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» HOYER, NEY ANNOUNCE ELECTION REFORM FUNDING EFFORT, September 17, 2003 WASHINGTON D.C. - House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer and House Administration Committee Chairman Bob Ney met today with the Honorable Mary Kiffmeyer, President of the National Association of Secretaries of State, to discuss their intention to seek $1.86 billion in funding for the Help America Vote Act (HAVA). Congressman Hoyer released the following statement following the meeting:

» SEPTEMBER 11TH: A DAY OF REMEMBRANCE AND RESOLVE, September 11, 2003 WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement this morning in observance of the second anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks...

» WHIP APPLAUDS RARE MOMENT OF BIPARTISANSHIP IN HOUSE, September 10, 2003 WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today following passage of the bipartisan Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACT Act, H.R. 2622), which is the reauthorization of the Fair Credit Reporting Act...

» HOYER CALLS FUNDING FOR ELECTION REFORM “INADEQUATE,” VOWS TO FIGHT FOR MORE, September 09, 2003 WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD), the lead Democratic House sponsor of the landmark Federal election reform bill (the “Help America Vote Act”) and a senior Democrat on the Transportation, Treasury Appropriations Subcommittee, released the following statement regarding funding for election reform contained in the House Fiscal Year 2004 Transportation, Treasury Appropriations bill approved by the House this evening...

» HOYER QUESTIONS PRESIDENT’S AND REPUBLICAN PARTY’S COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION, September 08, 2003 WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement this afternoon in response to President Bush’s speech on education and the No Child Left Behind Act at a Nashville elementary school, which the Republican education appropriations bill for FY2004 under-funded by more than $8 billion:

» HOYER STATEMENT ON THE PRESIDENT’S SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST, September 08, 2003 WASHINGTON – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today regarding the President’s request for $87 billion in supplemental funding for military operations and rebuilding in Iraq and Afghanistan:

» HOYER STATEMENT ON THE PRESIDENT’S SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST, September 08, 2003 WASHINGTON – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today regarding the President’s request for $87 billion in supplemental funding for military operations and rebuilding in Iraq and Afghanistan:

» HOYER AND DEMOCRATIC LEADERS IDENTIFY HOMELAND SECURITY VULNERABILITIES, September 05, 2003 WASHINGTON D.C. – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) joined House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Rep. Jim Turner (D-TX), Ranking Member on the Select Committee on Homeland Security, and other committee members today to brief reporters on a Democratic plan to address homeland security vulnerabilities. The following is Rep. Hoyer’s statement as prepared for delivery...

» HOUSE DEMOCRATIC WHIP HOYER ON REP. DOOLEY RETIREMENT ANNOUNCEMENT, September 02, 2003 WASHINGTON – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today in response to Representative Cal Dooley’s (CA-20) announcement that he will retire from the House of Representatives at the end of the current term...

» HOYER OBSERVES BIRTHDAY OF CHRISTA MCAULIFFE, SPACE PIONEER, September 02, 2003 WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement in observance today of the birthday of Christa McAuliffe, the first participant in the NASA Teacher in Space program. Her inaugural flight was on the Challenger space shuttle on January 28, 1986. McAuliffe, along with six other crew members, died when the Challenger exploded after launch...

» HOYER HONORS THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON, August 28, 2003 WASHINGTON – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) released the following statement today in observance of the 40th anniversary of the March on Washington, which was the first national civil rights demonstration and a pivotal event in the struggle for equality for black Americans...

» HOYER: NO BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR MEDICARE, July 30, 2003 WASHINGTON – Today marks 38 years since President Lyndon B. Johnson fulfilled his promise to seniors and signed the landmark bill that established the Medicare program. In recognition of this anniversary, House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement this afternoon and vowed to keep the Democrats’ promise to strengthen the program by adding a prescription drug benefit under Medicare that seniors can count on...

» Democrats, Seniors Gather for Over 70 Rx Drug Town Hall Meetings from Maine to California, July 28, 2003 Statement by Whip Hoyer, as well as many articles from around the country.

» HOYER: ON 13TH ANNIVERSARY OF ADA, PROMISE STILL UNFULFILLED, July 28, 2003 WASHINGTON – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today in honour of the 13th anniversary of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Rep. Hoyer was the lead House sponsor of the Act, which was signed by the first President Bush...

» HOUSE DEMOCRATIC WHIP HOYER ON HEAD START: HEAD START WORKS!, July 25, 2003 WASHINGTON – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) delivered the following statement last night on the House Floor during debate on the reauthorization of the Head Start program (H.R. 2210). All House Democrats voted against the misguided bill, which passed by one vote (217-216)...

» HOYER MEETS WITH INDUSTRY, LABOR REGARDING FSC/ETI , DECIDES TO COSPONSOR CRANE-RANGEL LEGISLATION, July 25, 2003 WASHINGTON – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement after meeting with representatives of manufacturing companies and organized labor to discuss the foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) issue...

» As House Prepares for August Recess, Hoyer Lauds Democrats for Unity, July 24, 2003 WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement and an accompanying chart on Democratic unity in the 108th Congress today...

» HOYER STATEMENT ON OFFICERS CHESTNUT AND GIBSON, July 24, 2003 WASHINGTON – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today regarding the moment of silence memorializing Officers Chestnut and Gibson..

» HOYER: FREE TRADE CAN LIFT ALL BOATS, July 24, 2003 WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) today released the following statement in support of the United States-Singapore/Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation Acts...

» HOYER ON STATEMENT BY CHAIRMAN THOMAS, July 23, 2003 WASHINGTON – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today following Chairman Bill Thomas’s statement on the House Floor regarding his conduct on Friday, July 18th during a Ways and Means mark-up...

» HOUSE DEMOCRATS KICKOFF NATIONAL DAY OF Rx DRUG TOWN HALL MEETINGS, July 18, 2003 WASHINGTON – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement at the Kick Off for Democrats’ National Day of Prescription Drug Town Hall Meetings (Saturday, July 19th), on which over 70 members in 27 states will hold town hall meetings with seniors in their districts...

» Hoyer Decries Outrageous Treatment of Ways and Means Committee Democrats, July 18, 2003 WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) released the following statement this afternoon after Rep. Bill Thomas (R-CA), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, called the Capitol Police and ordered officers to remove Ways and Means Democrats from a Committee library in the Longworth House Office Building...

» HOYER ON NEA AMENDMENT, July 17, 2003 WASHINGTON – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement on the Slaughter-Shays-Dicks-Leach Amendment to fiscal year 2004 Interior Appropriations Bill...

» DEMOCRATS VOTE TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE Rx DRUG BENEFIT TO ALL SENIORS, URGE REPUBLICANS TO DO THE SAME, July 14, 2003 WASHINGTON – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today in support of the Democratic Motion to Instruct Conferees on the Medicare Prescription Drug Bill. The motion would instruct conferees to support the Senate-passed provision requiring a federal “fallback” prescription drug benefit to protect all seniors, and reject turning Medicare into an expensive, undependable voucher program...

» HOYER ANNOUNCES SUPPORT FOR CHILE AND SINGAPORE FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS, July 14, 2003 WASHINGTON – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement this morning announcing his support for free trade agreements with Chile and Singapore...

 

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