Every day, families in the United States face the stark choice between a roof over their heads and food on the table. Buying health insurance, owning a home, and saving up for college are just too far out of their reach.

Van Hollen also supports animal rights groups such as The Humane Society the Society for Animal Protective Legislation (SAPL) Big Cat Rescue (BCR) and Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund all who gave him a 100% approval rating. After the Democratic losses in 2010 Van Hollen did not run for re-election to chair of the DCCC. Van Hollen has secured federal funding for a number of local-interest projects including transportation initiatives local homeland security efforts education programs and community development projects.

Christopher "Chris" Van Hollen Jr. 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. The district includes most of Montgomery County an affluent suburban county adjacent to Washington D.