Press Releases

WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) applauded U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke's announcement today that $167 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act would benefit 50 habitat restoration projects including Piscataway Park in Accokeek, Maryland.________________________________________________________________________

WASHINGTON, DC - At the request of Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD), the FY2010 Homeland Security Appropriations bill included $338,000 for the creation of an alternative Emergency Operations Center to ensure safety in Calvert County, including the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant.________________________________________________________________________

On Monday evening, as millions of Americans were making their daily commute home, tragedy struck in our Nation's Capital.

WASHINGTON, DC - The Members of the Washington Metro Area's Senate and House Delegation - Senators Barbara A. Mikulski, Benjamin L. Cardin, Jim Webb and Mark R. Warner, and Reps. Steny H. Hoyer, Frank R. Wolf, James P. Moran, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Chris Van Hollen, Donna F. Edwards and Gerald E. Connolly - introduced companion resolutions this afternoon to ratify the amended interstate WMATA Regulation Compact in accordance with legislation enacted last year authorizing $1.5 billion in federal Metro funding over ten years.________________________________________________________________________

Washington, DC - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) announced that the Fiscal Year 2010 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations bill approved by the U.S. House of Representatives today includes significant investments to bolster public safety and critical research programs in Maryland's 5th Congressional District.________________________________________________________________________

Washington, DC - U.S. Representatives Steny H. Hoyer, Chris Van Hollen and Donna F. Edwards applauded the approval today of $2.7 million for gang prevention and suppression efforts in Prince George's and Montgomery Counties.________________________________________________________________________

Washington, DC - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) applauded the Administration's announcement today that the U.S. Treasury Department will issue approximately $522 million in additional bond authority for the State of Maryland under the Recovery Zone Bonds program, created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.________________________________________________________________________

WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement this evening after the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act (H.R. 626), which would provide four weeks of paid leave to Federal employees for the birth or adoption of a child.________________________________________________________________________