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Van Hollen, Chris

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D  ·  SEN  ·  Maryland
57%
spoke · 4 of 7 transcribed hearings
16min
speaking time on the record
33
speaking turns
2,528
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Van Hollen, Chris. Exactly, and that's how you prevent loopholes. That's how you create an even playing field. As I'm sure you're aware, SEC Chair Atkins has said that he'd like to put out what he calls an innovation exemption from the security laws. We don't know all the details yet because the SEC hasn't released th...

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To receive a closed briefing update on the war in Sudan.
Aug 05, 2026·3:00 PM
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Hearings to examine the nominations of Peter McCoy, of South Carolina, to be Ambassador to Montenegro, Daniel Travis, of California, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Sierra Leone, and Nathaniel Morris, of Kentucky, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Colombia, all of the Department of State.
Aug 05, 2026·10:00 AM ·1h 20m ·15 speakers
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Hearings to examine the reality of Medicaid.
Aug 04, 2026·10:00 AM
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● SPOKEHearings to examine the nominations of Sarah B. Rogers, of New York, to be Chief Executive Officer of the United States Agency for Global Media, Rebekah Jurata, of California, to be United States Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund, and Jennifer Johnson-Carroll, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Department of State.
Jul 30, 2026·10:30 AM ·1h 39m ·14 speakers
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Business meeting to consider the nominations of Christopher Phelan, of Minnesota, to be Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, John Crews, of Virginia, to be a Member of the National Credit Union Administration Board, and Jeffrey Ledbetter, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Department of Housing and Urban Development; to be immediately followed by an opening hearing to examine the nominations of Brian Johnson, of Ohio, to be Director, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, Abby Warren, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, and Irving Dennis, of Ohio, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Jul 23, 2026·10:00 AM ·2h 16m ·20 speakers
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Business meeting to consider the nominations of Kari Lake, of Arizona, to be Ambassador to Jamaica, Douglas Mastriano, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Slovak Republic, Juan Segura, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Inter-American Foundation, and to be an Assistant Secretary (Western Hemisphere Affairs), Barbera Thornhill, of North Carolina, to be Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking, with the rank of Ambassador at Large, Joseph Burkhalter, of Georgia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Moldova, John Hurley, of California, to be Representative of the United States of America to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, with the rank of Ambassador, Daniel Perez, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Federative Republic of Brazil, Rudolph Bauer, of South Carolina, to be Ambassador to Belize, Brendan Hanrahan, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (European and Eurasian Affairs), Katherine Bowles, of Alabama, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Legislative Affairs), Donald Blome, of Illinois, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Near Eastern Affairs), Christopher Anderson, of Wisconsin, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Cambodia, Laurence Socha, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the Republic of The Gambia, and Stanley Brown, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, all of the Department of State.
Jul 22, 2026·9:00 AM
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Business meeting to consider the nomination of Hal Duncan, of Texas, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
Jul 22, 2026·10:00 AM ·48m ·14 speakers
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