Press Releases
April 14, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC -Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) today joined President Bush and top military academy officials in presenting the U.S. Naval Academy with the Commander-in-Chief Trophy awarded to each season's winner of the triangular college football series among the U.S. Military Academy, the U.S. Naval Academy and U.S. Air Force Academy.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Jobs & the Economy
April 11, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today honoring the 40th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 being signed into law:________________________________________________________________________
April 10, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) released the following statement on federal efforts to address mounting housing foreclosures and the overall mortgage crisis after Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley testified today before the House Financial Services Committee in support of the FHA Housing Stabilization Retention Act of 2008.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Jobs & the Economy
April 8, 2008
COLLEGE PARK, MD - Concerned by Prince George's County disproportionately small share of federal leased office space within the National Capital Region, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) hosted a forum yesterday focused on how to increase the federal presence in the County.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Federal Employees
April 1, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives today unanimously passed a resolution observing the 40th anniversary - April 4, 2008 - of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) delivered the following statement on the House floor.________________________________________________________________________
March 25, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer and Senators Barbara Mikulski and Benjamin L. Cardin today announced the award of a $20,000 federal grant to Piscataway National Park in Accokeek, MD as part of the National Park Service's Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Water Trails Network.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Environment
March 25, 2008
COLTON'S POINT, MD - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) today joined a festive gathering of Maryland citizens, elected officials and historical scholars in commemorating the 374th anniversary of Maryland's founding at the site of the State's first colonial landing at St. Clement's Island.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Jobs & the Economy
March 25, 2008
LEXINGTON PARK, MD - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) presented the St. Mary's County Public Schools (SMCPS) with $487,000 in federal funding for the County's specialized programming emphasizing the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Education
March 13, 2008
WASHINGTON - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) and the House of Representatives voted today to approve the Fiscal Year 2008 Democratic House Budget, making good on a pledged commitment to set the nation back on the right fiscal track after six years of record deficits and debt created by the Bush Administration and previous Congresses.________________________________________________________________________
March 13, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC - The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR) recently awarded Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) with a 100 percent rating for his record on civil rights issues in the 110th Congress.________________________________________________________________________