 28/08/2026

This weekend, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will be launched into space, where it will help us see more of our universe than ever before. This wouldn't be possible without the incredible NASA Goddard team, who spent the past 15 years designing, building, & testing Roman.

Senator Van Hollen watches the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope being built.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 26/08/2026

Ben-Gvir & extremists in the Israeli govt want to get rid of UNRWA with the hopes of ensuring that there is no such thing as a Palestinian refugee. The world should not continue to sit back & let this happen to UNRWA. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 26/08/2026

Trump’s tariff tax isn’t hurting his wallet. But it is hurting working Americans’ – who still haven’t received the $1,700 they’re owed per household for his last illegal tariff misadventure. When Trump said he doesn't think about Americans' financial situation, he wasn't lying.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 25/08/2026

Trump’s turned the White House into a pay-to-play casino. While prices are going up for Americans, things couldn’t be going better for his stock portfolio. Trump continues to profit off Americans’ pain – including the senseless war he started in Iran. Pure corruption.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 24/08/2026

SCOTUS just took another step forward in advancing Trump’s effort to rig the upcoming elections. While this isn’t the final word, as Justice Jackson made clear in her dissent, these threats inject “chaos and uncertainty” into the elections. They should be shut down immediately.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 24/08/2026

The Trump Administration is hellbent on attacking Americans' voting rights. This illegal extortion plan should be emphatically rejected. Add this to the growing list of Trump's effort to rig the elections.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 22/08/2026

I see a lot of my Republican colleagues are pretending to be alarmed by the national debt. Give me a break. Those concerns would have been useful before they voted for a bloated defense budget, blank checks for a lawless ICE operation, and tax breaks for the richest of the rich.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 21/08/2026

Trump’s war in Iran has been one blunder after another & Americans are paying the price. This war has now taken the lives of 18 US service members & left over 700 wounded. Here at home, costs are rising from the gas station to the grocery store. It’s past time to END THIS WAR.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 21/08/2026

Trump’s cronies are cutting deals left and right for themselves & their families, but when it comes to negotiating an end to this disastrous war, they’re clueless. Once again this corrupt Administration is lining their own pockets while Americans face the costs at home.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 20/08/2026

Once again, Trump is cozying up to dictators – rolling over for Kim Jong Un and getting nothing in return. He’s undermining our credibility throughout the world and making us all less safe.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 19/08/2026

Trump & Republicans have used "fraud" as a pretext to cut essential services that help Americans put food on the table & afford health care. Don't fall for their con. If they actually cared about fraud, they wouldn't have fired Inspectors General across the government.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 18/08/2026

The American wilderness is one of our greatest natural treasures. Now Trump wants to open it up to his development buddies. As Joni Mitchell would say: they’re trying to pave paradise to put up a parking lot.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 18/08/2026

The Trump Admin has now approved a bank charter for World Liberty Financial, Trump's family-owned crypto scam. The company, the deal, the entire process is corrupt to the core. As I said in February to the Trump official in charge of this: it was only a matter of time.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 17/08/2026

Trump & Hegseth think war is a game. They don't care about preventing civilian harm. From tearing apart the office responsible for minimizing such harm to producing this cover-up report, they are whitewashing the killing of civilians.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 15/08/2026

Students with disabilities are students first. The Admin's plan to move programs for these students out of the Dept of Ed will hamper student services, increase backlogs, and make it harder to protect against discrimination. A terrible decision for students and their families.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 15/08/2026

Austin Tice has been missing 14 years today. I have met repeatedly with his parents. They deserve answers — from this Administration, the Syrian government, and others. We must keep working to bring Austin home.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 13/08/2026

These are the actions of an authoritarian state. Instead of investigating the agent who killed Alex Pretti, Trump's DHS conducted sweeping surveillance of Minnesota organizations that were peacefully standing up to this Administration's lawlessness. Despicable.

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