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Op-Ed: November 21, 2020

Politico Pro: House Passes Bill to Expand Apprenticeships but Rejects Trump Program

Wanted to be sure you saw Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer’s comments yesterday in Politico Pro on House passage of the National Apprenticeship Act, which passed the House with bipartisan support and is included in the Make It In America plan he has been leading since 2010. Leader Hoyer highlighted the importance of apprenticeship programs and discussed how he will bring this bill to the Floor again in the next Congress and hopes to see it signed into law by President-elect Biden.
 
Issue Report: November 20, 2020

As the Coronavirus Pandemic Rages Across the Country, Where Are Republicans?

While Republicans ignore the coronavirus crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic is raging across the country:
Speech: November 19, 2020

Hoyer Floor Remarks on the National Apprenticeship Act

"Madam Speaker, two weeks ago, we learned just how divided our country is. Part of that division, I believe, comes from a broad lack of faith in government to deliver on what the American people need to get ahead in our economy. Americans want their elected officials to focus on reaching consensus on broadly popular initiatives that expand opportunity and connect people with good careers.
Press Release: November 18, 2020

Hoyer Statement on the United States Reaching 250,000 Coronavirus Deaths

More than a quarter-million Americans have now lost their lives to COVID-19.  More than one American now dies of this disease every minute of the day.
Press Release: November 18, 2020

Hoyer Remarks at Press Conference Following House Democratic Leadership Elections

“Thank you very much, Madam Speaker, and congratulations to you on your overwhelming re-nomination to be the Speaker of the House by the Democratic Caucus, which was based upon your performance over the years leading us so effectively.
Press Release: November 18, 2020

Hoyer Statement on Election as Majority Leader

I am honored to have been entrusted with the responsibility of serving my Democratic colleagues as Majority Leader in the 117th Congress. 
Press Release: November 18, 2020

Hoyer Statement on the United States Reaching 250,000 Coronavirus Deaths

More than a quarter-million Americans have now lost their lives to COVID-19.  More than one American now dies of this disease every minute of the day.
Press Release: November 18, 2020

Hoyer Remarks at Press Conference Following House Democratic Leadership Elections

“Thank you very much, Madam Speaker, and congratulations to you on your overwhelming re-nomination to be the Speaker of the House by the Democratic Caucus, which was based upon your performance over the years leading us so effectively.
Press Release: November 18, 2020

Hoyer Statement on Election as Majority Leader

I am honored to have been entrusted with the responsibility of serving my Democratic colleagues as Majority Leader in the 117th Congress. 
Press Release: November 17, 2020

Hoyer Statement on President Trump Firing Director Chris Krebs

It is alarming and yet unsurprising that President Trump fired Director Krebs after he affirmed that there was no fraud in the 2020 election – a truth that President Trump refuses to accept.
Press Release: November 17, 2020

Hoyer Statement on Trump Administration Withdrawing U.S. Troops from Afghanistan and Iraq

Today's announcement is a hasty move intended to undermine the incoming Biden Administration.  It ought to surprise no one that this comes just days after President Trump fired top Pentagon officials who stood against his counterproductive plans.  
Press Release: November 17, 2020

Hoyer Statement on White House Senior Staff Announcements

Today, President-elect Biden announced the selection of diverse, experienced, and talented individuals to serve the American people as White House senior staff.
Speech: November 19, 2020

Hoyer Floor Remarks on the National Apprenticeship Act

"Madam Speaker, two weeks ago, we learned just how divided our country is. Part of that division, I believe, comes from a broad lack of faith in government to deliver on what the American people need to get ahead in our economy. Americans want their elected officials to focus on reaching consensus on broadly popular initiatives that expand opportunity and connect people with good careers.
Speech: October 1, 2020

Hoyer Floor Remarks on the Updated Heroes Bill

Madam Speaker, the House passed the Heroes Act more than four and a half months ago. At the time, around 85,000 Americans had lost their lives to Covid-19. Today, that sad figure is at more than 205,000. The House did its job in May for the American people, yet the Republican Senate and President Trump have still not done theirs.
Speech: October 1, 2020

Hoyer Remarks at the House Rules Committee’s Members’ Day Hearing

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, I'm glad to be with you today, and I thank Mr. [Tom] Cole as well. I think the House is advantaged by the new relationship that you and Tom Cole as the Ranking Member have, and the fact that both of you care about the institution.
Speech: October 1, 2020

Hoyer Floor Remarks on House Democrats Governing For The People

Madam Speaker, since the beginning of this Congress, House Democrats have fought for the people. From lowering health care costs, to raising wages by rebuilding America, to cleaning up corruption and strengthening democracy, House Democrats have passed major legislation and shown the American people what our priorities are.  At the same time, Republicans have also made clear what their priorities are – priorities the American people do not share.
Speech: September 29, 2020

Hoyer Remarks on the School-Based Allergies and Asthma Management Program Act

I thank my friend, the Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee [Frank Pallone], and Mr. [Greg] Walden, the Ranking Member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, for bringing this bill to the Floor. But most of all, I want to thank my friend, Phil Roe - Dr. Roe – from Tennessee, a medical doctor.
Speech: September 24, 2020

Hoyer Floor Remarks on How President Trump and Republicans Are Failing the American People

Madam Speaker, this week, Democrats are coming to the Floor to highlight the work we have been doing over the past two years governing for the people – in sharp contrast with the way President Trump and Republicans have failed the people.
 
Op-Ed: November 21, 2020

Politico Pro: House Passes Bill to Expand Apprenticeships but Rejects Trump Program

Wanted to be sure you saw Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer’s comments yesterday in Politico Pro on House passage of the National Apprenticeship Act, which passed the House with bipartisan support and is included in the Make It In America plan he has been leading since 2010. Leader Hoyer highlighted the importance of apprenticeship programs and discussed how he will bring this bill to the Floor again in the next Congress and hopes to see it signed into law by President-elect Biden.
 
Op-Ed: October 26, 2020

Hoyer Op-Ed: On health care, voters in 2020 face an easy choice

American voters face a decision this election season between starkly different policies on nearly every issue. But, on one issue in particular, that choice could not be more stark. When it comes to ensuring access to affordable health care, voters are being asked to select between those who wish to protect and expand that access and those who want to dismantle it.
Op-Ed: October 21, 2020

Hoyer Op-ed: Democrats will restore America

With two weeks left before Election Day and millions of Americans already casting their ballots, President Donald Trump still has not indicated what his policy agenda would be for a second term.
Op-Ed: September 12, 2020

Washington Post: House of Representatives, and its longest-serving Democrat, adapts to the pandemic

Nobody ever saw Steny H. Hoyer as a technological visionary, least of all the 81-year-old Democrat.
“Let me tell you what — Steny Hoyer looks in the mirror and doesn’t see that guy either,” the House majority leader said in an interview Friday.
Op-Ed: July 26, 2020

Hoyer Medium Post on Thirty Years of the Americans With Disabilities Act: Let Us Resolve to Protect and Expand Protections For Americans with Disabilities and Ensure Full Equality and Inclusion

Thirty years ago today, I watched President George H.W. Bush sign the Americans with Disabilities Act into law, ushering in a new dawn of opportunity for millions of people who had previously been excluded.  The bill he signed was the product of many years of hard work by legislators, by national organizations, and by thousands of grassroots organizers and volunteers – including those with ambulatory impairments who bravely crawled their way up the Capitol steps to raise awareness.  The end result was a law that was not only bipartisan but that has been lauded as one of the milestones of civil rights in the history of our country. 
 
Issue Report: November 20, 2020

As the Coronavirus Pandemic Rages Across the Country, Where Are Republicans?

While Republicans ignore the coronavirus crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic is raging across the country:
Issue Report: September 28, 2020

On Health Care, the Economy, and Good Government, House Democrats Are Working For The People

From day one of the 116th Congress, Democrats have been fighting for the American people. The Democratic Majority has passed legislation to lower the cost of health care and prescription drugs, raise wages for American workers and strengthen our economy, and clean up corruption in our government and strengthen our democracy. While Republicans fail the American people on issue after issue, Democrats put American families first.
 
Issue Report: September 21, 2020

While Democrats Work For The People, Republicans Have Failed the American People

Throughout the 116th Congress, House Democrats have worked to deliver results for the American people, passing legislation to address each pillar of the “For The People” agenda: lower health care costs, higher wages by rebuilding America, and cleaning up corruption and strengthening our Democracy.
Issue Report: September 17, 2020

Major Legislation House Democrats Have Passed For The People: Lowering Health Care Costs, Higher Paychecks by Rebuilding America, and Cleaning Up Corruption and Strengthening Our Democracy

This Congress, House Democrats have focused on delivering results for the American people. Americans called for affordable health care; Democrats passed legislation to strengthen and defend the Affordable Care Act (ACA) from Republican sabotage. Americans called for an economy that works for all; Democrats passed legislation to raise wages and rebuild our nation’s infrastructure. Americans called for an end to outside influences in our politics; Democrats passed legislation to clean up corruption and strengthen our democracy.
Issue Report: August 24, 2020

President Trump’s Failure to Renew, Restore, and Rebuild for Americans

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy claims that Republicans will “Renew, Restore, Rebuild” America, just as they’ve “done before” under the Trump Administration. But the facts show that they haven’t renewed, restored, or rebuilt anything under Trump. After four years of the Trump Administration, our country is experiencing:  
Issue Report: August 4, 2020

Americans to GOP Senators: We Need Additional Coronavirus Relief

After weeks of hitting “pause” on coronavirus relief and blocking action on the Heroes Act, Senate Republicans allowed critical assistance for Americans to expire on Friday. Across the country, over 30 million Americans – or one in five workers – have lost enhanced unemployment assistance and an evictions moratorium has expired for tens of millions of Americans. 
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