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Leader's Report: February 28, 2020

House Democrats Pass Historic Antilynching Bill

This week, the House passed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act, which will explicitly designate lynching as a federal hate crime for the first time in history.
Op-Ed: February 28, 2020

Hoyer, Velázquez, Maloney, Ocasio-Cortez Op-ed in the Orlando Sentinel: U.S. House Members Urge Senate: Help Puerto Rico

Wanted to be sure you saw this op-ed by House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Small Business Nydia M. Velázquez (NY-07), Chairwoman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-12), and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) in The Orlando Sentinel today. Following their recent Congressional delegation visit to Puerto Rico, the Members urged Senate Republicans to take action on the House-passed emergency supplemental funding bill to assist the island in responding to ongoing earthquakes. To read the op-ed, click here or see below:
Press Release: February 27, 2020

Hoyer Remarks at Dedication Ceremony of the Committee on Oversight and Reform Hearing Room in Honor of Chairman Elijah E. Cummings

For decades, perhaps centuries, people are going to walk into this room. They are going to look up to see the ‘Elijah Cummings Oversight Committee Room,’ and they [are going] to turn to somebody and say: who was Elijah Cummings? And perhaps those who knew him well will say: ‘he was better than us.’
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THE DAILY LEADER: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2020

FLOOR SCHEDULE FOR FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2020
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THE DAILY LEADER: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2020

FLOOR SCHEDULE FOR Thursday, February 27, 2020
Speech: February 26, 2020

Hoyer Floor Remarks on the Emmett Till Antilynching Act

I am pleased this will be a bipartisan vote. This is about Emmett Till. It's about lynching. It's about violence. It's about hate. But in a larger sense, this is about who we are as a country, who we are as a country that said ‘we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal.’ …To the surprise, I think, of probably many Americans, Madam Speaker, lynching has not been described as a hate crime. We will do that today… The House will make that determination today. I’m proud to bring this legislation to the Floor as Majority Leader."
Speech: February 26, 2020

Hoyer Remarks at Press Conference on the Emmett Till Antilynching Act

Thank you very much. [Rep.] Bobby Rush and I are close and dear friends and have been for many years. [Chairwoman] Karen [Bass], I was at an event some two years ago, and… Joe Madison,
Press Release: February 26, 2020

Hoyer Statement on Senate Republicans’ Attempt to Limit Women's Reproductive Rights

Senate Republicans’ decision to hold votes on measures designed to limit women’s access to reproductive health care is outrageous, particularly given the backlog of important House-passed bills awaiting Senate action.
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THE DAILY LEADER: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2020

FLOOR SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2020
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THE DAILY LEADER: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2020

FLOOR SCHEDULE FOR TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2020
Internal: February 21, 2020

Dear Colleague: House to Vote on Historic Antilynching Bill, Legislation to Address the Youth Vaping Epidemic, Rights for Transportation Security Officers Act, No Ban Act

Next Wednesday, the House will take up H.R. 35, the Emmett Till Antilynching Act, long overdue legislation to explicitly designate lynching as a hate crime under federal law. Also next week, the House will take up legislation to address the youth vaping and e-cigarette epidemic by prohibiting the manufacturing and sale of all flavored tobacco and increasing the user fee on nicotine to discourage young people from buying these dangerous products, among other provisions...
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THE WEEKLY LEADER: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2020
Press Release: February 20, 2020

Hoyer Announces House Vote on Historic Antilynching Legislation

House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) announced today that the House of Representatives will vote on H.R. 35, the Emmett Till Antilynching Act, on Wednesday, February 26. The legislation, introduced by Representative Bobby L. Rush (IL), would designate lynching as a hate crime under federal law. 
Press Release: February 19, 2020

Hoyer, Velázquez, Maloney, Ocasio-Cortez Conclude Congressional Delegation Visit to Puerto Rico

House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Small Business Nydia M. Velázquez, Chairwoman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee Carolyn B. Maloney and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (all D-NY) concluded their Congressional delegation visit to Puerto Rico to survey damage and meet with those affected by recent earthquakes. 
Press Release: February 16, 2020

Hoyer Remarks at Press Conference in Puerto Rico

I am joined by two very senior Members of the United States and one new Member, a daughter of Puerto Rico, and one of our best-known Members in the Congress of the United States.
Press Release: February 14, 2020

Economy Weekly: Week of February 10, 2020

Economy Weekly: Week of February 10, 2020
Press Release: February 16, 2020

Hoyer Leads Congressional Delegation Visit to Puerto Rico

House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) is leading a Congressional Delegation visit to Puerto Rico from Sunday, February 16, to Tuesday, February 18.
Leader's Report: February 14, 2020

House Democrats Call Out Trump’s Broken Promises in Budget, Pass Equal Rights Amendment Resolution

This week, the President released his budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2021, which makes his priorities clear: the wealthiest Americans are put first while working families are left behind. This budget is the latest manifestation of the President’s broken promises to the American people.
Press Release: February 13, 2020

Hoyer Statement on the President Stealing Additional Military Funding for Costly, Ineffective Border Wall

The President promised the American people that Mexico would pay for his border wall, but once again, he is stealing funds appropriated by the Congress to the military in order to fund this costly, ineffective, and wasteful endeavor. 
Speech: February 13, 2020

Hoyer Floor Remarks on the House Resolution to Remove the Deadline to Ratify the ERA

Madam Speaker, first, let me thank Representative [Jackie] Speier, Representative [Carolyn] Maloney, and all those who have been such warriors on this issue for such a long period of time. They are keeping the faith.
Press Release: February 12, 2020

Hoyer Statement on the U.N. Human Rights Council Blacklist

Today we are witnessing the takeover of the U.N. Human Rights Council by the discriminatory B.D.S. movement, whose mission, as expressed plainly by its founders, is to effect a ‘one-state solution’ that eliminates Israel as a Jewish state. 
Issue Report: February 12, 2020

What They’re Saying: President Trump’s Budget

The President released his budget this week, and it has been swiftly panned for making unrealistic economic growth assumptions, failing to address massive deficits and debt, and breaking promises the President made – like protecting Medicare –  just last week in his State of the Union.  Here’s a look at what the press and news columnists are saying about the budget:
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THE DAILY LEADER: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2020

FLOOR SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2020
Speech: February 12, 2020

Hoyer Remarks at Press Event Ahead of House Passage of Equal Rights Amendment Legislation

It’s never too late to do the right thing. About sixty days after…Congress passed the ERA, Maryland voted to ratify the ERA. I had been in the State Senate for five years at that point in the time, and I could not understand why women were not equal under our Constitution as it read, and how sad it was that, the consciousness of our Founders, which was extraordinarily high for their time – extraordinary – but they didn’t say ‘we hold these truths to be self-evident that all human kind are created equal.’ It is time to act. It is far past time to act. As I said in Maryland, 48 years ago, [we] overwhelmingly said: all of us are equal.
Issue Report: February 12, 2020

House Democrats Reaffirm Support for the Equal Rights Amendment

From the wage gap and pregnancy discrimination to sexual harassment and attacks on reproductive health care, women face gender discrimination in many ways. Persistent gender inequality and discrimination impacts women, their families, and our economy: