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Leader's Report: June 21, 2019

House Democrats Pass Legislation to Fund Government, Call on Senate GOP to Take Up House-Passed Bills

This week, the House continued to consider legislation to fund the government and avoid a Trump shutdown at the end of the fiscal year.
Leader's Report: June 14, 2019

House Democrats Work to Fund Government, Vote to Hold Trump Administration Accountable

This week, the House began consideration of appropriations legislation to fund the government. We began with a package of four funding bills: Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education; Defense; State & Foreign Operations; and Energy and Water Development.
Leader's Report: June 7, 2019

House Democrats Pass Legislation to Protect Dreamers and Those with TPS and DED

This week, I was proud that the House passed legislation to protect Dreamers and those with temporary protected status (TPS) and Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) status.
Leader's Report: May 24, 2019

House Democrats Vote to Protect Consumers and Strengthen Retirement Security, Remain Committed to Infrastructure Investment

This week, House Democrats continued to work For The People by passing legislation to undo the Trump Administration’s sabotage of the consumer protections enacted as part of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street reforms.  
Leader's Report: May 17, 2019

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

This week, House Democrats continued to focus on expanding access to affordable, quality health care and lowering the cost of prescription drugs.
Leader's Report: May 3, 2019

House Democrats Take Action to Address the Climate Crisis

This week, I was pleased that the House took a first step toward addressing climate change by passing H.R. 9, the Climate Action Now Act.
Leader's Report: April 5, 2019

House Democrats Vote to Condemn the Trump Administration’s Sabotage of Health Care, Reauthorize VAWA

This week, House Democrats continued to take action on our For The People agenda.
Leader's Report: March 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.
Leader's Report: March 15, 2019

President Trump Releases Another Deeply Harmful Budget, Democrats Pass Legislation to Make Government More Transparent and Open

On Monday, the Trump Administration released its budget for Fiscal Year 2020. Once again, the President has put forward an irresponsible, unserious budget proposal that was dismissed as dead on arrival.
Leader's Report: March 1, 2019

House Passes Resolution to Terminate President Trump's National Emergency, Takes Action to Prevent Gun Violence

This week, the House passed a privileged resolution to terminate President Trump’s emergency declaration at the border. The President’s declaration violates the Constitution and our system of checks and balances.
Leader's Report: February 15, 2019

House Democrats Vote to Fund Government, Oppose President Trump’s National Emergency Declaration

Last night, I joined House Democrats to cast my vote for compromise report legislation to keep the government open and secure the border with smart and strategic investments.
Leader's Report: February 8, 2019

Democrats Take Action For The People

This week, I was deeply disappointed by President Trump’s second State of the Union address. It was not the message of unity the White House promised, but instead sounded more like a political campaign rally to appeal to his base than an address to the American people.
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.