WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Van Hollen submitted the following statement for the record on the minibus appropriations package with funding for the Department of Defense; State and Foreign Operations; Financial Services and General Government; Department of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development; and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education.
"M. President, we are considering an appropriations package on the floor this week, and there has rightfully been a lot of focus on the section of the bill that funds the Department of Homeland Security, a section that I and my Democratic colleagues continue to insist should be considered separately, as it was in...