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Statements and Speeches

» Hoyer Statement on Anniversary of Bloody Sunday, March 10, 2010 Forty five years ago, civil rights activists attempted a march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, to demand that their governor honor their right to vote and their God-given equality.

» 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.

» Hoyer Speaks on Fiscal Responsibility at Brookings Institution, March 01, 2010 Never in my decades in Congress have I seen a public so outraged by deficits and debt.

» Hoyer: PAYGO Brings Our Country More Fiscal Discipline Than It Has Seen In Nearly a Decade, February 04, 2010 The House has just voted that our country should pay the bills it has already incurred.

» Hoyer Remarks on Statutory PAYGO at Press Conference with Blue Dog Leaders, February 03, 2010 Tomorrow, the House will have the opportunity to take one of the most important votes for fiscal responsibility in a long time—and I want to thank my Blue Dog friends for working so long to make it possible.

» Majority Leader Hoyer Delivers Speech on 2010 Agenda at National Press Club, January 26, 2010 When President Obama spoke to the Democratic Caucus this month, he took a moment to remind each of us how and why we were called to public service: ‘We were willing to stand up in the public square, risk loss, risk embarrassment, because we knew in our hearts that something wasn’t right.’

» Hoyer Statement on Resolution Expressing Condolences to Haiti, January 20, 2010 I join my colleagues in expressing my sorrow over last week’s earthquake, which shattered the lives of so many of the people of Haiti.

» Hoyer Statement on the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act, December 15, 2009 Every Member in this chamber understands the deep danger inherent in a nuclear Iran.

» Leader Hoyer Delivers Speech on the Republican "Party of No" at the Center for American Progress Action Fund, December 07, 2009 One of our two great parties is now an organization committed to an unprecedented level of lockstep opposition to the president: a ‘Party of No,’ whose political strategy is an investment in failure for our country and paralysis for its institutions...

» Hoyer Statement on Permanent Extension of Estate Tax Relief, December 03, 2009 I rise to support this bill, which permanently extends estate tax relief to American families—and which strikes a fair balance between what we owe to families, farmers, and small businesses, and what we owe to our country’s fiscal future.

» Hoyer Statement in Memory of Abe Pollin, December 01, 2009 Our capital city is mourning the death of one of its leading citizens, a man I was proud to call my friend: Abe Pollin.

» Hoyer Statement on the Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act, November 19, 2009 Today, we have the chance to vote for health care our seniors can count on, and a fiscal future all Americans can have faith in.

» Hoyer Statement on the Fire Grants Reauthorization Act, November 18, 2009 Every day, we and our families live under the blanket of protection provided by America’s firefighters—men and women who are willing to risk their lives to safeguard us, our loved ones, and our property.

» Hoyer Delivers Opening Statement on Affordable Health Care for America Act, November 07, 2009 Soon, each one of us is going to look into his or her conscience and vote on this bill.

» Hoyer Statement on the Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009, November 05, 2009 A year ago this week, Barack Obama was elected president in the midst of the greatest economic crisis in a generation.

» Majority Leader Hoyer Commemorates 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall, November 04, 2009 House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer spoke at a Helsinki Commission event this morning marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

» Hoyer: Inaccurate UN Report Distorts Facts, Treats Israel Unfairly, November 03, 2009 I rise to voice my objection to the unbalanced and inaccurate Report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict, otherwise known as the Goldstone Report.

» Hoyer Statement on the Affordable Health Care for America Act, October 29, 2009 Today, we are one step further on a long, hard road—the road to bringing quality, affordable health care to every American.

» Hoyer Speaks at Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony Honoring Former Sen. Edward Brooke, October 28, 2009 On his arrival in the Senate, Edward Brooke tells us in his autobiography, the same Senators who spoke out so forcefully for segregation were happy to invite their new colleague into the Senate swimming pool.

» Hoyer Speaks on Community Schools at Center for American Progress, October 28, 2009 I am proud to join Prime Minister Blair and Secretary Duncan on this important day for the community schools movement.

» Hoyer Speaks at Press Conference on the Vitter-Bennett Census Amendment, October 22, 2009 The census doesn’t exist to score political points—it exists to give us an accurate picture of our country.

» Hoyer Statement at the Unveiling of the Helen Keller Statue, October 07, 2009 ‘She will be as famous a thousand years from now as she is today.’ Mark Twain, who was her friend, made that prediction for Helen Adams Keller.

» Hoyer Statement on the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2009, September 22, 2009 Eight months into the 111th Congress, and the Obama presidency, it is clear that the economic policies that we have put in place are helping to pull our country out of recession.

» Hoyer Statement on Resolution of Disapproval, September 15, 2009 None of us is happy to be here considering the resolution before us. I know I am not. At the same time, what is at issue here is of importance to this House and to our country.

 

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