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Press Release: November 12, 2019

Hoyer Statement on the Supreme Court Oral Arguments for DACA

Thanks to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, 800,000 Dreamers – young people were brought here as children and have done nothing wrong – have been able to remain in the only country they know as home and contribute to our economy and our nation’s future.
Press Release: November 11, 2019

Hoyer Statement on Veterans Day

Today, Americans from all walks of life celebrate the service of veterans and the sacrifices they and their families made to keep our country safe.
Press Release: November 9, 2019

Hoyer Statement on the 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall

Freedom has many difficulties, and democracy is not perfect,’ President Kennedy told the people of a besieged West Berlin in 1963.  However, he declared, ‘we have never had to put a wall up to keep our people in, to prevent them from leaving us.’  His powerful words chipped like figurative hammers against the system of totalitarian Communism, which cast a shadow of fear and repression across Eastern and Central Europe and much of the world.
Press Release: November 6, 2019

Hoyer Statement on the Retirement of Congressman Peter Visclosky

I was sad to learn that my friend Rep. Pete Visclosky, with whom I served for thirty-four years, will retire from the House at the end of the 116th Congress.
Press Release: November 6, 2019

Hoyer Statement on Republican Efforts to Out the Whistleblower

Efforts by some Republican Members of Congress to ‘out’ the whistleblower who revealed President Trump’s abuse of power are a blatant attempt at witness intimidation.
Press Release: November 4, 2019

Hoyer Statement on the Administration's Formal Withdrawal From the Paris Climate Accord

By officially withdrawing the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement, President Trump is placing Americans’ health, our environment, and our nation’s economic competitiveness at risk.
Press Release: November 3, 2019

Hoyer Discusses the Next Phase of the Impeachment Inquiry and Progress House Democrats Have Made For the People on CBS’ Face the Nation

I think every Member of Congress, Republican or Democrat, ought to vote not [with] their party, not their partisanship, but [for] the Constitution and [for] the protection of the Constitution.
Press Release: November 1, 2019

Economy Weekly: Week of October 28, 2019

U.S. economic growth slowed again in the third quarter, down to an annualized pace of just 1.9 percent… 1.9 percent is a far cry from the ‘4 percent, 5 percent and even 6 percent’ growth rates that Trump once promised to deliver.
Press Release: November 1, 2019

Hoyer Statement on October Jobs Report

This morning’s jobs report for October again shows an economy struggling to overcome the effects of President Trump’s trade wars and Republican policies of disinvestment in opportunity for working people in our country.
Press Release: October 31, 2019

Hoyer Statement on House Passage of the Resolution Providing Path Forward for Open Hearings on the President’s Abuse of Power

WASHINGTON, DC – House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today on House passage of a resolution that establishes the process and procedures for open hearings as the House moves forward with the next phase of the impeachment inquiry:
Press Release: October 30, 2019

Hoyer on MSNBC: We’re Going to Proceed and Do Our Constitutional Duty

“We are contemplating changing from what is essentially the investigatory phase of this matter into the open hearing public hearing phase... In that public hearing, we want to make sure that everybody understands this is going to be due process. This is going to be fair.
 
Press Release: October 29, 2019

Hoyer Statement on House Passage of the PACT Act

Today, the House overwhelmingly passed the PACT Act, bipartisan legislation to hold Turkey accountable for its military incursion into Syria and its efforts to displace Kurdish residents from their homes.
Press Release: October 27, 2019

Hoyer Statement on the One-Year Anniversary of the Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting

Today, we mark one year since the horrific and heartbreaking shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh.  That act of violent anti-Semitism continues to serve as a reminder that this vile and ancient form of bigotry still lingers even in the twenty-first century.
Press Release: October 27, 2019

Hoyer Statement on the Death of ISIS Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

The death of al-Baghdadi is a significant event in the fight against ISIS and its brand of violent extremism. I congratulate the American and allied personnel who played a part in this mission’s success. I hope this raid brings a measure of comfort to the families of ISIS’s victims. 
Press Release: October 25, 2019

Economy Weekly: Week of October 20, 2019

A warning from the father of the inverted yield curve, Campbell Harvey: “…The curve first inverted briefly in March then turned lower again in May where it has stayed since…Harvey said the curve needs to stay inverted for three months to be reliable, so in this instance the duration means the indicator is ‘flashing code red’ for a recession. ‘It’s not normal. It’s something that foreshadows bad times.”
Press Release: October 24, 2019

Hoyer Remembers Chairman Cummings, Discusses House Democrats’ Legislative Agenda on MSNBC’s Live with Stephanie Ruhle

Republicans want to talk about process, which I say is like a lawyer who has neither the law nor the facts on their side. They want to pound on the table, and that’s what they're doing – pounding on the table…
Press Release: October 23, 2019

Hoyer Statement on House Passage of the SHIELD Act

With today’s passage of the SHIELD Act, House Republicans had yet another opportunity to join House Democrats in voting to protect our country against foreign interference. It is shameful that they refused to do so, just like they have refused to answer the pressing question facing the country: is it acceptable for a president to encourage foreign interference in our elections? 
Press Release: October 23, 2019

Hoyer Statement on Second House Passage of the Debbie Smith Act

Today, the House passed Rep. Maloney’s reauthorization of the Debbie Smith Act, which helps states and local authorities end the backlog of untested rape kits and ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice before they can victimize others.
Press Release: October 23, 2019

Hoyer Statement Criticizing the President’s Decision to Lift Sanctions on Turkey

Just as I opposed the President’s disastrous decision to withdraw troops from Northern Syria, I strongly disagree with the President’s ill-advised announcement that he is lifting sanctions on Turkey.
Press Release: October 22, 2019

Hoyer Statement on Northern Syria Agreement Between Putin and Erdogan

As a result of President Trump’s reckless and impulsive decision to withdraw from Syria and abandon our allies, Russia has now solidified its hold over that country and expanded its power and influence in the Middle East.
Press Release: October 23, 2019

Hoyer Statement on the Ways and Means Committee Markup of H.R.3, the Lower Drug Costs Now Act

Today, the House Committee on Ways and Means completed its markup of H.R. 3, House Democrats’ legislation to lower prescription drug prices. 
Press Release: October 22, 2019

Hoyer Statement on House Passage of the Corporate Transparency Act

I was proud to bring Rep. Maloney’s Corporate Transparency Act to the Floor for a vote today in order to crack down on money laundering activities by Russian oligarchs and other bad actors. 
Press Release: October 21, 2019

Hoyer Statement on House Republicans’ Latest Attempt to Distract from the President’s Abuse of Power

The resolution pushed today by House Republicans is nothing more than an attempt to distract the American people from their refusal to answer the question confronting our nation: is it acceptable for a President to openly seek foreign help for his re-election and put his own private interests ahead of our country’s interests and our national security?