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Press Release: July 23, 2019

Hoyer, Lee Statement on USDA's Proposal to Put More Than Three Million Americans At Risk of Going Hungry

The Department of Agriculture’s announcement today that it will impose new restrictions on eligibility for nutrition assistance could result in more than 3 million Americans being put at risk of going hungry. 
Press Release: July 23, 2019

Hoyer Announces Winners of 2019 Member Online All-Star Competition

I’m pleased to announce this year’s Online All-Stars, who led House Democrats in acquiring 1.7 million new followers on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube during the three-week competition,” stated Leader Hoyer.
Press Release: July 23, 2019

Hoyer Statement on Budget Agreement

The American people want their elected officials to work together in good faith to ensure that our nation can afford its investments in protecting our national security, strengthening communities, fighting poverty, and expanding opportunity.
Press Release: July 20, 2019

Hoyer Statement on the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing

You were a wonder to us, unattainable, a longing past the reach of longing, a light beyond our light… Now our hands have touched you in your depth of night.’
Press Release: July 17, 2019

Hoyer Statement on the Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act

When Democrats enacted the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010, we included an excise tax on high-cost health insurance plans based on economists’ view that it would bend the cost curve downward and achieve savings for consumers by discouraging unnecessary overspending on care. 
Press Release: July 17, 2019

Hoyer Statement on the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020

I am pleased that the House was able once more to come together today and pass a bipartisan bill to reauthorize critical intelligence programs that keep our country safe. 
Press Release: July 17, 2019

Hoyer Statement on Vote to Hold Barr and Ross in Contempt

Our Constitution is clear: Congress, the executive branch, and the judiciary are co-equal and must respect each other’s role in our system of checks and balances.  When Administration officials refuse to appear before Congress and ignore subpoenas for documents and testimony, they violate our Constitution’s grant of oversight authority to the legislative branch. 
Press Release: July 17, 2019

Hoyer Statement on House Votes Disapproving of Military Sales to Saudi Arabia and the UAE

Today, the House voted to disapprove of the Trump Administration’s ill-conceived decision to allow the sale of sensitive military equipment and munitions to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which continue to prosecute a war in Yemen whose main outcome has been an unmitigated humanitarian disaster and military stalemate.
Press Release: July 16, 2019

Hoyer Statement on Voting Against Republican Efforts to Strike the Speaker's Words from the Record

This afternoon, I was called to preside over the House after Ranking Member Collins and Republican Members chose to play games with the rules rather than allow an honest debate over the racist words used by President Trump.
Press Release: July 15, 2019

Hoyer Statement On President's Effort to Deny Migrants Asylum Protections

Our asylum laws, enacted by Congress on behalf of the American people, are clear: those fleeing horrific violence or disaster are permitted to present themselves at our borders and ask for an asylum hearing. 
Press Release: July 12, 2019

Hoyer Statement on House Passage of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020

Democrats brought to the Floor this week a defense authorization bill fully in line with longstanding tradition of supporting our military and providing an open process for both sides to offer amendments and have their defense priorities considered.
Press Release: July 12, 2019

Hoyer Statement on House Passage of the Never Forget the Heroes Act

I’m pleased that the House today came together to pass a permanent extension of the 9/11 Victims’ Compensation Fund in order to ensure that those who courageously worked to rescue victims and respond to the attacks of September 11, 2001, and their aftermath receive the compensation that they and their families are due. 
Press Release: July 11, 2019

Hoyer Announces House Vote Holding Barr, Ross in Contempt of Congress

Even after the Supreme Court ruled that the Administration had not sufficiently explained why it was attempting to add a question on citizenship to the 2020 Census, and therefore the census should move forward without it, reports indicate that President Trump will continue to ignore the law and seek to undermine the accuracy of the count. 
Press Release: July 11, 2019

Hoyer Statement on Puerto Rican Officials Misusing Federal Funds

I was outraged to learn that officials in Puerto Rico fraudulently awarded federal money to well-connected contractors. These charges are serious, and there must be a thorough investigation.
Press Release: July 9, 2019

Hoyer Statement on Texas v. U.S. Oral Arguments

Today, a federal appeals court will hear oral arguments in a case that will have tremendous impact on millions of American families. 
Press Release: July 8, 2019

Hoyer Statement on Congressional Budget Office's Minimum Wage Report

Millions of Americans are working hard just to make ends meet, and a full-time job earning minimum wage no longer supports a family in the middle class. 
Press Release: July 5, 2019

Hoyer Statement on June Jobs Report

Once again, the monthly jobs report shows our economy’s resilience. But the jobs number still fails to capture the anxiety of workers and their families barely getting by as wage growth once again fell short. Too many of our people have lost hope that they will get ahead.
Press Release: July 3, 2019

Hoyer Leads Congressional Delegation to Hungary

“The United States continues to support efforts to strengthen democracy in Hungary, and we had many honest discussions during our time in Budapest,” said Leader Hoyer.
Press Release: July 2, 2019

Hoyer Statement on the 55th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

I join in marking the fifty-fifth anniversary of the signing of the landmark 1964 Civil Rights Act, which banned discrimination based on race in education, employment, and public accommodation. 
Press Release: July 2, 2019

Hoyer Announces 2019 Member Online All-Star Competition

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) announced the beginning of the 2019 House Democrats’ Member Online All-Star Competition, an annual three-week competition for House Democrats to gain new followers on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube and be creative in digital outreach to constituents.
Press Release: June 28, 2019

Hoyer Statement on Supreme Court's Decision to Take up DACA Case

WASHINGTON, DC – House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today on Supreme Court’s decision to take up a case on the Trump Administration’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program:
 
Press Release: June 28, 2019

Hoyer Statement on the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising

As we mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising today, we do so at a time of great change and great progress.  The courageous LGBTQ Americans who stood up against oppression and persecution in New York on the night of June 28, 1969, did so at a time when the idea of LGBTQ equality felt, for many, unattainable.
Press Release: June 28, 2019

Hoyer Statement on the One-Year Anniversary of the Capital Gazette Shooting

WASHINGTON, DC - House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today on the one-year anniversary of the shooting at the Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland:
Press Release: June 27, 2019

Hoyer, Soto, Bipartisan Members Request Funds Disbursement to Rebuild Electrical Grid in Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands

Today, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) joined a letter led by U.S. Congressman Darren Soto (FL-09) to the Trump Administration requesting the disbursement of funds, which were already appropriated, to improve and build a more resilient electric grid in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The letter, which is bipartisan and bicameral letter, was signed by 47 Members of Congress.
Press Release: June 27, 2019

Hoyer Statement on the SAFE Act

I was proud to bring the SAFE Act to the Floor today, and now that the House has passed it, I urge the Senate to do the same.  As we look ahead to the 2020 federal election, Congress and the Administration have a responsibility to ensure that every American’s right to vote will be protected and that our voting systems are safe from foreign cyberattacks.