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PRESS RELEASE: MAY 17, 2019

House Democrats Pass Legislation to Lower Health Care and Prescription Drug Costs, Ban LGBT Discrimination with Passage of Equality Act

Message from the majority leader
PRESS RELEASE: MAY 17, 2019

Hoyer Floor Remarks on the Equality Act

Today we will take another step in a long journey towards a more perfect union… Every Democrat will vote for this bill.
ISSUE REPORT: MAY 17, 2019

H.R. 5, the Equality Act

Today the House will vote on H.R. 5, the Equality Act, introduced by Rep. David Cicilline (RI-01).
PRESS RELEASE: MAY 16, 2019

Hoyer: President Trump’s Immigration Proposal Is a Non-Starter

While we certainly need to have a conversation about reforming our immigration system to attract the full range of immigrants ready to contribute to growing our economy, President Trump’s proposal is based on a set of falsehoods aimed at only allowing immigrants from certain favored nations or backgrounds.
PRESS RELEASE: MAY 16, 2019

Hoyer Floor Remarks on the Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act

If you put patients before politics, you will vote for this bill.
ISSUE REPORT: MAY 16, 2019

H.R. 987, The Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act

As the Trump Administration continues its efforts to sabotage the Affordable Care Act, which would kick millions of Americans off of their insurance and remove patient protections, House Democrats are working to secure access to affordable health care and lower prescription drug costs as part of our For the People agenda.  
PRESS RELEASE: MAY 17, 2019

House Democrats Pass Legislation to Lower Health Care and Prescription Drug Costs, Ban LGBT Discrimination with Passage of Equality Act

Message from the majority leader
PRESS RELEASE: MAY 17, 2019

Hoyer Floor Remarks on the Equality Act

Today we will take another step in a long journey towards a more perfect union… Every Democrat will vote for this bill.
PRESS RELEASE: MAY 16, 2019

Hoyer: President Trump’s Immigration Proposal Is a Non-Starter

While we certainly need to have a conversation about reforming our immigration system to attract the full range of immigrants ready to contribute to growing our economy, President Trump’s proposal is based on a set of falsehoods aimed at only allowing immigrants from certain favored nations or backgrounds.
PRESS RELEASE: MAY 16, 2019

Hoyer Floor Remarks on the Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act

If you put patients before politics, you will vote for this bill.
PRESS RELEASE: MAY 15, 2019

Bipartisan House Leadership Calls on Turkey to Cancel Russian Weapons Purchase

I’m proud to join a bipartisan group of Members in sending a message of strong support for the U.S.-Turkish alliance within the framework of NATO and to oppose Turkey’s purchase of a Russian weapons system.
PRESS RELEASE: MAY 15, 2019

Hoyer Statement on Abortion Bans in Alabama and Georgia

In 1973, the Supreme Court recognized that women have a Constitutional right to make decisions about their own bodies when it comes to reproductive health.
STATEMENT: MAY 9, 2019

Hoyer Floor Remarks on the Protecting Americans with Pre-Existing Conditions Act

Mr. Speaker, over the past few years Congressional Republicans and the Trump Administration have engaged in a dangerous campaign to repeal, undermine, and dismantle the Affordable Care Act.
STATEMENT: MAY 1, 2019

Hoyer Floor Remarks on H.R. 9, the Climate Action Now Act

Climate change is perhaps one of the greatest threats we face as a nation and as a planet, those who deny it do so at great peril to the health, security, and economic prosperity of our country.
STATEMENT: APR 4, 2019

Hoyer: This Motion is A Cynical Ploy

Mr. Speaker, I take no back seat to my support for Israel for half a century. I rise in opposition to this cynical, political ploy.
STATEMENT: APR 3, 2019

Hoyer Floor Remarks on the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization of 2019

This legislation was introduced by Representative Karen Bass. It’s a five-year reauthorization. 
STATEMENT: APR 2, 2019

Hoyer: Vote For This Resolution and Send A Message That You Will Protect Americans with Pre-Existing Conditions

[The American people] want Congress… to work to improve and make our health care system work better for all Americans, and, yes, have it affordable and accessible.
STATEMENT: MAR 28, 2019

Hoyer Floor Remarks Urging the House to Reject the Trump Administration’s Discriminatory Ban on Transgender Service Members

Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of the resolution, introduced by my friend, the gentleman from Massachusetts, [Representative Joe] Kennedy.
SPEECH: APR 11, 2019

Hoyer Remarks Introducing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell at House Democrats’ Issues Conference

Good evening. Tomorrow, we will mark 100 days of our Democratic Majority. We have shown the American people what Democrats stand for and what we will fight for throughout the 116th Congress.
SPEECH: MAR 24, 2019

Hoyer Delivers Remarks at AIPAC Annual Policy Conference

I am not Jewish, nor do I do represent a large Jewish constituency.  But I have visited Israel some fifteen times, and I have seen the courage of its people and their enduring spirit to make their country flourish. 
 
SPEECH: FEB 14, 2019

Hoyer Delivers Eulogy for Congressman John D. Dingell Jr.

There is nothing I can tell you about John Dingell that you don’t already know.
 
SPEECH: DEC 10, 2018

Hoyer Delivers Remarks at the National Immigrant Integration Conference

Good afternoon.  I’m excited to be here with CASA and this wonderful coalition of organizations working to protect America’s role as a refuge for those seeking freedom and opportunity.
SPEECH: SEP 12, 2018

Hoyer Delivers Speech on Returning to a Government Of, By, and For the People

Thank you all for being here today.  And thank you to End Citizens United Action Fund for hosting us this morning. 
SPEECH: JUL 23, 2018

Hoyer Delivers Speech Announcing House Democrats’ Updated Make It In America Plan

Thank you.  Like other co-working spaces popping up across the country, WeWork is an example of how Americans are adapting to changes in the global economy. 
 
PRESS RELEASE: MAY 17, 2019

House Democrats Pass Legislation to Lower Health Care and Prescription Drug Costs, Ban LGBT Discrimination with Passage of Equality Act

Message from the majority leader
PRESS RELEASE: MAY 17, 2019

Hoyer Floor Remarks on the Equality Act

Today we will take another step in a long journey towards a more perfect union… Every Democrat will vote for this bill.
ISSUE REPORT: MAY 17, 2019

H.R. 5, the Equality Act

Today the House will vote on H.R. 5, the Equality Act, introduced by Rep. David Cicilline (RI-01).
PRESS RELEASE: MAY 16, 2019

Hoyer: President Trump’s Immigration Proposal Is a Non-Starter

While we certainly need to have a conversation about reforming our immigration system to attract the full range of immigrants ready to contribute to growing our economy, President Trump’s proposal is based on a set of falsehoods aimed at only allowing immigrants from certain favored nations or backgrounds.
PRESS RELEASE: MAY 16, 2019

Hoyer Floor Remarks on the Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act

If you put patients before politics, you will vote for this bill.
ISSUE REPORT: MAY 16, 2019

H.R. 987, The Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act

As the Trump Administration continues its efforts to sabotage the Affordable Care Act, which would kick millions of Americans off of their insurance and remove patient protections, House Democrats are working to secure access to affordable health care and lower prescription drug costs as part of our For the People agenda.  
ISSUE REPORT: MAY 17, 2019

H.R. 5, the Equality Act

Today the House will vote on H.R. 5, the Equality Act, introduced by Rep. David Cicilline (RI-01).
ISSUE REPORT: MAY 16, 2019

H.R. 987, The Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act

As the Trump Administration continues its efforts to sabotage the Affordable Care Act, which would kick millions of Americans off of their insurance and remove patient protections, House Democrats are working to secure access to affordable health care and lower prescription drug costs as part of our For the People agenda.  
ISSUE REPORT: MAY 7, 2019

House Democrats Vote To Protect Patients with Pre-Existing Conditions and Lower Costs of Prescription Drugs

Saturday, May 4, marked the two-year anniversary of House Republicans passing their TrumpCare bill to take health care coverage and protections away from millions of Americans.
ISSUE REPORT: APR 11, 2019

100 Days of Fighting For The People: Raising Wages, Lowering Health Care and Prescription Drug Costs, Ensuring More Families Can Make It In America

Friday, April 12, marks the 100th day of the House Democratic Majority, and House Democrats have made significant progress on the For The People agenda during that time, working to raise wages and expand economic opportunity; lower health care and prescription drug costs; and ensure working families have the tools to make it in America.
ISSUE REPORT: APR 10, 2019

100 Days of Fighting For The People

Almost 100 days into the Congress, House Democrats have made substantial progress on the For The People agenda, focusing on lowering health care and prescription drug costs, expanding economic opportunity and raising wages, and cleaning up corruption and restoring oversight in Washington. 
ISSUE REPORT: APR 5, 2019

The Bipartisan Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019

This week, the House passed the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization of 2019, a five-year reauthorization introduced by Rep. Karen Bass (CA-37), with bipartisan support.
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