Newsroom

Subscribe rss
Press Release: July 2, 2020

Hoyer Statement on the CBO's Ten-Year Economic Outlook Report

Today’s updated Economic Outlook by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) should serve as a call to action.  CBO unambiguously projects a challenge of unprecedented scale and scope.  Even after the extraordinary economic response in the CARES Act, unemployment will remain much higher and economic activity much lower for far longer than should be acceptable to any of us.   
Press Release: July 2, 2020

Hoyer Statement on June Jobs Report

While the jobs numbers released today demonstrate an improvement from the period after this pandemic first forced the closure of large parts of our economy, the sharp rise in COVID-19 cases and the subsequent decision in many states to pause or reverse re-opening plans threatens to halt the economic progress we had been making and further delay the recovery for millions of Americans who remain out of work.  Having recovered one-third of jobs lost to this crisis is good news; but the reality that two-thirds of Americans who lost their jobs are still out of work is a sobering reality.  As the extraordinary response of the CARES Act winds down, we are still a long way from a full recovery.
 
Press Release: July 2, 2020

Hoyer Statement on Russia's Constitutional Referendum

Because of its unfree and rigged process, we may never know the real results of today’s referendum in Russia. But the outcome will surely be many more years of dictatorial rule by Vladimir Putin, an autocrat with an iron grip over his people and whose record of aggression and human rights violations rivals that of the czars of old. This is the man praised and admired by President Trump.
Issue Report: July 1, 2020

Republicans Sabotage Health Care During a Pandemic, Democrats Work to Lower Costs, Expand Coverage

The Majority Leader’s Office has issued the following report on the stark contrast between both parties when it comes to health care priorities. While Republicans work to sabotage health care during a pandemic, House Democrats are working to lower drug costs and expand coverage.
 
Press Release: June 30, 2020

What They’re Saying: House Passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act

 Yesterday, House Democrats passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act, which will benefit over 17 million Americans by expanding coverage and bringing down health care costs. News coverage and blog posts highlighted the stark contrast between House Democrats delivering on our pledge to strengthen and enhance the Affordable Care Act and Republican efforts to strike down the ACA in the courts and eliminate protections for Americans with pre-existing conditions.
1593559977

THE DAILY LEADER: WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 2020

FLOOR SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 2020
Press Release: June 30, 2020

Hoyer Statement on the Climate Crisis Action Plan

I applaud the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis and Chairwoman Castor for releasing their Climate Crisis Action Plan today, which calls for 100% clean, net-zero emissions across our economy by 2050.  This roadmap will help guide our nation in the years ahead as we seek to reclaim the mantle of leadership in addressing the challenge of the global climate crisis and seize the economic opportunities that come with meeting that challenge.
Press Release: June 30, 2020

Hoyer Statement on Resolution Recognizing Juneteenth Independence Day

I was proud to support Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee’s resolution today marking the observance of Juneteenth on June 19, 2020.  I applaud her efforts to recognize Juneteenth in the House and make it a federal holiday – an effort I support. 
Speech: June 30, 2020

Hoyer Remarks at Press Conference Following White House Briefing on Russian Bounties on U.S. Troops in Afghanistan

“Good morning. Thank you for being here. Sunday evening I received a telephone call from my former colleague, Mark Meadows, now the Chief of Staff at the White House, who asked me to put together a group of eight to 10 members for the purposes of having a briefing in the SCIF at the White House. I indicated to him I would consider that. I talked to the Speaker about it. Our view has been and always been if the White House asked you to come down for a meeting and to be briefed, you respond to that request.
1593481818

THE DAILY LEADER: TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2020

FLOOR SCHEDULE FOR TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2020
Press Release: June 29, 2020

Hoyer Statement on John Bolton Putting Profits Before His Patriotic Duty

John Bolton should have testified before the House during its impeachment proceedings against President Trump. Instead, he withheld his damning evidence of the President’s abuse of power, preferring to enrich himself off a book deal instead of performing his patriotic duty to testify before the American people. Shame on him. 
Press Release: June 29, 2020

Hoyer Demands All-House Briefing on Russian Bounties on U.S. Troops in Afghanistan

President Truman used to have a plaque on his desk that said ‘The buck stops here.’ President Trump’s approach seems to be, dangerously, as he has said before, ‘I don’t take responsibility at all.’  Over the weekend, we learned of allegations that our intelligence services assessed in March that Russia has been offering a monetary reward for killing American troops in Afghanistan. 
Press Release: June 29, 2020

Hoyer Statement on House Passage of the Emergency Housing Protections and Relief Act

Today, the House passed legislation that will help protect Americans from foreclosures, evictions, and unsafe housing conditions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. With many newly out-of-work Americans facing rent and mortgage payments due on July 1, it is urgent that Congress address this issue.  This bill, sponsored by Chairwoman Maxine Waters of the Financial Services Committee, was included in the Heroes Act that the House passed in May but that the Republican-led Senate refuses to consider. 
Speech: June 29, 2020

Hoyer Floor Remarks on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act

Madam Speaker, last week in the middle of the worst pandemic in our lifetimes, the Trump Administration submitted briefs to the Supreme Court in support of a lawsuit by Republican-led states seeking to overturn the law that provides millions of Americans with access to affordable health care.
Press Release: June 29, 2020

Hoyer Statement on the Supreme Court Striking Down Louisiana Abortion Law

Today’s ruling is a victory for women’s reproductive freedom in our country, which has been under assault by Republican efforts to limit women’s access to health care by forcing the closure of facilities that provide that care. 
1593379884

THE DAILY LEADER: MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2020

FLOOR SCHEDULE FOR MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2020
1593211080

THE WEEKLY LEADER: FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 2020
Speech: June 26, 2020

Hoyer Floor Remarks on Historic DC Statehood Vote

Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of this bill, and I thank Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton and her extraordinary quest, keeping her eye on the prize to make sure that the citizens she represents have full citizenship. I’m proud to stand with her in supporting statehood for the people of the District of Columbia…I want to thank Mayor Bowser with whom I have been proud to work [with] to move this issue forward, with the leadership of Delegate Holmes Norton. I made clear when we announced that the House would consider this bill today, the people who call our nation's capital home have been disenfranchised and shortchanged for too long. Martin Luther king said how long? Too long. 
Press Release: June 26, 2020

Hoyer Statement on the 5th Anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Marriage Equality Ruling

Five years ago today, the Supreme Court recognized the fundamental truth that love is love and that all families ought to be treated equally under our laws. 
Speech: June 26, 2020

Hoyer Urges Senate Action on H.R. 4 at Press Event Marking the 7th Anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Shelby County v. Holder Decision

Thank you very much. I’m going to leave this mask on. This mask is about voting rights. This mask is about respect. This mask is about doing what our democracy demands: facilitating that everybody in America, every individual, every American citizen has the right to vote and to have their vote counted.
1593136845

THE DAILY LEADER: FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 2020

FLOOR SCHEDULE FOR FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 2020
Speech: June 25, 2020

Hoyer Floor Remarks on the George Floyd Justice In Policing Act

Mr. Speaker, we ought to come together, we ought to reason together, and we will get a better product in the legislative process. Sadly, our friends in the United States Senate don't always do that. Sadly, when your party was in the leadership, it didn't always do that. And yes, from time to time, we do that.
Speech: June 25, 2020

Hoyer Remarks at Press Conference on DC Statehood

We are going to pass a bill in the House of Representatives that says those who happen to live within these three quarters and a river are full citizens of America and should be accorded, therefore, the full rights of citizenship in our country. I am so very proud of [Rep.] Eleanor Holmes Norton, and of Mayor [Muriel] Bowser, and of [DC Council] Chair [Phil] Mendelson, and of Senator [Paul] Strauss, who is the Shadow Senator
Press Release: June 25, 2020

Hoyer Statement on the 70th Anniversary of the Korean War

As we mark the seventieth anniversary of the start of the Korean War, we remember and honor the 36,574 Americans who lost their lives and the 103,284 who were wounded defending freedom against communism and aiding in the defense of our Korean allies.