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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.’
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.
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.
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. 
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. 
Press Release: February 11, 2020

Hoyer Remarks at Press Conference Ahead of DC Statehood Bill Markup and Committee Vote

Thank you very much Chair [Carolyn] Maloney and Congresswoman [Eleanor Holmes] Norton. Thank you very much for your leadership, your tenacity, and your focus, and your impetus to this particular piece of legislation.
Press Release: February 10, 2020

Hoyer Remarks at Press Event on Bill to Establish Women’s History Museum

WASHINGTON, DC – House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) delivered remarks today at a press event on H.R. 1980, the Smithsonian Women’s History Act, which will be considered by the House tomorrow. Below is a transcript of his remarks: 
Press Release: February 10, 2020

Hoyer: The President's Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Is Replete with Dangerous Proposals That Leave Working Families to Fend for Themselves

President Trump’s FY2021 budget is replete with dangerous proposals that leave working families to fend for themselves in a changing and uncertain economy.  This budget makes the President’s priorities clear: the wealthiest Americans come first ahead of working Americans who are trying to get by and get ahead.
Press Release: February 7, 2020

Hoyer Statement on White House Firing of Lt. Col. Vindman

Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman is a hero for standing up and speaking the truth, knowing it might cost him retaliation from this corrupt commander-in-chief. His removal from the White House was nothing more than an act of retribution, an intrusion against the nonpartisan nature of our military and federal service. I hope Republicans will join in a bipartisan condemnation of this attack on our military personnel.
Press Release: February 7, 2020

Economy Weekly: Week of February 3, 2020

Economy Weekly: Week of February 3, 2020
 
Press Release: February 7, 2020

Hoyer Statement on January Jobs Report

The jobs report released this morning provides further confirmation that economic performance under President Trump is losing steam. 
Press Release: February 7, 2020

Hoyer, House Democrats Call Out President Trump for Failing Working Families

House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released a video today pushing back on the falsehoods in President Trump’s State of the Union address, in which he took credit for the strong economy he inherited and misled the American people about his record and policies, which are failing working families.
Press Release: February 6, 2020

Hoyer Statement on Passage of a Resolution to Disapprove the Trump Administration's Medicaid Block Grant Scheme

Today, House Democrats stood up for Medicaid and passed a resolution rejecting President Trump’sillegal block-grant scheme.  Millions of low-income Americans, people with disabilities, seniors, pregnant mothers, and those struggling with addiction are able to access quality, affordable health care because of the coverage they receive through Medicaid.  
Press Release: February 5, 2020

Hoyer: Today Is a Sad Day for Our Republic

Today is a sad day for our republic.  The United States Senate, acting as a court of impeachment under our Constitution, did not remove a president who abused his power and invited foreign interference in the upcoming election to benefit himself personally.  The bipartisan vote in favor of holding him accountable and preserving, protecting, and defending our Constitution against a clear, impeachable offense was, unfortunately, not enough to overcome a partisan firewall of senators who chose loyalty to President Trump over loyalty to their oaths. 
Press Release: February 4, 2020

Hoyer Statement on President Trump's State of the Union Address

This evening, President Trump had an opportunity to show the American people and the Congress that he takes seriously the challenges we face as a nation and his responsibility as president to rally the country together to meet them.  Instead, he doubled-down on the rank partisanship and divisiveness that have characterized his presidency, using his address to attack those who disagree with him and to take credit for the successes of the prior Administration while misleading on his own record...
Press Release: January 31, 2020

Hoyer Statement on Republican Senators’ Rejection of a Fair Impeachment Trial

A trial cannot be fair if witnesses are prohibited from being heard.  Senators cannot be faithful to their oaths of impartiality if they conspire with the President to prevent the testimony of witnesses with damning information against his case. 
Press Release: January 31, 2020

Economy Weekly: Week of January 27, 2020

Economy Weekly: Week of January 27, 2020
Press Release: January 31, 2020

Hoyer Statement on the President Expanding the Travel Ban

The expansion of President Trump’s illegal Muslim ban will only further endanger our country and erode our standing and leadership in the world.
Press Release: January 31, 2020

Hoyer Statement on Black History Month

As we celebrate Black History Month 2020, whose theme is ‘African Americans and the Vote,’ we look for inspiration from the powerful stories of those throughout our history who stood up and demanded equality and the right to vote – and those who still do so today. 
Press Release: January 31, 2020

Hoyer, Pelosi Announce Vote on Trump Administration's Medicaid Block Grant Plan Next Week

On Thursday, the House will consider a resolution to disapprove of President Trump’s proposed cuts to Medicaid services through his new illegal block-grant scheme.
Press Release: January 30, 2020

Hoyer Statement on the Trump Administration's Medicaid Block Grant Plan

As a candidate, President Trump promised the American people that he would not seek cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.  With today’s announcement, he’s broken that promise yet again.  Fundamentally changing Medicaid by allowing states to take away health coverage and cut health benefits will force low-income Americans, seniors, rural communities, those with disabilities, low income pregnant women facing staggering maternal mortality rates, and Americans seeking treatment for opioid addiction to pay the price.