August 19th, 2025 by WCBC Radio

Senator Chris Van Hollen was a guest on ABC This Week where he talked about the use of the National Guard to bring crime levels under control in the District of Columbia. Van Hollen said President Trump should give DC the billion dollars it is holding back so the District can hire the officers needed…

“We are using resources, national resources – the FBI, the DEA, folks who are supposed to be out and about protecting the country from violent criminals and now they’re spending their time taking down tents of homeless people in the District of Columbia. I would think people all over the country would worry about that diversion of resources.”