Honorable Chris Van Hollen
United States Representative, Maryland, Democrat
Representative Van Hollen, of the Eighth District of Maryland, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2002. He served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1990 to 1994 and in the Maryland Senate from 1994 to 2002. He sits on the Ways and Means Committee and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and also serves as Assistant to the Speaker of the House and Chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. The following is from the June 24, 2010, House floor debate on H.R. 5175, the Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in…
