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Press Releases

» Health Reform & Its Immediate Impact, March 09, 2010
Democrats are continuing to move forward on health reform that will make insurance more affordable for American families and businesses and give patients – not insurance companies – greater control over their health care.

» Roll Call: Can We Please Stop Talking About Reconciliation?, March 09, 2010
My fellow Roll Call columnist Norman Ornstein was one of the authors of a truly excellent chart on reconciliation that appeared in the New York Times on Sunday.

» Hoyer Statement on GM Decision Allowing Dealers to Reopen Without Arbitration, March 05, 2010
I am pleased to hear that General Motors is giving more than 600 auto dealers the chance to quickly restore dealerships that were closed in the company’s restructuring.

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Multimedia

» Health Care Reform in Congress on CBS, March 02, 2010
We needed to provide access to affordable health care for all Americans and all families. That is the single best selling point because if we don't do that, the system is more expensive, less efficient, our nation is less healthy, and all Americans who have insurance are paying about $1,000 extra in their policies to accomplish that objective... [TRANSCRIPT]

» Speech on Government Debt and Fiscal Responsibility at Brookings Institute, March 01, 2010
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer talked about federal budget fiscal responsibility. Following his remarks he responded to audience members' questions, including one from Alice Rivlin, appointed by President Obama to his recently created bipartisan commission on reducing federal debt... [TRANSCRIPT]

» Discussion of Health Care Reform with Sen. Conrad, Rep. Coburn, and Rep. Blackburn on CBS, February 28, 2010
We needed to have health care reform. That seemed to be a universal agreement. As a result of the work that has been done, we're going to move ahead to try to make sure that all Americans have access to affordable, quality health care. We think that's essential. We think it will bring down costs. We think it will improve the health of America... [TRANSCRIPT]

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Statements and Speeches

» Hoyer Statement on the 2010 Census, March 03, 2010
Every ten years, as long as we have been a nation under the Constitution, the United States has taken a Census of everyone who lives here.

» Hoyer Speaks to the Federation of American Hospitals, March 02, 2010
For more than a year, we’ve been engaged in the struggle to reform America’s dysfunctional health care system.

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Articles

» Roll Call: Can We Please Stop Talking About Reconciliation?, March 09, 2010
My fellow Roll Call columnist Norman Ornstein was one of the authors of a truly excellent chart on reconciliation that appeared in the New York Times on Sunday.

» WSJ: Health Reform Passes the Cost Test, March 09, 2010
Many people are worried that the health-care reform proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats will fail to bend the

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Issue Spotlights

» Department on Labor Releases February Jobs Report, March 05, 2010
Today, the Department on Labor released unemployment data for the month of February, indicating that the economy lost 36,000 jobs and the unemployment rate held steady at 9.7%.

» House Passes the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act, March 04, 2010
Today, the House passed the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act, legislation to help Americans get back to work, with a bipartisan vote of 217-201.

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