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Leader's Report: February 1, 2019

Democrats Vote to Provide Cost-of-Living Adjustment for Federal Employees, Condemn Government Shutdowns

This week, the House passed the Federal Civilian Workforce Pay Raise Fairness Act of 2019, which will bring the 2019 cost-of-living adjustment for civilian federal employees in line with the cost-of-living adjustment given to members of the military.
Leader's Report: January 25, 2019

House Votes to End Trump Shutdown, Pay Federal Employees

This evening, the House passed a short term continuing resolution to reopen the government and allow 800,000 federal employees to get back to work serving the American people and receive the pay they are due.
Leader's Report: January 18, 2019

House Democrats Continue to Vote to Reopen Government, Introduce Legislation to Raise the Minimum Wage

This week, House Democrats voted every day to reopen government and end the Trump shutdown. 
Leader's Report: January 11, 2019

House Democrats Vote to Reopen Government, Provide Retroactive Pay for Federal Employees

Today, 800,000 federal employees across the country will miss their first paycheck since President Trump shut down the government.
Leader's Report: January 4, 2019

The Democratic-Led 116th Congress Convenes, Passes Legislation to Reopen the Government

This week, the Democratic-led 116th Congress convened, and House Democrats – who are now entrusted with control of the House Floor – quickly took steps to pass a House Rules package that will restore power to the American people and ensure that Congress works again on their behalf.
Leader's Report: December 14, 2018

Democrats Call on Republicans to Responsibly Fund Government, Avert Another Trump Shutdown

As Congress quickly approaches the December 21st deadline to fund the remainder of government, House Democrats are committed to working on a bipartisan basis to avoid another Trump shutdown.
Leader's Report: November 30, 2018

Whip Hoyer Elected House Majority Leader, Releases 2019 House Calendar

I am deeply honored to have been chosen by my Democratic colleagues to return to the position of House Majority Leader in the 116th Congress.
Leader's Report: November 16, 2018

Democrats Prepare for Democratic Majority in 116th Congress

Last week, the American people elected a Democratic Majority in the House of Representatives, resulting in the most diverse Congress in history.
Leader's Report: September 28, 2018

Republicans Double Down on Tax Cuts for the Wealthy at the Expense of the Middle Class

Today, Congressional Republicans doubled down on their deeply unpopular GOP tax scam by passing a second round of tax cuts to benefit the wealthy.
Leader's Report: September 7, 2018

Republicans Fail to Address Critical Priorities, While Democrats Focus on Policies For the People

This week, the House returned to session with another potential crisis created by President Trump and Congressional Republicans’ failure to fund government.
Leader's Report: July 27, 2018

House Democrats Announce Updated Make It In America Plan

This week, I gave a speech announcing how House Democrats are updating the Make It In America Plan based on feedback we received from Americans on the Make It In America Listening Tour I’ve led to nine cities over the past year.
Leader's Report: July 20, 2018

Democrats Urge Republicans to Take Action to Protect Our Democracy

On Monday, the world witnessed the President of the United States side with President Putin over our own intelligence community, which has confirmed that Russia interfered in the election and continues to attack our democracy.
Leader's Report: July 13, 2018

Democrats Continue to Highlight Americans’ Health Care Is At Stake with President Trump’s Supreme Court Nomination

On Monday night, President Trump announced his nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, a decision that was based on a litmus test he laid out during the campaign: to nominate justices who would oppose the Affordable Care Act and Roe v. Wade.
Leader's Report: June 29, 2018

We Stand with the Capital Gazette

This week, the House overwhelmingly rejected Republican leaders’ anti-immigrant proposal brought to the Floor yesterday. This partisan bill did not protect DREAMers or resolve the Trump Administration’s family separation crisis at the border.
Leader's Report: June 22, 2018

Republicans Fail to Protect DREAMers and Solve President Trump’s Family Separation Crisis

Today, 290 days after President Trump unnecessarily ended the DACA program, Republican leadership refuses to bring bipartisan legislation to the Floor to protect DREAMers and take action to resolve the crisis created by the Trump Administration’s cruel family separation policy.
Leader's Report: June 15, 2018

Republicans Refuse to Address DACA Crisis; Trump Administration Seeks to End Protections for Pre-Existing Conditions

This week, the House considered legislation related to the opioid epidemic, which is a major public health crisis across our nation that demands bipartisan cooperation and leadership across all levels of government.
Leader's Report: June 8, 2018

Republicans Continue to Short-Change the American People, Sabotage the Affordable Care Act

This week, House Republicans brought two deeply flawed bills to the Floor. The first was their hypocritical rescissions package, which would rescind funding for priorities like children’s health in an attempt to look fiscally responsible.
Leader's Report: May 25, 2018

To Restore Faith in Government, Democrats Offer a Better Deal; Meanwhile, Republicans Undermine Consumer Protections

This week, House and Senate Democrats unveiled the newest plank in our Better Deal agenda: “A Better Deal for Our Democracy.”  Too many Americans have come to see government as dysfunctional and ineffective at making opportunities more broadly available. 
Leader's Report: May 18, 2018

Republican Majority Continues to Prove Their Inability to Govern; Democrats Offer Americans A Better Deal

Today, the House once again witnessed the Republican Majority’s inability to govern when they failed to pass their partisan Farm Bill today.
Leader's Report: May 11, 2018

Republicans Continue to Sabotage Health Care for Americans, Propose Cutting Billions from CHIP and the Affordable Care Act

This week, Americans continued to see the impact of Republicans’ efforts to sabotage the Affordable Care Act.
Leader's Report: April 27, 2018

House Democrats are Offering Americans A Better Deal

Today, the House passed a bipartisan, long-term reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration, action that was long overdue
Leader's Report: April 20, 2018

On Tax Day, House Democrats Speak Out Against the GOP Tax Law to Give Tax Cuts to the Wealthy

Tax Day was this week, and I joined House Democratic colleagues in discussing how the Republicans’ tax scam gives enormous tax cuts to the wealthiest at the expense of the middle class and our nation’s deficit.
Leader's Report: April 13, 2018

House Democrats Conclude Third Make It In America Listening Tour

Last week, I completed my third Make It In America Listening Tour with stops in Madison, and Eau Claire, Wisconsin along with Reps. Mark Pocan and Ron Kind.
Leader's Report: March 23, 2018

We Are All Great Mills High School

Nearly every week this year, a community has been impacted by a school shooting, and I am appalled and angered that one occurred in my district at Great Mills High School in St. Mary’s County, Maryland on Tuesday.