Thursday, February 28, 2013
The Maryland Public Service Commission issued an order on Wednesday directing electricity companies to improve service reliability and resiliency.
Potomac's congressional representative, Rep. Christopher Van Hollen, praised the Maryland Public Service Commission for its order, issued Wednesday, requiring the state's utility companies, such as Pepco, to improve the reliability and resiliency of electric service. "I commend the Maryland Public Service Commission for continuing to hold utilities accountable for their restoration efforts as a result of last summer’s derecho," he said in a statement. The commission, "using valuable input collected from affected residents, will order Pepco and other Maryland utilities to provide short-term and long-term plans that address sub-standard infrastructure, slow restoration efforts and lack of communication with customers," he continued. The …
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Rep. Christopher Van Hollen met with Potomac resident Alan Gross in a Cuban prison, where Gross has been detained for more than three years.
Potomac resident Alan Gross met with Rep. Christopher Van Hollen (D-Kensington) on Tuesday—in Cuba, where Gross has been detained in prison for more than three years. "Van Hollen met with Gross while on an official congressional trip to Cuba led by Sen. Patrick Leahy" (D-VT), The Washington Post reported. "We discussed a wide range of issues, and I assured him we were doing everything possible to secure his immediate release," Van Hollen said in a statement. "I indicated to President Raul Castro that the release of Mr. Gross is essential if we are going to improve the relationship between the United States and Cuba—something I believe is in the interest of both of our countries," Van Hollen added. Three years ago last December, Gross was …
Thursday, July 21, 2011
The looming deadline to square up the budget affects Montgomery County because of the many residents who work—directly or indirectly—for the federal government.
All politics may be local, as former House Speaker Thomas Phillip "Tip" O'Neill, D-MA, famously said back in the early 1980s. But here in Montgomery County, as the doomsday clock ticks down on the federal debt limit ceiling, that old political saying may not apply these days. Case in point: When Rep. Christopher Van Hollen, D-MD, held an informal luncheon session with Montgomery County Council members in his hometown of Kensington on Monday, 'local' issues got shoved onto the back burner as the 8th District Representative and ranking minority member of the House Budget Committee was pressed by several council members to discuss the tangled debate in Congress over raising the federal debt ceiling. As Van Hollen explained at a financial …
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Nearly 600 attend consumer protection forum featuring Elizabeth Warren in Silver Spring.
Downtown Silver Spring became ‘Ground Zero’ Tuesday night in the nation's long-running financial reform and consumer protection debates, as nearly 600 Montgomery County residents flocked to the Silver Spring Civic Building to hear Elizabeth Warren and a range of local and state consumer protection officials discuss "Financial Consumer Protection For Today’s Economy.” Rep. Christopher Van Hollen, D-Md., the nationally-known 8th District Congressman, hit upon a hot-button issue with this event which featured Warren as the keynote speaker. More than 30 local, state and federal agencies and nonprofit groups distributed brochures and booklets to a large audience with many consumer concerns. It was timely as well, as Warren is currently at the …
Captain Cook
9:12 am on Friday, February 22, 2013
Van Hollen, The Lap Dog of Nancy Pelosi, will do ANYTHING for press exposure! He is the Chuckie Schumer of the House! Hey Chris, how was the Mojito the beach!? And JUST what did Senior Gross THINK would happen when he went back to Cuba to further annoy the locals? Geez....... more ›