Press Releases

WASHINGTON, DC - Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (Md.) released the following statement today on Covered the Uninsured Week (March 22-28), a weeklong effort to foster conversation about reforming the nation's health care system and making affordable health insurance available to the 45 million currently uninsured Americans.________________________________________________________________________

WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD) joined a majority in the U.S. House today in support of legislation to recover bonuses for individuals at companies receiving government assistance to stabilize the financial system.________________________________________________________________________

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has notified Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) this evening that Treasury will not be renewing contacts for the IRS private debt collection program.________________________________________________________________________

WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) said today that he intends to work with the Obama Administration to uphold the principle of pay parity for both military and civilian government employees.________________________________________________________________________

WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) released the following statement today after President Obama released his budget outline for Fiscal Year 2010. A fully-detailed budget will be sent to Congress in April.________________________________________________________________________

WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) announced that the Fiscal Year 2009 Omnibus Appropriations bill approved by the House of Representatives yesterday includes more than $42 million in federal funds for programs and projects that will benefit the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.________________________________________________________________________

WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) announced that the Fiscal Year 2009 Omnibus Appropriations bill approved by the House of Representatives yesterday includes federal funds he secured that will benefit Charles, Calvert and St. Mary's Counties.________________________________________________________________________

WASHINGTON, DC -Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) released the following statement today after President Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to create an estimated 66,000 jobs in Maryland, cut taxes for more than two million Marylanders and send $3.8 billion to the State to invest in job-creating infrastructure projects; preserve education funding and key public services; and provide nutrition, unemployment, and health care assistance to families in economic need.________________________________________________________________________