Chris Van Hollen
U.S. Congressperson
1959 –
Who is Chris Van Hollen?
Christopher "Chris" Van Hollen, Jr. is the U.S. Representative for Maryland's 8th congressional district, serving since 2003. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes most of Montgomery County, an affluent suburban county adjacent to Washington, D.C., as well as portions of Carroll and Frederick counties. He is an alumnus of the Kodaikanal International School, a very prestigious school in southern India.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi created a new leadership post, Assistant to the Speaker, in 2006 so that Van Hollen could be present at all leadership meetings. After the Democrats regained control of the House in the 2006 elections, Van Hollen became the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the fifth-ranking position among House Democrats. In this post, Van Hollen was responsible for leading efforts to get more Democrats elected to Congress.
After the Democratic losses in 2010, Van Hollen did not run for re-election to chair of the DCCC. Van Hollen instead chose to run for the top Democratic spot on the House Budget Committee, which was being vacated by outgoing chairman John Spratt who had been defeated for re-election. Van Hollen was elected as the ranking member on the Budget Committee on November 17, 2010. Pelosi appointed him to the 12-member bipartisan Committee on Deficit Reduction with a mandate for finding major budget reductions by late 2011.
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- Born
- Jan 10, 1959
Karachi - Also known as
- Christopher "Chris" Van Hollen, Jr.
- Christopher Van Hollen, Jr.
- Spouses
- Children
- Religion
- Anglicanism
- Episcopal Church
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Swarthmore College
- Georgetown University
- Harvard University
- Georgetown University Law Center
- John F. Kennedy School of Government
- Lived in
- Kensington
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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