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Forty five years ago, civil rights activists attempted a march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, to demand that their governor honor their right to vote and their God-given equality.

WASHINGTON, DC - At a ceremony in the U.S. Capitol today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) and Congressional leaders awarded the Congressional Gold Medal to surviving Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) who served in World War II.

WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) released the following statement today after the Department of Labor announced unemployment numbers for the month of February:

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) and a majority in the U.S. House voted to create hundreds of thousands of new small business and construction jobs this year, spur private sector hiring, and help rebuild our crumbling infrastructure.

Every ten years, as long as we have been a nation under the Constitution, the United States has taken a Census of everyone who lives here.

House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) delivered a speech today at the Brookings Institution on restoring fiscal responsibility to Washington. Below are his remarks as prepared for delivery.

It is enough to say that by the time my grandchildren and great- granddaughter's are in college, our debt will exceed our gdp we will owe more money than the value of our entire country. It is enough to realize that by then our government will exist to do only two things -- pay for entitlements and pay interest on our debts...

Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) met today with the President and senior management of OutsourceIT, Inc a small business providing IT services to other small and mid-sized firms that is the beneficiary of a $458,000 SBA 504 loan through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. As a result of its loan, OutsourceIT, Inc is able to move into an expanded workspace, which will enable the company to hire an additional 10 to 15 employees over the next year and expand hiring even further in the years ahead.