DAILY LEADER: APR 3, 2019 THE DAILY LEADER: THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 2019 FLOOR SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 2019
PRESS RELEASE: APR 3, 2019 Hoyer Discusses the Mueller Report and Health Care on CNN’s "The Situation Room" I want to emphasize that we're concentrating on that in which we campaigned with the American public. In particular, we're focused on health care.
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.
PRESS RELEASE: APR 3, 2019 Hoyer Statement on NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg's Address to Congress Today, Congress heard from Secretary-General Stoltenberg about the challenges NATO member states face and how critical it is that we continue to face them together.
DAILY LEADER: APR 2, 2019 THE DAILY LEADER: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 2019 FLOOR SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 2019
PRESS RELEASE: APR 2, 2019 Hoyer, Lee Announce Majority Leader Task Force on Poverty and Opportunity Vice Chairs Today, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) and Chair Barbara Lee (CA-13) announced the selection of five freshman Members to serve as Vice Chairs of the Majority Leader Task Force on Poverty and Opportunity for the 116thCongress.
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.
PRESS RELEASE: APR 2, 2019 Hoyer Statement on Equal Pay Day Today on Equal Pay Day, we recognize the amount of time into the new year that women must work in order to earn, on average, what men earn the year prior for the same job.
DAILY LEADER: APR 1, 2019 THE DAILY LEADER: TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 2019 FLOOR SCHEDULE FOR TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 2019
DAILY LEADER: MAR 31, 2019 THE DAILY LEADER: MONDAY, APRIL 1, 2019 FLOOR SCHEDULE FOR MONDAY, APRIL 1, 2019
PRESS RELEASE: MAR 29, 2019 Hoyer Announces Vote on Resolution Condemning the Trump Administration's Sabotage of the Affordable Care Act The Trump Administration’s ongoing effort to take health care coverage away from millions of Americans and take critical protections away from millions more through sabotage and lawsuits is reprehensible.
LEADER'S REPORT: MAR 29, 2019 House Democrats Take Action to Raise Wages, Make Health Care More Affordable For The People This week, House Democrats continued to take action on our For the People agenda.
PRESS RELEASE: MAR 28, 2019 Hoyer Statement on President Trump's One-Year Extension of Deferred Enforced Departure Status for Liberians I am relieved that Liberians living in the United States under Deferred Enforced Departure will have their status extended for another year, following a request I and other Members made to the President last week.
PRESS RELEASE: MAR 28, 2019 Hoyer Remarks at Press Conference with House Democrats and Transgender Service Members on House Passage of a Resolution Rejecting Trump’s Transgender Military Ban Thank you [Representative] Joe Kennedy. Things come to the Floor because somebody has the courage to sponsor, to push, and to move forward.
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.
OP-ED: MAR 28, 2019 CNN: The App That Tells You When The US House of Representatives is Voting Wanted to be sure you saw this CNN article on “Dome Watch,” the fully-rebuilt version of Leader Hoyer’s popular app, formerly called “Whip Watch.”
DAILY LEADER: MAR 27, 2019 THE DAILY LEADER: THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 2019 FLOOR SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 2019
STATEMENT: MAR 27, 2019 Hoyer Floor Remarks on the Paycheck Fairness Act Mr. Speaker, the American people entrusted Democrats with the Majority, in part, because we pledged to work hard on the issues they care about most, issues affecting their everyday lives.
STATEMENT: MAR 27, 2019 Hoyer Floor Remarks on President Trump’s Harmful Budget Proposal Mr. Speaker, I rise in deep concern for our country and its ability to sustain investments in growing our economy and making opportunities available for our people.
PRESS RELEASE: MAR 27, 2019 Hoyer Statement on House Democrats' Introduction of H.R. 9, the Climate Action Now Act Today, House Democrats are introducing H.R. 9, legislation to prohibit the Trump Administration from withdrawing from the global climate agreement and embrace the goals set out previously by the United States to promote a cleaner environment, technological innovation, and twenty-first century economic leadership.
DAILY LEADER: MAR 26, 2019 THE DAILY LEADER: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2019 FLOOR SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2019
PRESS RELEASE: MAR 26, 2019 Hoyer Remarks at Press Event to Unveil Legislation to Protect Americans with Pre-Existing Conditions and Make Health Care More Affordable Last Congress, Republicans passed a bill that would repeal the Affordable Care Act, raising health care costs and putting Americans with pre-existing conditions at risk. When that effort failed, the Trump Administration made every effort to sabotage the law.
PRESS RELEASE: MAR 26, 2019 Hoyer: Republicans Set Dangerous Precedent, Allow the President to Ignore the House of Representatives Today, House Republicans were given a choice between allowing President Trump to usurp Congress’s power of the purse with an unjustified emergency declaration to fund his border wall or to stand up for the principle of separation of powers in our Constitution.
PRESS RELEASE: MAR 26, 2019 Hoyer: The Trump Administration Endorses Taking Health Coverage Away From Millions Of Americans In the brief it filed last night in the Texas case against the Affordable Care Act, the Trump Administration endorses taking health coverage away from millions of Americans and eliminating consumer protections for tens of millions more, including the law’s protections for those with pre-existing health conditions.
