IN THE NEWS

Statements and Speeches

» Honoring Our Nation’s Veterans this November 11th, November 11, 2003 On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of the year of 1918, the world celebrated the end of World War I, and in recognition November 11th became known as Armistice Day...

» HOYER: CONGRESS SHOULD STRENGTHEN MILITARY, RESPECT DEFENSE WORKERS, November 07, 2003 WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) spoke out on the House floor in opposition to a Republican provision in the Defense Authorization Conference Report, which would deny worker protections and rights to hundreds of thousands of Department of Defense civilian employees. The following is Rep. Hoyer’s statement as prepared for delivery...

» REPUBLICANS PLAYING POLITICS WITH AIR SAFETY, October 31, 2003 House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) lambasted the Republican FAA Reauthorization conference report on the House Floor today – particularly the absence of a prohibition of privatizing air traffic control towers, which was included in the original House and Senate bills.

» BUSH SHOULD LOOK TO HIS OWN PARTY TO EXPLAIN MEDICARE QUAGMIRE, October 29, 2003 WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement after President Bush’s statements today on Medicare and the progress of a prescription drug benefit bill in Congress.

» HOYER: “HELP WORKERS – EXPAND UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE”, October 29, 2003 WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) joined House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, House Democratic Caucus Chairman Bob Menendez, Rep. Darlene Hooley (D-OR), and Senators Paul Sarbanes (D-MD), Patty Murray (D-WA), and Hillary (D-NY) Clinton this afternoon to call on Congress to extend and expand unemployment benefits before they expire in December.

» HOYER: FULL FUNDING ESSENTIAL FOR ELECTION REFORM, October 29, 2003 WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) joined House Administration Committee Chairman Bob Ney (R-OH) today to call on Congress and President Bush to support full funding for the 2002 Help America Vote Act. The next national election is only 369 days away, yet states still lack the funds to implement essential reform initiatives. The following is Rep. Hoyer’s statement as prepared for delivery:

» REPUBLICAN LEADERS SHOULD PUT SAFETY FIRST, NOT WHITE HOUSE FAVORS, October 29, 2003 WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) today released the following statement today criticizing Republicans for failing to include the privatization prohibition in the FAA Conference Report, which was in both the House and Senate passed bills:

» HOYER CONDEMNS DIVISIVE COMMENTS BY MALAYSIAN PRIME MINISTER ON HOUSE FLOOR, October 28, 2003 WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) made the following statement tonight on the House Floor criticizing the anti-Semitic comments made by Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammad at the Organization of Islamic Conference on October 16. Hoyer, Majority Whip Roy Blunt (MO) and Reps. Shelley Berkley (D-NV) and Eric Cantor (R-VA) introduced a Resolution that is being debated on the House Floor tonight condemning Prime Minister Mohammad’s comments:

» Hoyer: Motion to Recommit FAA Conference Report Clips Republican Leadership’s Wings, October 28, 2003 WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) lauded the passage tonight of a Motion to Recommit the FAA Reauthorization Act to the conference committee as a clear rebuke to the Republican leadership, which fundamentally altered the legislation in conference after it passed the House 418-8 and the Senate 94-0 in June.

» HOYER: STUDENT LOAN ASSISTANCE WILL HELP RETAIN THE BEST EMPLOYEES, October 28, 2003 WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today in support of the Federal Employee Student Loan Assistance Act (S. 926). The Act would increase the annual amounts that federal agencies can offer employees to help repay student loans and will be considered on the House Floor today:

» HOYER CONDEMNS DIVISIVE COMMENTS BY MALAYSIAN PRIME MINISTER, October 24, 2003 House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement criticizing the anti-Semitic comments made by

» DEMOCRATS WHO SUPPORTED IRAQ FUNDS WRITE TO PRESIDENT WITH CONCERNS, October 23, 2003 Letter to President Bush from House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, Representatives Rahm Emanuel (IL), Howard Berman (CA), Harold Ford (TN), Martin Frost (TX), Baron Hill (IN), Darlene Hooley (OR), Charlie Stenholm (TX), and Ellen Tauscher (CA.)

» HOYER STATEMENT ON THE $87 BILLION IRAQ SUPPLEMENTAL, October 16, 2003 WASHINGTON – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer delivered the following statement today on the $87 billion Iraq supplemental currently being debated...

» HOYER: STRONG SANCTIONS WILL DETER TERRORISTS, October 15, 2003 WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) today spoke out on the House Floor in favor of H.R. 1828, the bipartisan Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act, which would impose sanctions and other penalties on Syria. The following is Rep. Hoyer’s statement as prepared for delivery...

» HOYER MEETS WITH NATIVE COMMUNITY LEADERS, October 07, 2003 WASHINGTON D.C. – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) today met with leaders from numerous Native organizations, including the National Congress of American Indians, the National Indian Business Association, the Native American Indian Housing Council, the Native American Rights Fund, the National Indian Gaming Association, the National Indian Health Board, the First Nations Development Institute and the National Native American Bar Association to discuss the current Congressional agenda and issues significant to Native communities. The following is a statement from Congressman Hoyer regarding the meeting...

» HOUSE DEMOCRATIC WHIP HOYER ON UNEMPLOYMENT, PRESIDENT IN WISCONSIN, October 03, 2003 WASHINGTON – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement in response to the Labor Department’s announcement that unemployment held steady at 6.1% in September and President Bush’s anticipated remarks in Wisconsin today:

» DEMOCRATIC MOTION ON OVERTIME PAY PREVAILS, October 02, 2003 WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement this afternoon after the Democratic Motion to Instruct House conferees on the Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill passed by a vote of 221-203. This Motion instructs conferees to accept Senate-passed language to block the Bush Administration’s proposed rule changes denying overtime pay to millions of American workers:

» HOYER STATEMENT ON OVERTIME PAY REGULATIONS, October 02, 2003 WASHINGTON – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement regarding the motion to instruct conferees on the 2004 Labor Health and Human Services Appropriations Bill regarding overtime regulations. The motion instructs conferees to accept the Senate-passed provision to block the Bush Administration’s proposed rule changes denying overtime pay to millions of American workers:

» LEADERS OF STATE AND LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORT ELECTION REFORM FUNDING IN SUPPLEMENTAL, October 02, 2003 WASHINGTON – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD); Maryland Delegate Sheila Hixson of the National Conference of State Legislatures; New Haven (CT) Mayor John DeStefano of the National League of Cities; New Mexico Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron, President Elect of the National Association of Secretaries of State; Montgomery County Executive Doug Duncan of the National Association of Counties; and BJ Thornberry, Exec. Director of the Democratic Governors’ Association met today to discuss various issues including the need for immediate federal funding for election reform. The group released the following statement following their meeting:

» HOYER: BUSH ADMINISTRATION NEEDS TO FACE REALITY ON THE ECONOMY, September 30, 2003 WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today after the Conference Board reported this morning that consumer confidence plunged in September. In addition, the Census Bureau has reported in the last several days that the poverty rate has gone up, median household incomes have gone down and the number of uninsured Americans has increased:

» HOYER JOINS HISPANIC CAUCUS IN CELEBRATING HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, September 25, 2003 WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) has joined with Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX), chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Hispanic leaders, and millions of Americans across the country to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, which is observed from September 15th through October 15th. Rep. Hoyer, who will attend two events this week in honor of National Hispanic Month, today released the following statement:

» HOYER STATEMENT TO THE COMMITTEE FOR EDUCATION FUNDING, September 25, 2003 WASHINGTON – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer addressed the Committee for Education Funding regarding the importance of federal investment in the No Child Left Behind Act today at the National Press Club. Hoyer encouraged members of the Committee, which is the nation’s largest education coalition, to support the policies and goals of the landmark education legislation despite the challenges that it entails. Attached below is his statement as prepared for delivery...

» HOYER, DEMOCRATS URGE REPUBLICANS “DON’T WEAKEN AIR SAFETY”, September 24, 2003 WASHINGTON – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, Rep. James Oberstar (D-MN), Ranking Democrat on the House Transportation Committee, Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Ranking Democrat on the Transportation Subcommittee on Aviation, John Carr, President of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, and Jeremy Yahn, an experienced Air Traffic Controller, held a press conference this afternoon in opposition to Republican attempts to privatize air traffic control and weaken air safety. The following is Rep. Hoyer’s statement as prepared for delivery:

» DEMOCRATIC AGENDA TECH-FRIENDLY, September 17, 2003 WASHINGTON – House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Whip Steny Hoyer and Caucus Chair Bob Menendez released the following statement today in support of House Democrats’ tech friendly agenda and H.R. 49, the Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act, which permanently extends the moratorium on Internet access taxes and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce by state or local governments:

» DOUBLE-DIGIT INCREASES IN FEDERAL EMPLOYEE HEALTH CARE COSTS UNDERLINE NEED FOR HOYER BILL, September 17, 2003 WASHINGTON – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today in response to the announcement that health insurance premiums for federal employees and retirees will rise an average of 10.6 percent next year, the fourth consecutive year of double-digit increases:

 

Displaying Statements and Speeches 1 to 25 of 246
» 1-25 | 26-50 | 51-75 | 76-100 | 101-125 | 126-150 | 151-175 | 176-200 | 201-225 | 226-246

Statements and Speeches by Year
» All | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002

Subscribe to the Majority Leader Press Release RSS Feed