Blog Post
March 31, 2005
Congressman Steny Hoyer joined with several veterans from across the state here to discuss various issues regarding military retirees and their families.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
National Security & Veterans
March 31, 2005
Southern Maryland's farming leadership assembled in Charlotte Hall this week to share concerns with Rep. Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) about the loss of estate tax exemptions, the high price of fuel and, like elderly residents in other fields, the fate of Social Security.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Environment
March 20, 2005
Last week the House of Representatives passed the Fiscal Year 2006 House Republican budget, which contains harmful cuts to federal investments in Maryland that the state would be forced to absorb.________________________________________________________________________
March 17, 2005
President Bush's plan to add private stock and bond accounts to Social Security never made much sense to Beverlie Ludy. For that matter, all the talk she was hearing of an "ownership society" smacked of a greedy, "me-first" attitude she didn't like.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Health Care & Seniors
March 17, 2005
Portions of the $3.38 billion that the state of Maryland could receive from a new federal transportation bill will go to much-needed construction and improvements on roads in Prince George's County.________________________________________________________________________
March 16, 2005
COLLEGE PARK - With President Bush flooding cable TV screens with town meetings around the country peddling his approach to Social Security reform, the Democrats are finally moving to fill the vacuum on their side, in their fashion.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Health Care & Seniors
March 12, 2005
Sen. Paul S. Sarbanes, the studious liberal who became Maryland's longest-serving senator and who acted as quiet counsel to Democratic leaders through times of impeachment and scandal, announced yesterday that he will not run for reelection when his fifth term ends in January 2007.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Jobs & the Economy
March 3, 2005
County fire departments coping with aging equipment and staff shortages will get some much-needed relief with more than a half million dollars in federal fire grants announced Tuesday.________________________________________________________________________
March 2, 2005
It is increasingly clear that the proposal by President Bush to privatize Social Security the most successful government program in American history is opposed by a solid majority of the American people. And, as I discuss below, Americans are opposing privatization for good reason.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Health Care & Seniors
February 24, 2005
This week the Peace Corps celebrates its birthday and has designated Peace Corps Week as an opportunity for former Volunteers to share their knowledge and experiences with their communities in the United States. Volunteers take this opportunity to educate Americans back home about the people with whom they lived and worked.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Jobs & the Economy