Chair Hoyer Remarks Following Regional Leadership Council Meeting at the White House

April 9, 2024

WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), Chair of the Regional Leadership Council (RLC), delivered the following remarks after a Regional Leadership Council meeting at the White House. The Regional Leadership Council briefed the Biden-Harris Administration on the success of the Investing in America Week of Action. Below is a transcript of Chair Hoyer's remarks:

The Regional Leadership Council at the White House

“We are the Regional Leadership Council, founded by Leader Hakeem Jeffries. We had done so much in the 117th Congress that people weren't aware of what we've done for them, for their families, for Investing in America. And so, Mr. Jeffries appointed a Regional Leadership Council and asked me to be the convener of this – we’re all leaders here.

“We had our first meeting in the Roosevelt Room about eight or nine months ago – almost a year – and we've had two meetings since.

“And we have been working very hard and very closely with the administration to effectively communicate to the American people the difference that it has made in their lives: bringing costs down; cleaning their water; giving money to create good roads, good bridges, and clean water; clean the environment; and invest in lowering their cost of health care; investing in America's competitiveness globally with the CHIPS and Science Act – the most money invested ever in science – which also creates products which we’ll then sell not only here but around the world.

“And the bottom line being that we invested in a growing America, job creating America, a competitive America to serve us here at home and around the world.

“So what we did last week, in the last two weeks – we were out – were Weeks of Action. Weeks of Action were Members going out. We had over 170 events – that's what we have reported, I assume there might be over 200 events over these last two weeks – to inform the American people on what we've done and to inform them of how they can benefit from our investments in America.

“And I think that the Members all reported, from their various different regions, their 12 regions in the country and the caucus. Each one of these Members of Congress represent a region and they’re coordinating their regions; some have very large districts with smaller populations.

“One of the things I know they did is to tell rural America how much investment we’ve made in rural areas. There are parts of my district that have either no water or dirty water – and have sewage – and those rural investments are equally important […] So with that, we will answer your questions.”