We need more federal funding for education, including class-size reduction, teacher training and special education. We need to secure funding for a balanced transportation approach. To improve mass transit, we need to extend the Red Line to Clarksburg and Frederick, expand Metro parking, Ride On service and build a Purple Line.
Seek additional federal funding for education and transportation projects in Montgomery County, including class-size reduction, teacher training, special education, Metro parking, Ride On service, and the Purple Line.
Occurrences
Evidence
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For what specific projects in Montgomery County will you work to get additional federal funding? Please address transportation projects specifically. "We need more federal funding for education, including class-size reduction, teacher training and special education. We need to secure funding for a balanced transportation approach. To improve mass transit, we need to extend the Red Line to Clarksburg and Frederick, expand Metro parking, Ride On service and build a Purple Line."
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The Committee also approved Rep. Van Hollen's request that the Corridor Cities Transitway be designated as a "New Start," making it eligible for federal funding. The Committee approved the joint request by Representatives Van Hollen and Wynn that the Bi-County Transitway (also known as the Purple Line) be designated as a "New Start." The Committee authorized the project to receive federal funding for alternatives analysis and preliminary engineering.
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Today U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin announced $275 million in funding for the region's public transportation systems in the Fiscal Year 2017 Omnibus Funding bill. The legislation includes $125 million in funding for the Purple Line project and instructs the Secretary of Transportation to move forward with the project as soon the Full Funding Grant Agreement is signed.
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The funding announced by the Senators includes: ... $3.2 million for education and workforce development, including for the Montgomery County KID Museum’s program to boost Latino engagement in STEM ... and Sunflower Bakery’s workforce development training services for individuals with learning disabilities ... Project Name: Latino STEM Education Initiative: Engaging Kids and Families in STEM Pathways ... Location: Montgomery County ... Amount Awarded: $704,000 ... Project Name: Workforce Development Training Services for Individuals with Learning Disabilities ... Location: Montgomery County ... Amount Awarded: $75,000
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Van Hollen has introduced the Keep Our PACT Act every term he has served in Congress. The legislation would put Congress on a fiscally responsible path to fully fund Title I and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) on a mandatory basis.
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U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin today announced $3.6 million in federal funding through the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). This funding will go towards improving bus facilities, including replacing old bus shelters that are damaged.
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Van Hollen said the FY26 federal investment for pedestrian upgrades in and around Olde Towne Gaithersburg will improve safety for pedestrians, cyclists, transit riders, and students traveling to and from school.
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Van Hollen's FY26 funding list includes Montgomery County projects such as Gaithersburg Pedestrian Safety Improvements ($1M), US 29 Safety and Transit Access Improvements ($500k), the Montgomery County Workforce Development & Technical Training Center ($2M), and the Seismic Quake Lab ($214k).
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At the Metropolitan Grove Station in Montgomery County, the MTA will reconstruct the platform, improve parking accessibility, update signage, and install wheelchair lifts and enclosures.
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MD | Maryland Department of Transportation/Maryland Transit Administration | MARC Stations Accessibility and Infrastructure Improvements Project | $48,064,000
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$48 million to the Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) for platform and passenger crossing upgrades at the Martin State Airport Station and the Metropolitan Grove Station.
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Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and ten of his colleagues called on Department of Education (ED) Secretary Linda McMahon to cease further disruption of IDEA programs that support essential services for students with disabilities, families, educators, and schools
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U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) reintroduced the New Essential Education Discoveries (NEED) Act, which would drive evidence-based improvements and innovations for our schools, by making strategic investments in education research and development (R&D).
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Funds will support construction of a 500-space parking facility at the Burtonsville Park-and-Ride lot, which serves the northernmost station on the county's US29 Flash Bus Rapid Transit Line.
Assessments
Van Hollen did materially advance and secure federal funding for several Montgomery County transportation and education-related priorities, especially Purple Line and other transit investments, plus later local education/workforce funding. But the full campaign promise covered a broader package, including class-size reduction, teacher training, special education, Metro parking, Ride On service, and the Purple Line, and the record does not show complete delivery of all those specific items. Because the strongest evidence comes from his later congressional and Senate work, the timing is later_term rather than same_term.
Van Hollen clearly made the promised kind of effort and secured or advanced some additional federal funding tied to Montgomery County transportation during his House service, including 2005 committee approval of his requests for New Starts eligibility and federal funding authority for the Purple Line and related transit projects. He also later helped secure Purple Line and regional transit funding as senator, and later pursued education and special-education funding, including some Montgomery County-directed appropriations. However, the record provided does not show that he delivered the full set of listed Montgomery County education and transportation items, such as class-size reduction, teacher training, Metro parking, and Ride On service. Because the promise was to seek additional funding and he materially advanced several covered items, but not the complete promised package, partial credit is appropriate.