US Senator felicitates Pakistanis on Pakistan Day

US Senator Chris Van Hollen on Sunday said he felt happy to felicitate Pakistanis on Pakistan Day, reported 24NewsHD TV channel. 

In his video message, the senator said all his life he witnessed the hospitality of Pakistanis. 

He further said that the Pakistanis living in the USA had rendered their services in every field of life. “I have a desire to work for bringing peoples of both countries closer to each other and strengthening the bond of friendship existing between them,” Hollen said. 

Hollen is an American attorney and politician serving as the senior senator from Maryland, a seat he has held since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the US Representative for Maryland’s 8th congressional district from 2003 to 2017 and as a senator from 1995 to 2003.

In 2007, Hollen became the chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC). 

In this post, he was responsible for leading efforts to defend vulnerable Democrats and get more Democrats elected to Congress in 2008, which he did.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi created a new leadership post, Assistant to the Speaker, in 2006 so that Hollen could be present at all leadership meetings. He was elected ranking member on the Budget Committee on November 17, 2010.