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» Hoyer Statement on Student Loan Interest Rates Cut, July 01, 2008 With today’s weakening economy putting pressure on the budgets of American families and tuition prices continuing to soar, the high cost of college remains a top concern for many Americans.

» Hoyer to Senate Republicans: Stop Blocking Help for Doctors and Seniors, June 26, 2008 Earlier this week, the House passed the Medicare Improvements bill with overwhelming bipartisan support to ensure that seniors continue to have access to the care they need.

» Hoyer Statement on 70th Anniversary of Fair Labor Standards Act, June 25, 2008 Seventy years ago today, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed into law the Fair Labor Standards Act—a landmark piece of legislation that extended protections to millions of American workers and set the precedent for decades of Democratic efforts to uphold fairness in the workplace.

» Majority Leader Hoyer Statement on AMT, June 25, 2008 Every House Member agrees that we must prevent the alternative minimum tax (the AMT) from hitting millions of hard-working American families this year.

» Hoyer Statement on Bipartisan Vote for “Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act”, June 24, 2008 Again today, the House has taken decisive action on a critical issue facing the American people by passing this important legislation to stave off the 10.6 percent payment reduction for thousands of physicians in Medicare.

» Hoyer on Supplemental, June 19, 2008 WASHINGTON - House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following Floor statement regarding the supplemental appropriations bill. As prepared for delivery:

» Paid Parental Leave Bill Passes House, June 19, 2008 Legislation that would provide federal employees with four weeks of paid parental leave after the birth or adoption of a child overwhelmingly passed the U.S. House of Representatives today with a vote of 278-146...

» Hoyer Statement Commemorating Juneteenth, June 19, 2008 The Emancipation Proclamation had been issued almost three years before; but it wasn’t until June 19, 1865 that news of freedom reached the slaves of Texas...

» Press Conference on Paid Parental Leave Bill TODAY, June 19, 2008 ...legislation that would give federal employees four weeks of paid leave for the birth or adoption of a child...

» Bipartisan FISA Compromise Reached, June 19, 2008 The FISA Amendments Act, H.R. 6304, will increase the nation’s security by strengthening the ability of the intelligence community to conduct lawful surveillance of terrorists, as well as protect constitutional rights by requiring warrants before the government can surveil any American.

» Hoyer: Supplemental on House Floor Tomorrow, June 18, 2008 I am pleased that Chairman Obey, Chairman Rangel and I were able to work with Leader Boehner and others to come to an agreement on a supplemental that will provide for our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as address important domestic needs.

» Hoyer Praises Committee Action on ADA Amendments Act, June 18, 2008 I applaud the Committees on Judiciary and Education and Labor for reporting H.R. 3195, the ADA Amendments of 2008, in a strong bipartisan manner.

» Hoyer/Cardin/S. Johnson Bill Honoring Korean War Veterans Passes House, Headed to President, June 17, 2008 House passage today of legislation they have sponsored to grant a Federal Charter to the Korean War Veterans Association (KWVA), one of the few veterans’ service organizations of its size that has not been recognized with the prestigious classification...

» Majority Leader Hoyer’s Statement on Legislation Reiterating the Intent of the ADA, June 17, 2008 I want to thank Chairmen Conyers and Miller and Congressman Sensenbrenner, the former Chair of the Judiciary Committee, for their commitment and leadership on this important legislation.

» Majority Leader Hoyer Chastises Senate Republicans for Voting Against “Tax Extender” Bill, June 17, 2008 It is stunning that Senate Republicans continue to stand in the way of this important legislation to extend tax relief to American businesses and families.

» Hoyer on Passing of Tim Russert, June 13, 2008

» House Democrats Urge Senate Republicans To Support Paid-For Tax Extenders Bill, June 12, 2008 Make no mistake: House Democrats are absolutely committed to enacting this legislation to extend tax relief to American businesses and families without increasing the deficit.

» Hoyer Lauds Passage of UI Bill as “the Right Thing to Do for Workers and Our Economy”, June 12, 2008 I am very pleased that the House has voted overwhelmingly, and in a bipartisan way, to extend unemployment insurance benefits to millions of hard-working Americans who are struggling to make ends meet in the Bush economy.

» Majority Leader Hoyer’s Statement on Supreme Court Decision Regarding Detainees, June 12, 2008 Today’s decision represents yet another rebuke of the Administration’s deeply legally flawed process of detaining and trying enemy combatants.

» Majority Leader Hoyer Says UI Bill Will Be Brought Up Tomorrow Under Rule, June 11, 2008 While I’m very pleased that 49 House Republicans joined a unanimous Democratic caucus in voting to extend unemployment benefits today, I’m disappointed that we did not pick up more Republican support, and that this bill failed to pass as a suspension.

» Hoyer: UI Extension Vital for Americans Struggling in the Poor Bush Economy, June 11, 2008 Mr. Speaker, for the last seven and one-half years, the President and members of his Administration have claimed that the American economy is doing just fine.

» Majority Leader Hoyer Statement on 45th Anniversary of the Equal Pay Act, June 10, 2008 Forty five years ago today, President Kennedy signed into law the landmark Equal Pay Act. It was a law founded on a powerful principle: that the value of work lies in a job well done, not in the gender of the worker.

» Hoyer: Dismal Jobs Report Is Further Evidence that Bush Policies Have Failed America, June 06, 2008 It is increasingly clear that the only people who believe the Bush Administration’s policies are working are the cheerleaders who reside and work at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

» Majority Leader Hoyer Takes Aim at Bush Administration’s Economic Record, June 02, 2008 The Administration’s focus today on tax cuts that are not due to expire for another two years shows again how they are out of touch with Americans' daily struggle to deal with the consequences of the President’s failed economic program – anemic job growth, decreasing household incomes, exploding costs of gas, food, health care and college, record foreclosure rates, and rising poverty.

» Majority Leader Hoyer Memorial Day Tribute, May 23, 2008 “As we observe the Memorial Day holiday, let us be reminded of the simple, yet apt words of Elmer Davis, Director of the U.S. Office of War Information during WWII: ‘This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.’...

 

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