Press Releases

I'm proud to represent 62,000 federal employees in the Fifth District, and I was so pleased to meet with representatives from NARFE to discuss how we can continue to support our federal workforce.

I was honored to meet with the Crown Prince and join County Executive Baker in presenting a ceremonial gift from Prince George's County.

I was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Sylvester Vaughns, Sr. He and I worked together on a number of issues important to Prince George's County going back to my time serving in the State Senate.

We are very excited about this new national security partnership between the University of Maryland, College Park and the University of Maryland, Baltimore.

I am shocked and deeply disappointed that we came back after seven, eight weeks where the Republicans had the opportunity to plan what they were going to do to deal with this emergency, and we have filler this week. Bills that aren't going to pass the Senate, bills that the President is not going to sign and that aren't high priority items for the country, and Zika is not being addressed. We ought to pass the Senate bill.

I'm pleased to announce that NVFC, located in Greenbelt, Maryland, received this substantial grant, which will strengthen their ability to support volunteer fire and emergency services.

Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-5) announced the launch of the third annual Congressional App Challenge for high school students in Maryland's Fifth Congressional District.

The findings of the Justice Department's report investigating the Baltimore City Police Department are deeply troubling and serve as a reminder of the work we must do to restore trust between the people of Baltimore and local law enforcement.