Christopher Van Hollen Jr. Quotes

• We waste an awful lot of energy as a Nation through inefficient use of energy.

  Christopher Van Hollen Jr.

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  Tags in Nation, Energy

• We must have systems of checks and balances to make sure that those people who are making critical decisions for our country are held accountable, and nowhere is that more important than in the area of national security.

  Christopher Van Hollen Jr.

  Topics in Country

  Tags in People, Important, Critical

• This body, the United States Congress, was united, Republicans and Democrats alike, in taking that action, toppling the Taliban government, and working to try and root out al Qaeda and find Osama bin Laden.

  Christopher Van Hollen Jr.

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• The fact of the matter is it’s very reasonable to ask the wealthiest estates to pay their share. We did that since Teddy Roosevelt, a Republican president.

  Christopher Van Hollen Jr.

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  Tags in Matter, Reasonable, Republican

• The confusing thing, I thought, was that most of America already knew that we were overly reliant on oil, especially on foreign oil. But it was news that this administration had begun to at least acknowledge that problem.

  Christopher Van Hollen Jr.

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  Tags in Thought, Problem, American

• It was stunning actually, because what you would hope for from our national leaders is some reflection, some understanding that the situation that we encountered in Iraq was not what we expected, that it was not what he said it would be.

  Christopher Van Hollen Jr.

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  Tags in Actually, National, Expected, Understanding

• 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 you look at the way this administration has approached national security, they have kind of got that principle backwards.

  Christopher Van Hollen Jr.

  Topics in Failure, Management

  Tags in Security, Principle

• Instead, we did take our eye off the ball. We decided, instead of finishing the job in Afghanistan, to go into Iraq. And today, unfortunately, if you look at the situation on the ground, it is a mess.

  Christopher Van Hollen Jr.

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  Tags in Unfortunately, Decided, Situation

• In fact, if you look upon the situation today, there is great division in the world and we have failed to capitalize on that unity to finish the job in Afghanistan and against al Qaeda.

  Christopher Van Hollen Jr.

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  Tags in Look, Great, Capitalize

• I think America understands that energy security is a very important part of our national security. But if we are going to address energy security in a meaningful way going forward, we need to do it in a new manner. We cannot just be doing the same old thing.

  Christopher Van Hollen Jr.

  Topics in America

  Tags in Forward, Important

• I have been privileged to have the opportunity to work with many of African American fraternal and social organizations that are active in my congressional district. They all do important work that makes a tangible difference to the quality of life in our community.

  Christopher Van Hollen Jr.

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  Tags in Important, American, Community

• 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 calling: when he is calling, who he is calling, and what he is saying.

  Christopher Van Hollen Jr.

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  Tags in Understand, Saying, War

• 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 care, a sensible energy policy, quality education for our children, retirement security, and a sound and fair fiscal policy.

  Christopher Van Hollen Jr.

  Topics in Health

  Tags in People, American, Affordable

• Although awareness of cancer’s prevalence in the United States improves and medical advances in the field abound, pancreatic cancer has largely been absent from the list of major success stories.

  Christopher Van Hollen Jr.

  Topics in Success

  Tags in Stories, Advance

Christopher Van Hollen Jr. (14)

Birth:	10th January, 1959
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Lawyer, Politician

About

Christopher "Chris" Van Hollen, Jr. was born in Karachi, Pakistan. He is an American politician and lawyer. He is the U.S. Representative for Maryland's 8th congressional district, serving since 2003. He is a member of the Democratic Party. In 1982, Van Hollen graduated from Swarthmore College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy. He continued his studies at Harvard University, where he earned a Master of Public Policy degree, concentrating in national security studies, from the John F. Kennedy School of Government in 1985. He earned a Juris Doctor from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1990.

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