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Noticias Y Sucesos
9/11 commission
Republican Congress Is Failing to Ask the Hard Questions on Terrorist Threat
The assessment by our nation’s intelligence agencies that the overall threat of terrorism has grown since the attacks on September 11, 2001, is deeply disturbing, and must provoke a serious, searching Congressional inquiry into this Administration’s national security policies. September 25, 2006
Atencion de la Salud
El juego de cartas
Rep. Benjamin Cardin, November 3, 2004
Hoyer: On May 15th Seniors Should Get Extension, Just Like Taxpayers on April 15th
Hoyer: On May 15th Seniors Should Get Extension, Just Like Taxpayers on April 15th,
Empleos y Economia
A STATE-BY-STATE REPORT: MARYLAND
October 13, 2006
President Bush Is In a State of Denial on the Fiscal Meltdown Instigated by His Policies
WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today: October 11, 2006
Hoyer Statement on NLRB Kentucky River Decision
WASHINGTON, DC - House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today in response to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Kentucky River decision, which could potentially jeopardize the right to collective bargaining for over 34 million workers. October 6, 2006
Minimum Wage is Best Example of Rubberstamp Congress's Wrong Priorities
WASHINGTON - House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today at a press conference with the House and Senate Democratic Leadership on the misplaced priorities of the Rubberstamp Republican Congress: September 27, 2006
Oman Free Trade Agreement Fails American Workers
Washington, DC - House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) made the following statement today on the House floor against the Oman Free Trade Agreement: July 20, 2006
House Votes Twice Today on Minimum Wage Increase
Washington, DC - House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) spoke today on the House floor about the need to increase the federal minimum wage, which has not been increased since 1997. July 12, 2006
Concocted “Victory Lap” on Budget Deficit Is the Height of Absurdity
Washington, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement this morning after the Office of Management and Budget released its annual mid-session budget review, and the Bush Administration celebrated a projected budget deficit of $296 billion in Fiscal Year 2006 (which ends September 30): July 11, 2006
House Republicans Vote Against a Long-Overdue Increase in the Federal Minimum Wage
Washington, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement this afternoon after House Republicans again blocked a vote to raise the federal minimum wage from $5.15 per hour to $7.25 per hour over two years. Democrats believe there is majority support in the House for raising the minimum wage, so Democrats asked Republicans to join them in opposing the rule on the Science, State, Justice and Commerce (SSJC) Appropriations Bill to force a vote on an amendment to increase the minimum wage. June 27, 2006
Estate Tax and Minimum Wage Illustrate the Difference in Priorities
Washington, DC- House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer made the following statement today on the House Floor (as prepared for delivery): June 22, 2006
Minimum Wage at Lowest Level in Half a Century
Washington, D.C. – The national minimum wage of $5.15 is now at its lowest level in 50 years when adjusted for inflation, according to a new analysis from the Center for Economic and Policy Research released by Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) and Rep. George Miller (D-CA) today. The lawmakers said the unfortunate milestone should shame the U.S. Congress into finally acting on behalf of America’s lowest-paid workers. June 13, 2006
Republicans Send Wave of Red Ink Through Washington
Whip Points to "Fairness Gulf" in Reckless Republican Fiscal Policies, May 17, 2006
Election Reform Must Be Funded
Hoyer Urges White House to Fully Fund Election Reform in 2007 Budget, January 23, 2006
Congress Must Take Up Democratic Lobbying Reform Proposals
Whip Says Republican Majority, First and Foremost, Must Constitute Vigorous, Real Ethics Process, January 18, 2006
Congress Must Raise Minimum Wage
Washington, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) made the following statement today during a press conference with Representative George Miller (D-CA) and Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA), who have introduced a bill to increase the minimum wage from $5.15 to $7.25 over two years. Hoyer, Miller and Kennedy were joined at the press conference by Dr. Heather Boushay, an economist from the Center for Economic and Policy Research, and Dr. Bob Edgar, General Secretary of the National Council of Churches, to release a new report on families making the minimum wage. December 14, 2005
Republican Fiscal Mismanagement Forces Continuing Resolution to Keep the Federal Government Running
Washington, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today regarding the need for a Continuing Resolution to keep the federal government running: September 29, 2005
Bush Budget Is a Fiscally Irresponsible Fraud
Administration Deliberately Excludes Social Security, War Costs; and Fails to Provide Leadership on Social Security, February 7, 2005
Los republicanos confunden la soberbia y el castigo con el verdadero liderazgo
De la oficina del Representante Demócrata Whip Steny Hoyer, December 12, 2003
¿Ha declarado la Administración Bush guerra económica contra los pobres de Estados Unidos?
Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, February 15, 2003
Seguridad Nacional
Hoyer Statement on Hussein Verdict
House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer released the following statement after Saddam Hussein was convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced to death by hanging. November 5, 2006
Republicans’ Unfunded “Border Fence” Is a Phony Achievement
House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today after President Bush signed the Republicans’ “Border Fence” Bill into law: October 26, 2006
Why Democrats Oppose Military Commissions Act
House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer and Congressman Ike Skelton, senior Democrat on the Armed Services Committee, wrote a letter to the editor featured in today’s Wall Street Journal on the need to try terrorist suspects in a manner that will withstand legal scrutiny and not be overturned. October 17, 2006
The International Community Must Not Avert Its Eyes from the Genocide in Darfur
WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today: October 11, 2006
America Needs a New Direction to Address the Bush Administration’s “Stunning Incompetence”
WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement this morning in response to President Bush’s speech at the Reserve Officers Association: September 29, 2006
Republican Congress Is Failing to Ask the Hard Questions on Terrorist Threat
The assessment by our nation’s intelligence agencies that the overall threat of terrorism has grown since the attacks on September 11, 2001, is deeply disturbing, and must provoke a serious, searching Congressional inquiry into this Administration’s national security policies. September 25, 2006
Hoyer, Waxman Ask Rumsfeld For Investigation into CPA Hiring
House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) and Rep. Henry A. Waxman (CA), Ranking Democrat on the House Government Reform Committee, released the following letter today to Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld asking for an investigation into the Coalition Provision Authority's hiring practices. September 20, 2006
Hoyer Statement on President’s 9/11 Speech and Majority Leader Boehner’s Comments
Washington, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD), released the following statement today: September 12, 2006
This Is a Day of Remembrance and Resolve
Washington, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today, the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001: September 11, 2006
One Year Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina
Washington, DC - House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD), who is on a trip through the Gulf Coast this week with a group of House Democrats, released the following statement today in observance of the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina: August 29, 2006
Oman Free Trade Agreement Fails American Workers
Washington, DC - House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) made the following statement today on the House floor against the Oman Free Trade Agreement: July 20, 2006
House Republicans Slash Military Funding, Even as They Provide Huge Tax Cuts to the Wealthy
House Republicans Slash Military Funding, Even as They Provide Huge Tax Cuts to the Wealthy, May 19, 2006
HOYER STATEMENT AGAINST THE HUNTER RESOLUTION
WASHINGTON, DC - House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) made the following statement today on the House floor in opposition the resolution offered by Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee Duncan Hunter (R-CA): November 18, 2005
Energizing America
Hoyer: OPEC Cuts More Evidence that U.S. Must Move Towards Energy Independence
House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today in response to reports that OPEC decided to cut production by a greater-than-expected 1.2 million barrels a day. October 20, 2006
Human Rights
The International Community Must Not Avert Its Eyes from the Genocide in Darfur
WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today: October 11, 2006
IIF1 in spanish
Reloj de la Deuda Nacional
Vea crecer la deuda nacional, y vea su ración. Provisto por la oficina del congresista Steny Hoyer (MD). (Solamente disponible en inglés.), September 2, 2004
Medicare
Hoyer: On May 15th Seniors Should Get Extension, Just Like Taxpayers on April 15th
Hoyer: On May 15th Seniors Should Get Extension, Just Like Taxpayers on April 15th,
Minimum Wage
Minimum Wage is Best Example of Rubberstamp Congress's Wrong Priorities
WASHINGTON - House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today at a press conference with the House and Senate Democratic Leadership on the misplaced priorities of the Rubberstamp Republican Congress: September 27, 2006
In Honor of Labor Day, Raise the Minimum Wage
WASHINGTON, DC - House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today in recognition of Labor Day, which is this Monday, September 4: September 1, 2006
Voting Rights
Hoyer Asks for Clear Guidelines For Contested Elections
WASHINGTON, DC - House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) sent the attached letter today to Committee on House Administration Chairman Vernon Ehlers and Ranking Democrat Juanita Millender-McDonald asking the Committee to "develop a set of clear protocols for managing any contest or contests that the Committee faces in November" because "[w]ith the direction of the House likely to turn on a handful of seats, ensuring that contested elections are adjudicated in a fair, transparent, and swift manner is essential."
The full text of the letter is below. September 28, 2006
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Haciendo una diferencia en su comunidad
Por Susan Gobreski
Como ciudadana, a Susan siempre le han importado los asuntos ambientales. Como madre, ella sabe que tiene que estar envuelta. Hoy, Susan ha traducido un pensamiento global a una acción local, trabajando para reducir la contaminación y proteger la calidad de vida de su comunidad.
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