Van Hollen reports the ‘good news’, but mostly ‘bad news’ coming out of Washington

In his second town hall appearance before the Maryland Association of Counties as the state's senior senator, Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md) rattled off a list of good news coming out of Washington, but a much longer list of bad news for the state.

By: Danielle J. Brown

Outlets: Maryland Matters

Published: August 15, 2026

Words: 521

Last Updated: 3 days, 20 hours ago

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U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md) returned for his second year to lead a town hall-styled forum at the Maryland Association of Counties summer conference, an annual tradition where local and state officials, lobbyists and other interested parties ask Maryland’s senior U.S. senator about operations at the federal level.

This year, Van Hollen said upfront that he had some good news to report — but had a much longer list of “bad news” under …

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